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Over the past 45 days, Russian cyber groups have stepped up efforts to spread disinformation and controversial content aimed at influencing the upcoming US presidential election, Microsoft reports.

Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu for some members of the Windows Insider program, with the option to turn off the feature, but it may eventually be enabled for all users.

OpenAI has released an updated version of GPT-4 Turbo, improving spelling, math, logical thinking, and coding.

China has launched a satellite communication system called Tiantong, which allows smartphones to directly connect to satellites, providing access to communication in areas without cellular coverage, solving the problem of communication interruptions during natural disasters.

Russian hackers have used access to Microsoft's email system to steal correspondence between US government officials and institutions.

Microsoft warns that China is likely to use AI-generated content to disrupt elections in the US, South Korea, and India in 2024 after attempting to do so during the Taiwanese presidential election.

Apple is suing former iOS engineer Andrew Oda for leaking confidential information about the company's product strategies, number of employees, hardware details, and regulatory compliance strategies in violation of a confidentiality agreement.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warns Telegram CEO that the platform is increasingly being used by terrorists for their own purposes, but Russia has no plans to ban it for now, although it expects more attention from Pavel Durov.

Ukraine has joined the WIPO ALERT platform for combating websites that infringe intellectual property rights, which allows the exchange of information on potential intellectual property rights violations at the international level.

Microsoft has appointed Pavan Davuluri as the new head of Windows and Surface, combining the two teams under his leadership.

The AI boom requires huge computing power and energy loads, posing risks to the power grid and the transition to cleaner energy sources, as AI may force companies to rely more on fossil fuels than expected.

Sam Altman, who was fired from OpenAI last fall, has returned to the company's board of directors after an independent investigation found that his behavior did not justify his dismissal, despite protests from employees and investors.

OpenAI denied Musk's claims that he had invested $1 billion in artificial intelligence development and said that he was seeking full control over the startup.

Elon Musk has sued OpenAI and its founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman for breach of contract and unfair business practices, claiming that OpenAI has become a de facto subsidiary of Microsoft and has strayed from its original open source goals.

The former Antonov officials face up to 15 years in prison because their actions led to the temporary seizure of the airfield and the destruction of the An-225 aircraft.

Sony is laying off about 900 employees, or 8% of the total workforce, from various PlayStation studios, including Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog, Guerrilla Games, and Firesprite.

Google plans to relaunch its artificial intelligence image creation tool Gemini in a few weeks after the outage to correct inaccuracies in the images it generates.

Microsoft and Intel have signed a $15 billion deal under which Intel will produce microchips developed by Microsoft.

Over the next five years, Microsoft is investing more than €3 billion in Germany to expand artificial intelligence through new data centers and training programs.

The Ministry of Defense will allow military units to keep accounting registers and property registers only in electronic form to reduce bureaucracy and strengthen cybersecurity.

Facebook and Instagram will label images generated by the artificial intelligence of other companies.

Investors are losing confidence in tech giants such as Microsoft, Alphabet, and AMD after their quarterly results failed to meet high expectations for artificial intelligence, sending their market value plummeting by $190 billion.

Ending support for Windows 10 could result in 240 million computers being scrapped, generating approximately 480 million kilograms of e-waste.