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Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, is retiring, Satya Nadella has announced. Asha Sharma, the President of Microsoft’s CoreAI division is taking over Spencer’s role, while Sarah Bond,…
Read more Xbox head Phil Spencer is leaving MicrosoftThere were times at this week’s meeting of the World Economic Forum when Davos seemed transformed into a high-powered tech conference, with on-stage appearances by Tesla CEO Elon…
Read more Tech CEOs boast and bicker about AI at Davos | TechCrunchA couple of weeks after Merriam-Webster named “slop” as its word of the year, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella weighed in on what to expect from AI in 2026.…
Read more Microsoft’s Nadella wants us to stop thinking of AI as ‘slop’ | TechCrunchPhotos appearing to show Elon Musk and several other Big Tech CEOs have gone viral in the past week on X and Bluesky. The mundane environments, including humble…
Read more Those Viral Photos of Elon and Zuck Are AI. But Google Launched a New Way to Check for FakesMicrosoft said Tuesday it is partnering with artificial intelligence company Anthropic and chipmaker Nvidia as part of an AI infrastructure deal that moves the software giant further away…
Read more Microsoft partners with Anthropic and Nvidia in cloud infrastructure dealWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says his $300 million White House ballroom will be paid for “100% by me and some friends of mine.” The White House…
Read more These are the 37 donors helping pay for Trump’s $300 million White House ballroomSEATTLE (AP) — OpenAI and Amazon have signed a $38 billion deal that enables the ChatGPT maker to run its artificial intelligence systems on Amazon’s data centers in…
Read more OpenAI and Amazon sign $38 billion deal for AI computing powerOpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently said that the company is doing “well more” than $13 billion in annual revenue — and he sounded a little testy when pressed…
Read more Sam Altman says ‘enough’ to questions about OpenAI’s revenue | TechCrunchSatya Nadella just stepped back from running Microsoft’s sales operation. Jensen Huang of Nvidia still codes. Both run trillion-dollar companies in the same industry. One leaders wins by…
Read more Should a Leader Delegate More, or Go Full Founder Mode?President Donald Trump hosted a dinner for some of the biggest names in tech in the U.S. on Thursday, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai,…
Read more President Trump Brings Tech Leaders, CEOs to White House | EntrepreneurPolice officers arrested 18 people at worker-led protests at Microsoft headquarters Wednesday as the tech company promises an “urgent” review of the Israeli military’s use of its technology…
Read more Microsoft employee protests lead to 18 arrests as company reviews its work with Israel’s militaryImage: BioWare Today, October 28, reviews went live for Dragon Age: The Veilguard. I reviewed it here at Kotaku, and despite being jaded toward the series for the…
Read more Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is Divisive, Call Of Duty’s Launcher Sucks, And More Of The Week’s Top TakesPhoto-Illustration: Intelligenecer; Photo: Microsoft Microsoft has invested $13 billion in OpenAI, providing the money-losing start-up with the huge amounts of capital and computing power necessary for its continued…
Read more How Microsoft Plans to Squeeze Cash Out of AIMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella, right, greets OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News…
Read more Generative AI ‘FOMO’ is driving tech heavyweights to invest billions of dollars in startupsGina Raimondo, the US secretary of commerce, spoke at Intelâs event today and compared the US governmentâs current focus on revitalizing its chip industry to the space race…
Read more Intel’s AI Reboot Is the Future of US ChipmakingBig Tech companies closed 2023 with a blowout quarter. Getty Images/Observer This week, five of the stock market’s “Magnificent Seven”—Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN) and…
Read more Big Tech Earnings Recap: The Numbers and What CEOs Are Saying About 2024The Nasdaq MarketSite in the Times Square neighborhood of New York, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tech stocks rebounded from a…
Read more Tech stocks just wrapped up one of their best years in past two decades after 2022 slumpOpenAI’s dramatic decision to fire its CEO Sam Altman on Friday, and the days-long power struggle that followed, was only possible thanks to the unusual power held by…
Read more OpenAI’s ‘unusual’ board can make unilateral decisions without asking permission from anyone—like deep-pocketed backer Microsoft and Satya NadellaOpenAI CEO, Sam Altman & and Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella. Hayden Field | CNBC The past few days have been chaotic for the AI industry, with technology experts…
Read more ‘Damage control’: Tech industry reacts to a chaotic weekend for OpenAI and MicrosoftUpdated Nov. 20, 2023 6:34 am ET SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft said it is hiring Sam Altman to helm a new advanced artificial-intelligence research team, after his bid to return…
Read more Sam Altman to Join Microsoft Following OpenAI Ouster
