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Why DeepSeek Isn’t A Search Engine And What It Means For Advertisers, Google, Microsoft

Why DeepSeek Isn’t A Search Engine And What It Means For Advertisers, Google, Microsoft by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, February 26, 2025 OpenAI may have been the first to release a reasoning model and others followed. Search engines did not tell users why it would serve specific information, but that has changed with AI. … Continue reading Why DeepSeek Isn’t A Search Engine And What It Means For Advertisers, Google, Microsoft

Microsoft Copilot offers Voice and o1-powered Think Deeper for free

  Microsoft Copilot offers Voice and o1-powered Think Deeper for free But it’s still offering perks for paid users. anna washenko   Wed, Feb 26, 2025   Microsoft Microsoft announced that it is making some features available for free in its Copilot AI assistant. Everyone now has unlimited access to Voice and Think Deeper, which … Continue reading Microsoft Copilot offers Voice and o1-powered Think Deeper for free

Microsoft Lets Ad Industry Know Quantum Isn’t Just A Google Thing

Microsoft Lets Ad Industry Know Quantum Isn’t Just A Google Thing by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, February 20, 2025   Microsoft this week released information on its Majorana 1 chip — the first processor based on an experimental technology — which the company believes will drive a new path for quantum computing.  The chip … Continue reading Microsoft Lets Ad Industry Know Quantum Isn’t Just A Google Thing

Microsoft Defender’s VPN feature will be killed off at the end of February

  Microsoft Defender’s VPN feature will be killed off at the end of February The privacy protection tool was available to Microsoft 365 subscribers. cheyenne macdonald   Updated Sun, Feb 2, 2025   Microsoft Microsoft is getting rid of the VPN offered through Microsoft Defender. As spotted by Windows Latest, the company updated its support … Continue reading Microsoft Defender’s VPN feature will be killed off at the end of February

Microsoft Clarity launches Google Ads integration

Microsoft Clarity’s new Google Ads integration gives marketers visibility into post-click behavior, allowing them to track user interactions. Anu Adegbola on January 17, 2025   You can now directly connect campaign performance with user behavior, bridging a critical gap between ad spend and engagement metrics. A new integration of Microsoft Clarity and Google Ads will … Continue reading Microsoft Clarity launches Google Ads integration

Google, Microsoft Woo Retailers With AI Agents

Google, Microsoft Woo Retailers With AI Agents by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, January 13, 2025 Directly off the 2024 holiday shopping season, Adobe Analytics estimates consumers spent $241.4 billion online — up 8.7% year-over-year, with smartphones driving 54.4% of online purchases. No doubt Google and Microsoft hope AI agents will help consumers find what … Continue reading Google, Microsoft Woo Retailers With AI Agents

Google, Microsoft, Meta, Apple: Here’s a list of Big Tech companies donating millions to the Trump inauguration

January 09, 2025 Google, Microsoft, Meta, Apple: Here’s a list of Big Tech companies and CEOs donating millions to the Trump inauguration The money is pouring in as Silicon Valley bosses including Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos are angling for favor with the incoming administration. BY Jennifer Mattson Google and Microsoft are the latest tech companies … Continue reading Google, Microsoft, Meta, Apple: Here’s a list of Big Tech companies donating millions to the Trump inauguration

Microsoft Trained Small Language Models To Process, Understand Search Query Responses

Microsoft Trained Small Language Models To Process, Better Understand Search Queries by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, December 18, 2024 Microsoft improved Bing with new large language models (LLMs) and small language models (SLMs), which the company says helped to reduce latency and cost associated with hosting and running search. “Leveraging both Large Language Models … Continue reading Microsoft Trained Small Language Models To Process, Understand Search Query Responses