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Microsoft rearchitects Teams to make it faster and smarter

Microsoft said the collaboration platform — notorious for its high CPU usage — will be “twice as fast while using half the system resources.”

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Zoom adds generative AI to Zoom IQ; partners with OpenAI

Zoom announced a new host of AI-backed capabilities for its “smart companion” tool, doubling down on its CEO’s promise of helping customers benefit from the technology.

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OpenAI's ChatGPT gets support for a dozen application plug-ins

The plug-ins will enable companies to offer the AI-based natural language processor for their products, allowing users to ask detailed questions and get human-like answers.

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Microsoft customers locked out of Azure and M365 services due to geolocation error

Microsoft was forced to apologize on Thursday after implementing a change that saw customers around the globe unable to access its services.

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Microsoft launches collaboration app Loop

After almost a year in beta testing, Microsoft has made Loop publicly available, with new Copilot integration available in private preview.

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Cisco boosts Webex on iPad with Stage Manager and better multitasking

Users now get multiple display support, Stage Manager and can share assets in different displays/windows while in a meeting.

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Canva adds AI-powered design tools to its Visual Worksuite

The visual communication software suite has released a number of new tools, with the aim of making the design process more efficient through AI and centralized content creation hubs.

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UK to challenge governments that use tech for 'tools of oppression'

The new International Technology Strategy outlines global collaboration efforts and provides a roadmap for helping the UK reach 'tech superpower status' by 2023.

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Google opens sign-ups for its Bard AI chatbot

Google’s latest foray into generative AI assistance now has a public waiting list.

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Adobe enters the age of generative AI with creative and enterprise apps

In the very near future, Adobe’s creative and enterprise apps and its own generative AI, Firefly, are likely to play a major role in the creation of everything from brand assets to illustrations.

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Tech layoffs in 2023: A timeline

Facing an uncertain global economy and slowing revenue growth, technology companies have picked up the pace of layoffs in 2023, after sweeping job cuts rocked the industry last year. Here's an updated timeline of the more notable...

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AWS Chatbot now integrated into Microsoft Teams

The chatbot’s integration will allow enterprise users to get notifications about events such as security risks and the status of system health from within Teams, and also let them run command line interface commands to run notebooks.

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Google kills Glass Enterprise, but big tech's AR dreams live on

Google Glass generated curiosity, not widespread acceptance — but that isn't stopping Google and its rivals from developing other augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) products.

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Microsoft: 365 Copilot chatbot is the AI-based future of work

Microsoft today demonstrated the many uses of its new 365 Copilot chatbot based on GPT-4, and the company introduced a new generative AI-based feature called Business Chat.

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Will Apple switch the iPhone to eSIM-only everywhere by ’24?

Since the iPhone 14, Apple only sells smartphones with eSIM support in the US. At least one analyst now thinks Apple will extend this to Europe and developed Asian markets by 2024.

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India-US chip partnership could boost global chip supply chain

India and the US aim to collaboratively build a resilient semiconductor supply chain that is currently in a state of turmoil due to geopolitical disruptions.

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India set to announce its first semiconductor fab

By promoting local manufacturing, India can reduce its dependence on imports and increase its ability to withstand global supply chain disruptions.

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UK Spring Statement: Gov't pledges incentives for AI and quantum development

In his spring budget, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a range of measures to help drive investment and innovation in the UK’s tech sector.

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