Tag: Microsoft
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Microsoft apologises, offers refunds to nearly 3 million Aussies
Almost three million Australians will be offered refunds after a tech giant apologised for the way it charged customers to access its artificial intelligence tools. Microsoft Australia emailed the offer to software subscribers on Thursday and admits the pricing structure and plans lacked clarity and fell short of its standards. The apology comes 10 days…
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Why the consumer watchdog is suing Microsoft
Tech giants have invested billions into AI – and are looking for ways to get a return. So when Microsoft offered its customers its new AI function Copilot recently, it told them they’d need to pay a higher price for their subscription – or cancel. AI was now part of the deal, whether they wanted…
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Microsoft allegedly misled millions with upgrade offer
Tech giant Microsoft is facing hefty fines for allegedly misleading millions of Australian customers by trying to convince them to pay more than needed for an AI upgrade. Australia’s consumer watchdog has taken the US company to court for allegedly leading customers to believe they must either pay extra subscription fees when its AI assistant…
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Microsoft billions to build Australian ‘cyber shield’
Over the next two years, the single-largest investment in Microsoft’s 40-year history in Australia will boost artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing infrastructure, the tech giant announced on Tuesday Australian time. Visiting the US, the prime minister said the major investment in the skills and workers of the future would help Australia to strengthen its…
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Let’s look at pausing and rethinking AI rollout
Is it time to put the brakes on the development of artificial intelligence (AI)? If you’ve quietly asked yourself that question, you’re not alone. In the past week, a host of AI luminaries signed an open letter calling for a six-month pause on the development of more powerful models than GPT-4; European researchers called for…
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Victory in the other battle with Putin: Microsoft foils Russian hackers
In a blog post on Thursday, the tech firm said a group it nicknamed “Strontium” was using seven internet domains as part of an effort to spy on government bodies and think tanks in the European Union and the United States, as well as Ukrainian institutions such as media organisations. Microsoft did not identify any…
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Tech tyro Clipchamp’s founders sell to Microsoft to start ‘new journey’
The deal comes just weeks after Go1 became the state’s first tech unicorn (valued at $1 billion or more). While no dollar figures have been announced, the acquisition follows an announcement by Clipchamp in July that it had 17 million registered users on its platform and was providing a service to more than 390,000 companies.…
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The billion-dollar tech ‘unicorn’ created in a Logan garage by four mates
The company has the classic tech story of being created in a garage by its founders Chris Eigeland, Andrew Barnes, Chris Hood and Vu Tran. But it has become a global business operating in six countries after winning more than $100 million in investment since 2015 and now has investors like Softbank, Microsoft’s venture capital…
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World’s wealthiest pair Bill and Melinda Gates to split after 27 years
The Microsoft co-founder and his wife, who launched the world’s largest charitable foundation, said they would continue to work together at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In identical tweets on Monday, they said they had made the decision to end their marriage of 27 years. “We have raised three incredible children and built a…