Analyst Sees Microsoft Bing Search Outpacing Google Search Revenue Within 3 Years by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, July 21, 2023 Microsoft’s development of its own version of Google’s Performance Max platform, as well as rebranding the PromoteIQ retail media platform and Xandr ad tech into a suite of applications under the Microsoft Advertising banner, has prompted … Continue reading Analyst Sees Microsoft Bing Search Outpacing Google Search Revenue Within 3 Years
Meta, Microsoft Expand AI Partnership by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, July 19, 2023 Meta and Microsoft announced an expanded artificial intelligence (AI) partnership with the release of the new large language model (LLM), Llama 2, free for research and commercial use. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the news at the Microsoft Inspire event. It shows a growing … Continue reading Meta, Microsoft Expand AI Partnership
Microsoft Launches Vector Search In Preview by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, July 18, 2023 Microsoft at its annual Inspire conference announced the availability of Vector search, a technique for finding related objects. In preview through Azure Cognitive search, Vector Search uses machine learning to capture the meaning and context of unstructured data, such as images and … Continue reading Microsoft Launches Vector Search In Preview
Appeals court rejects the FTC’s last-ditch attempt to stop Microsoft from buying Activision Kris Holt @krisholt The Federal Trade Commission has been unsuccessful in its last-ditch effort to pump the brakes on Microsoft’s $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to grant the agency an emergency stay … Continue reading Appeals court rejects the FTC’s last-ditch attempt to stop Microsoft from buying Activision
Microsoft Added Generative AI After Nadella’s ‘Mind-Blowing’ Experience by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, July 12, 2023 Microsoft Advertising has been working with AI for years, integrating it into Bing and other products, but it wasn’t until CEO Satya Nadella got a glimpse into what OpenAI’s technology could do that it really took off inside … Continue reading Microsoft Added Generative AI After Nadella’s ‘Mind-Blowing’ Experience
Microsoft Bing Gets Nod After Canadian Official Accuses Google Of ‘Blackmailing’ Canada by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, July 12, 2023 One Canadian Senator is calling on residents to join him in switching their search engines to Bing in response to the fallout over the federal government’s Online News Act that will see Google and Meta block … Continue reading Microsoft Bing Gets Nod After Canadian Official Accuses Google Of ‘Blackmailing’ Canada
Google, Facebook, Microsoft Partially To Blame For Water Deficits by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 30, 2023 Arizona is running out of water, and tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are partially to blame. Water is used to cool servers for things like search, publishing, and advertising, as well as cloud storage for all types … Continue reading Google, Facebook, Microsoft Partially To Blame For Water Deficits
Google, Microsoft Create More Ways To Let Consumers Shop by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 29, 2023 Google has stepped up options for consumers to purchase from retailers and brands on Search and YouTube, while Microsoft has added the ability to make purchases from Bing and Edge, the company said in separate announcements. Microsoft announced Thursday … Continue reading Google, Microsoft Create More Ways To Let Consumers Shop
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and AAMER MADHANI—Associated Press June 23, 2023 President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday opened the final day of the Indian prime minister’s four-day U.S. visit by meeting top American and Indian executives as the leaders look to increase cooperation on artificial intelligence, semiconductor production, and space. The leaders are putting a spotlight … Continue reading The CEOs of Apple, Microsoft, and Google met with Biden and Modi. Here’s what they talked about
Microsoft Broadens Focus On Carbon Neutral Ad Buying, Partners With Scope3 by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 15, 2023 Microsoft has partnered with Scope3 to offer its partners a way to reduce the carbon footprint of their digital advertising. Scope3’s mission is to decarbonize media and advertising. Climate Shield — Scope3’s product that is helping to … Continue reading Microsoft Broadens Focus On Carbon Neutral Ad Buying, Partners With Scope3
