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Microsoft Agrees To A Ten-Year Deal To Deliver Xbox Games To Nintendo Consoles

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Priyanka Patil |

Brad Smith, president and vice chairman of Microsoft, made the announcement today that the company had signed a 10-year agreement to bring Xbox games to Nintendo consoles. Smith made the…

Microsoft confirms a new massive investment in ChatGPT creator OpenAI

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Priyanka Patil |

Microsoft announced a new multiyear, multibillion-dollar partnership with ChatGPT manufacturer OpenAI on Monday. Semafor reported earlier this month that Microsoft was in talks to invest as much as $10 billion,…

In October 2023, Windows Server 2012’s support will stop

Posted on January 6, 2023 by Priyanka Patil |

Even though we’ve been using Microsoft-designed software for a long time and don’t want to give it up, it has to come to an end, just like all good things…

Microsoft announces ‘Surface hardware event’ for October

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

Microsoft has announced that its annual fall Surface event will take place next month on October 12 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. According to the website, “watch live to see…

Microsoft is releasing Microsoft Teams, which is optimised for Apple Silicon

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

Microsoft has announced that Microsoft Teams has been optimised for Apple Silicon and the new update is now rolling out to customers after undergoing beta testing. Microsoft Teams has gone…

Microsoft will by default start blocking Office macros on July 27

Posted on July 23, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

After quietly undoing the change earlier this month, Microsoft announced this week that it will soon start by default disabling Visual Basic Applications (VBA) macros in Office products. The technology…

Microsoft beats Comcast and Google to an agreement to deliver ads on Netflix

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

The firms revealed on Wednesday that Netflix had hired Microsoft to supply the advertising technology for the expected ad-supported tier of the streaming service. Prior to Microsoft winning the deal,…

Microsoft is improving the latency of Xbox Cloud Gaming and adding mouse and keyboard support

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

The Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) service, which streams Xbox games to TVs, PCs, mobile devices, and other devices, is getting ready to add mouse and keyboard capabilities. The tech giant…

Microsoft will retire Internet Explorer browser and redirect users to the Edge

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

Microsoft has announced that Internet Explorer, its much-maligned legacy internet browser, would be phased out nearly 27 years after it first appeared on desktop PCs in 1995. The desktop app…

Microsoft says that Windows 11 is ready for broad deployment

Posted on May 19, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

Microsoft declared on its release health information website that Windows 11 is now ready for broad deployment in commercial contexts. Anyone with a PC that satisfies the Windows 11 minimal…