Microsoft
- Hyderabad
New Microsoft office inaugurated in Hyderabad’s Gachibowli
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday, February 13 inaugurated the new office of Microsoft in Hyderabad’s Gachibowli, estimated to create approximately 4,800 new jobs. Additionally, Microsoft will also provide…
- Business
Bill Gates explores making of his internal operating system in new memoir
Washington: As he prepares to turn 70 later this year, Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ new memoir explores how his childhood quirks, upbringing, friendships and experiences coalesced into shaping his internal operating system.…
- World
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella calls himself product of India-US bond
Seattle: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said he is the “product of the bond” that exists between India and the US, as top government officials and American lawmakers lauded the Indian community’s contribution…
- Technology
Microsoft partners govt’s India AI Mission to skill 5 lakh people by 2026
New Delhi: Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella here on Wednesday announced several AI partnerships in the country, which includes an MoU with the government’s ‘India AI Mission’ to skill 5 lakh…
- Technology
LG Electronics’ operating profit drops in Q4
Seoul: LG Electronics, South Korea’s leading home appliance maker, on Wednesday estimated its fourth-quarter operating profit decreased more than 53 percent from a year earlier due to global economic uncertainties. Operating profit…
- India
PM Modi meets Microsoft CEO Nadella
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed happiness at Microsoft’s ambitious expansion and investment plans in India following his meeting with the company’s chairman and CEO Satya Nadella. In a…
- Technology
Google ‘strongly disagrees’ with US DoJ’s lawsuit, files remedies proposal
Washington: Criticising the US Department of Justice (DoJ) lawsuit and its “overbroad proposal”, Google on Monday said that before it appeals in court, the company has filed its own remedies proposal, based…
- Technology
Lawsuit against OpenAI: Musk names Microsoft as defendant
San Francisco: The US government efficiency czar Elon Musk, in his lawsuit against Sam Altman-run OpenAI for abandoning its non-profit stance, has now named new defendants including Microsoft, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman,…
- Middle East
Microsoft fires employees for organising vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza
US technology giant Microsoft has fired two of its employees who organised a vigil at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington in solidarity with Palestinian victims in the Gaza Strip, who are…
- News
Developers driving GDP growth in AI era: GitHub CEO
New Delhi: Developers are driving GDP growth and in the era of artificial intelligence (AI), India is set to surpass the US to become the largest software developer community globally by 2027,…
- Technology
Delta CEO reveals IT outage costs USD 500 million
San Francisco: Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said the massive IT outage, earlier this month, cost the company $500 million. He said the figure included not just lost revenue but “the…
- Technology
CrowdStrike bug hit 8.5 mn Windows devices, says Microsoft
Washington: Microsoft said on Saturday that the CrowdStrike update that grounded hundreds of fights around the world besides disrupting online services affected 8.5 million systems using the Windows operating software, which was…
- India
Technological dependence has its drawbacks, says CJI Chandrachud
Madurai: Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Saturday said that technological dependence had its drawbacks and cited the Microsoft outage of July 19 as a point in case. His flight…
- World
US issues warning on Microsoft outage, Nadella says working to bring systems back online
San Francisco: US cybersecurity agency CISA has warned that hackers are trying to take advantage of Microsoft outage for phishing and other malicious activity, as the tech giant’s Chairman and CEO Satya…
- World
Explained: How global tech outage disrupted ops across industries
By Parameswaran Valeri A global tech outage triggered by a cybersecurity update crippled operations across sectors including air travel, healthcare, finance and many more, in the early hours of Friday. The services…
