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Microsoft threatens to restrict data from rival AI search tools, says Bloomberg report

The company has told 2 customers that using its Bing search index-a map of the internet that can be scanned in real time- to feed AI chat tools, violates terms of their contract.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT kickstarted AI revolution. Get ready for a new arms race with GPT-4

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spent 15+ years working on search technology to catch up with Google. Now he is making Google dance with the use of OpenAI technology.

Microsoft unveils suite of cloud tools for telecom firms

Operators can benefit from advanced AI that helps to unlock new business opportunities from data on & insights into their operations, including the rollout of high-speed 5G networks.

ChatGPT vs Bard: Microsoft, Google’s growing chatbot rivalry and its lurking dangers

After ChatGPT’s entry into the market, major tech giants added to the competition with their own generative AI tools. But the concern is how accurate and bias-free these tools are.

Microsoft revamps Bing search engine, Edge browser with AI in big challenge to Google

The power of so-called generative AI that can create virtually any text or image dawned on the public last year with the release of ChatGPT, the chatbot sensation from OpenAI.

Teams, Outlook down for thousands, including Indian users, Microsoft probes outage issues

Microsoft did not disclose the number of users affected by the disruption, but data from outage tracking website showed more than 3,900 incidents in India and over 900 in Japan.

Microsoft to cut 10,000 jobs as tech layoffs intensify

The layoffs will result in a charge of $1.2 billion in the second quarter of fiscal 2023, representing a negative impact of 12 cents on per share profit, the US tech firm said.

Microsoft to cut thousands of jobs across divisions

The company plans to cut jobs in a number of engineering divisions on Wednesday, Bloomberg News reported. The cuts will be significantly larger than other rounds in the past year.

Pentagon awards $9 billion cloud computing contracts to Google, Amazon, Microsoft & Oracle

The contracts will run until 2028 and provide the Department of Defense with enterprise-wide, globally available cloud services across all security domains and classification levels.

Tencent rose when Microsoft joined the list of foreign tech titans felled by Chinese rivals

In ‘Influence Empire’, Lulu Yilun Chen tells the much-awaited story of Tencent, the Chinese tech giant behind WeChat.

On Camera

The speech PM Modi should deliver this Independence Day

For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.