IT Toolbox

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Approximately 50% of the ~600 sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2023 were AI-related in some way. The post Microsoft Ignite 2023: Is Microsoft the Most Clear-Headed Company on AI? appeared first on Spiceworks.

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GeekWire

MAY 5, 2023

Amish Patel, left, and Susan Paley recently launched Conduit Venture Labs, a new startup studio for hardware companies. Conduit Venture Labs Photo) Key Takeaways Conduit Venture Labs is a new startup studio in Seattle that aims to create a portfolio of hardware companies.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 1, 2024

The situation regarding Xbox hardware has been dire for a while, but Microsoft's larger gaming business has performed well. Xbox console sales suffered a staggering year-over-year decline during the quarter ending June 30. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Microsoft is currently experimenting with two new methods to warn Windows 11 users that they have installed the operating system on unsupported hardware. It’s not clear if Microsoft intends to enable this desktop wallpaper warning widely, though. Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge.

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GeekWire

JULY 27, 2021

Microsoft’s fiscal fourth quarter earnings report mostly contained good news for the Xbox department. While 2021’s slow release calendar has created a sluggish market for third-party games, Xbox reported continued growth on hardware sales and Xbox Game Pass subscriptions. Xbox Series S (top) and X. Thomas Wilde Photo).

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Venture Beast

AUGUST 20, 2020

Microsoft Flight Simulator could encourage a huge increase in spending on PC due to its appeal to affluent gamers who love to buy next hardware. Read More.

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Venture Beast

JULY 27, 2021

Xbox Game Pass is growing for Microsoft along with its Xbox Series X/S hardware. And the company is expecting more coming out of E3. Read More.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

IBM, Microsoft and Boeing all had big announcements to make, with some indications that the industry may be entering a new phase of development. Meanwhile, Microsoft is also claiming to have the world’s most reliable quantum computing platform. Quantinuum provided the quantum hardware and Microsoft handled the error correction.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The hardware restrictions found on Windows 11 have been a controversial aspect of the OS since its arrival in October 2021. While there are workarounds in some instances, these requirements have slowed Windows 11's adoption in many businesses that still use vintage PCs. Read Entire Article

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IT Toolbox

JUNE 20, 2024

NVIDIA has overtaken Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable company. The post NVIDIA Overtakes Microsoft To Become The World’s Most Valuable Company appeared first on Spiceworks Inc. The development has come mere weeks after the company took the 2nd spot from Apple.

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TechSpot

JUNE 10, 2021

With the upcoming Xbox TV app, any Game Pass Ultimate subscriber will be able to play their favorite Xbox Games on a TV without any additional hardware besides a controller. In case your TV doesn't receive support for the app, Microsoft is also planning to launch streaming hardware devices.

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 30, 2023

The post Unphishable mobile MFA through hardware keys appeared first on TechRepublic. With Azure AD and FIDO security keys, you can make MFA more secure and avoid having to provision certificates on everyone’s phones.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

[ Editor’s Note: Microsoft @ 50 is a year-long GeekWire project exploring the tech giant’s past, present and future, recognizing its 50th anniversary in 2025. It was a “major, major moment in this whole AI journey,” said Peter Lee, the Microsoft Research president. At Microsoft, it was a moment decades in the making.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Key drivers of growth included cloud computing, AI, and gaming, even as traditional revenue streams like consumer software and hardware took a backseat. Microsoft's Intelligent Cloud division, encompassing Azure, grew 20 percent year-over-year to $24.1 Revenue from Microsoft 365 commercial. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Microsoft announced that it will host its next Surface event on Wednesday, September 22, where the company is expected to unveil new hardware to showcase the upcoming Windows 11 operating system.

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 26, 2023

How can we secure single-purpose hardware? The post Securing IoT with Microsoft Defender for IoT sensors appeared first on TechRepublic. Protecting the devices that run your production facilities is increasingly important.

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GeekWire

APRIL 27, 2021

As per the company’s fiscal third quarter earnings report , Microsoft’s Xbox division posted $3.6 Microsoft also reported a 232% increase in overall gaming hardware revenue, which it attributes to continued high demand for the Xbox Series X|S. Microsoft beats earnings estimates with $41.7B in profit, up 44%.

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GeekWire

MAY 6, 2021

Microsoft revealed in a court appearance this week that it does not, and has never, earned money on the per-unit sales for the Xbox. Each console is sold at a loss, and the profit from the project for Microsoft comes entirely from software sales. This was disclosed during a Microsoft executive’s testimony in the Epic v.

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The Verge

JUNE 18, 2020

Microsoft is getting ready to launch its xCloud game streaming service later this year as part of Xbox Game Pass. The service will initially be powered by Xbox One S consoles in server blades in Microsoft’s datacenters, but the software giant is planning to upgrade this hardware next year. An existing xCloud server blade.

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GeekWire

MARCH 5, 2024

Enzzo Photo) Building hardware is hard. That’s what a group of longtime investors are betting on with a $3 million seed investment in Enzzo , a new Seattle startup that spun out of Pioneer Square Labs and aims to accelerate hardware development. Enzzo team, from left: Ricardo Ma, Patrick Fiori, Zheng Liu, and Ford Davidson.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The publication additionally notes that some H100 GPU owners are reselling their hardware or reducing orders, opting instead to rent processing capacity from cloud service providers like Amazon, Google, or Microsoft. Late last year, Amazon rolled out shorter-term GPU rentals for clients that only need AI processing for a single.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Microsoft is extending the warranty on its Xbox Elite 2 controller following complaints over hardware issues. We’ve received claims that a small percentage of our customers are experiencing mechanical issues when using their Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2,” explains a Microsoft support article. “To

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GeekWire

AUGUST 25, 2021

(Microsoft Image). Microsoft has announced the release date for its forthcoming first-person shooter Halo Infinite , as well as a lineup of special-edition Xbox hardware meant to celebrate the video game franchise’s 20 th anniversary. 8, Microsoft confirmed Wednesday at the German gaming conference Gamescom.

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Data Center Knowledge

MARCH 15, 2017

If you’re running a cloud platform at Microsoft’s scale (30-plus regions around the world, with multiple data centers per region) and you want it to run on the best data center hardware, you typically design it yourself. But what if there are ideas out there — outside of your company’s…

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IT Toolbox

JUNE 5, 2023

Microsoft aims to invest billions of dollars in CoreWeave to bolster cloud computing infrastructure for AI operations in the coming years. The post Microsoft Drives AI Efforts With CoreWeave Deal appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Venture Beast

APRIL 27, 2021

Microsoft reported its Q3 2021 earnings today, and the Xbox division is growing fast thanks to hardware sales and services. Read More.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Microsoft gave an update on its Secure Future Initiative. Charlie Bell, EVP of Microsoft Security, in 2022. The deputy CISOs report directly to Microsoft’s Chief Information Security Office, led by Igor Tsyganskiy as Microsoft’s CISO. government officials. and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.

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Venture Beast

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Xbox hardware sales are going strong for Microsoft as it heads out of Q1 and towards the holiday shopping season. Read More.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Microsoft co-founders Paul Allen, left, and Bill Gates with an array of personal computers in the early 1980s. Microsoft’s decision to make software, rather than produce a PC of its own, defined its business in its early years. Learn more and register here for our Microsoft @ 50 event, March 20, 2025, in Seattle. trillion today.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Microsoft Research President Peter Lee speaks at the University of Washington in 2023. That was one of the questions we asked when working on our deep dive into Microsoft’s history and future in artificial intelligence , published last week to launch GeekWire’s series on the company’s 50th anniversary.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Microsoft is releasing a revamped version of its Copilot personal AI assistant. Microsoft Image) Microsoft is revamping its Copilot personal AI assistant with a new design and features including a daily news summary, natural voice interactions, and the ability for the AI to act as a companion when browsing the web.

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Venture Beast

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

At Ignite 2020, Microsoft detailed new Surface Hub 2S hardware, as well as software upgrades headed to existing Surface Hub devices. Read More.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 18, 2024

Both TrendForce and Tom's Hardware sources believe Microsoft will require new Windows PCs to meet a performance threshold of at least 40 TOPS (trillions of operations per second) to be labeled as a true AI PC. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

MAY 18, 2023

This period is also historically when Sony and Microsoft refresh the design of their systems. Although neither company has indicated PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series mid-generation upgrades are in the works, one game studio exec says a hardware refresh is likely coming soon. Read Entire Article

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Anoop

AUGUST 26, 2020

Let’s SCCM Microsoft 365 App Report Dashboard. This post is a continuation of Part1, in my previous we imported two Raw data reports that gave us information about different Microsoft Office versions and Information on Office 365 Inventory after enabling the Hardware class. Subscribe YouTube Channel [link].

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The Verge

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming service (xCloud) is now fully powered by custom Xbox Series X hardware. Microsoft tells The Verge it recently completed the upgrade, which improves both framerates and game load times for players streaming Xbox games over the web. Image: Microsoft.

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Microsoft recently expressed its desire to bring its subscription services to as many screens and devices as possible, including PlayStation and Nintendo consoles. Its strategy is to take full advantage of subscriptions, including Game Pass, which return higher profit margins than traditional retail game sales. Read Entire Article

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