The US Department of Defense has awarded $982 million worth of contracts to 49 companies to develop systems and supply equipment for maritime drones, including combat equipment, sensors, control systems, and logistics support, with a deadline of February 2025 and a possible extension to February 2030.
Next week, Microsoft will release new Copilot Plus computers without the controversial Recall feature that takes screenshots of everything, postponing it for further testing and security improvements through the Windows Insider program.
Apple becomes the first brand to be worth more than $1 trillion, with a 15% increase in brand value compared to last year.
Microsoft announced layoffs that affected about 1,000 employees, including in the mixed reality division working on HoloLens 2 and Azure for operations and mission development.
The hacker group Storm-1679 used AI to create a feature film called "The Fall of the Olympic Games", which used Tom Cruise's deepfake. The film shows a dismissive attitude towards the leadership of the International Olympic Committee.
С 15 мая более 1000 российских пользователей получили свой отзыв на международные сервисы Microsoft, такие как Visio Online, Project Online и Power BI.
russian propagandists have launched a Dez information campaign to discredit the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Fake videos and fake news are designed to sow panic among participants and guests of the games, raising alarm in connection with possible terrorist attacks.
Microsoft has launched Copilot, an artificial intelligence chatbot for Telegram, a personal assistant based on GPT and Bing Search that helps users with information search, travel planning, fitness recommendations, entertainment updates, and entertainment in everyday life.
Scarlett Johansson is threatening legal action against OpenAI for allegedly copying her voice without permission for a new AI assistant.
Microsoft has introduced a new artificial intelligence-based recall feature for PC Copilot+, which allows Windows 11 users to find and restore their past actions on the PC, recording everything they do.
Microsoft has introduced Copilot+ computers, a new line of Windows-based computers with artificial intelligence integration, including generative features such as Recall to help users find content and special chips for artificial intelligence functions.
Russian hackers sent out phishing emails in German, but made mistakes in the text. Now, Germany's constitutional protection agency (counterintelligence) has warned of a new threat of Russian cyberattacks.
Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and chief scientist of OpenAI, left the company after almost 10 years of work, and Jakub Pachocki became the new chief scientist.
Sony has appointed Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino to lead the PlayStation division, sharing responsibility for the platform and gaming businesses.
The FBI is closely monitoring whether U. S. support for Ukraine could encourage Russia to take greater risks in potentially interfering in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
The United States plans to introduce new rules to restrict Chinese companies' access to advanced artificial intelligence models developed by American tech giants such as Microsoft, OpenAI, and Alphabet for national security reasons.
Microsoft is closing Tango Gameworks, the studio that created the critically acclaimed Hi-Fi Rush, along with other studios, and Xbox CEO Matt Booty emphasizes the need to create more "prestigious and rewarding" games like Hi-Fi Rush.
Microsoft is investing $3. 3 billion in a new data center and artificial intelligence training programs in Wisconsin, creating more than 4,000 jobs.
The United States is considering restricting the export of patented artificial intelligence models, such as ChatGPT, to China over concerns that they could be used for cyberattacks or biological weapons development.
Since the start of the full-scale invasion, the Ministry of Education and Science, with the support of international partners, has provided 218,188 devices to Ukrainian students and teachers, most of them in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro regions.
Microsoft's strong earnings, driven by 31% growth in its Azure division, of which 7% came from artificial intelligence, as well as impressive reports from Alphabet and Snap, lifted the tech sector on Wall Street after the Meta crash.
Elon Musk is likely to raise $6 billion for his AI startup xAI, a competitor to OpenAI, to develop "good" general artificial intelligence that aims to understand humanity.
The price of bitcoin remained stable at around $64,000 due to depressed sentiment in the cryptocurrency market, which is linked to expectations of higher interest rates in the US.
Bitcoin and altcoin prices fell sharply due to low risk appetite amid a sell-off in tech stocks and expectations of higher interest rates in the US.
Elon Musk expects Tesla to start selling its humanoid robot Optimus by the end of 2025. he also hopes that by the end of this year, the robots are expected to start performing tasks in factories.
russian hackers affiliated with russian intelligence services attempted to carry out a large-scale cyberattack on critical infrastructure facilities, such as energy, heating and water supply companies in various regions of Ukraine.
The FBI says that hackers linked to the Chinese government have infiltrated critical US infrastructure such as telecommunications, energy and water supply, gaining the ability to potentially cause devastating damage, and are waiting for the right moment to strike.
Google has fired 28 employees who protested for 10 hours against the company's $1. 2 billion cloud contract with Israel and Amazon, which activists claim could support Palestinian apartheid.
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.