Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services.

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Microsoft’s CBDC Push Hints at Private Sector’s Role in Shaping Digital Currencies
Microsoft’s CBDC Push Hints at Private Sector’s Role in Shaping Digital Currencies
August 09, 2023  |  CBDC

Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are on pretty much every central bank’s road map. A full 93% of central banks across the globe are in at...

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Aptos Labs Taps Microsoft Azure to Drive Web3 Adoption
Aptos Labs Taps Microsoft Azure to Drive Web3 Adoption
August 09, 2023  |  Partnerships

Blockchain company Aptos Labs has teamed with Microsoft to drive Web3 adoption. The partnership will employ Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service to help mainstream Web3, according to a Wednesday (Aug. 9) press release. “Onboarding...

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How the Fortunes of the Fortune 500 Have Changed Since 1996
How the Fortunes of the Fortune 500 Have Changed Since 1996
August 07, 2023  |  Connected Economy

The 69th annual Fortune 500 list was published earlier this summer, and most people paid it little mind. What was once considered a coveted benchmark...

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Top CFOs Take Positive Macro View While Doubling Down Digital
Top CFOs Take Positive Macro View While Doubling Down Digital
August 03, 2023  |  CFO

Where a firm spends its money tends to be highly correlated to its business strategy. That makes the chief financial officer (CFO) role crucial for...

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Microsoft Emphasizes Importance of GPU Supply for AI
Microsoft Emphasizes Importance of GPU Supply for AI
July 28, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft has told investors that the supply of graphics processing units (GPUs) is a key resource — and risk factor — for the company’s growing cloud...

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Can Always-On AI Give Healthcare Providers a Helping Hand?
Can Always-On AI Give Healthcare Providers a Helping Hand?
July 28, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

What industry does artificial intelligence (AI) have the potential to transform most? For many observers, healthcare is the obvious answer. Yes — that healthcare. The...

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DocuSign, Microsoft Azure Move to Improve Facial Liveness Detection
DocuSign, Microsoft Azure Move to Improve Facial Liveness Detection
July 27, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

As artificial intelligence (AI) makes deepfakes a greater concern to consumers and companies, fresh efforts are afoot to combat these highly convincing but fraudulent images....

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Netflix Looks for Partners Beyond Microsoft to Boost Ad-Supported Tier
Netflix Looks for Partners Beyond Microsoft to Boost Ad-Supported Tier
July 27, 2023  |  Streaming

When Netflix chose Microsoft over the likes of Comcast and Google as the launch partner for its ad-supported tier in 2022 it surprised many, but...

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Microsoft’s Teams Target of EU Antitrust Investigation
Microsoft’s Teams Target of EU Antitrust Investigation
July 27, 2023  |  ANTITRUST

Is Microsoft forcing customers to purchase its video conferencing app Teams? That’s what a European Commission (EC) antitrust investigation hopes to determine. The commission announced Thursday (July 27) it had begun...

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