GeekWire

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. This week Microsoft took a series of dramatic steps against the recent SolarWinds supply chain attack. In the size, speed and scope of its actions, Microsoft has reminded the world that it can still muster firepower like no one else as a nearly-overwhelming force for good. GeekWire File Photo).

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GeekWire

MAY 15, 2023

Activision Blizzard Image) Microsoft may end up controlling a shocking amount of the most popular, beloved video game franchises in modern media if its $69 billion bid to buy Activision Blizzard passes regulatory scrutiny. The EU will require Microsoft to automatically license “popular” Activision Blizzard games to competing cloud services.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Here’s a look at what’s coming in 2023 for gaming companies, including giants based in the Pacific Northwest such as Microsoft, Amazon, Valve, Nintendo, and the now Sony-owned Bungie. If it goes through, Microsoft would dislodge Sony from its position as the No. Microsoft Image).

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The Verge

MAY 25, 2021

In September 2020, Microsoft purchased an exclusive license to the underlying technology behind GPT-3, an AI language tool built by OpenAI. There’s a million-developer shortfall in the US alone,” Charles Lamanna, CVP of Microsoft’s Low Code Application Platform, tells The Verge. “So Why don’t we. Autocomplete for coders.

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Network World

MAY 17, 2024

Of course, other vendors already offer much of what we saw last week. Other companies have also released open source gen AI, including Databricks and Snowflake, as well as Meta and Microsoft – even X and Apple are in the game. That’s a more enterprise-friendly license than many other open source generative AI models.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 11, 2023

They integrate with Slack, Microsoft Messenger, and other chat programs where they read the language you use, then turn on when you type in a trigger phrase. Licensed by MIT, SpaCy was made with high-level data science in mind and allows deep data mining. The course costs $94.99, which includes a certificate of completion.

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Vox

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Many more are taking a much harder look at their software licenses than they did earlier in the pandemic — even as they potentially allow more people to work from home. In other words, more people might get the option to work from home again, but this time they might be stuck with Microsoft Teams even if they prefer Zoom.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In addition to in-depth panels and fireside chats, this year’s GeekWire Summit will include unique opportunities to connect, and will feature a surprise movie screening and, of course, the theater’s world-famous chocolate popcorn! The trademarked Cinerama name and the licensing agreement to use it went away with the sale to SIFF.

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GeekWire

MAY 16, 2023

If you’ve ever held a Nintendo Switch and felt it vibrate in reaction to something you did in a video game, such as land from a long fall or fire a gun, that was done via Immersion’s licensed tech. Its previous suits include accusations against Apple (2016), Sony (2002), Microsoft (2002), and Meta (2022).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Arm will operate as an division of Nvidia and will remain headquartered in the UK, and, will “continue to operate its open-licensing model, while maintaining its global customer neutrality,” the company said. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that Arm will change its current licensing model.

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The Verge

JANUARY 5, 2021

“Today we are announcing a breakthrough: we have secured a license from the US government to offer GitHub to developers in Iran. This includes all services for individuals and organizations, private and public, free and paid,” GitHub CEO Nat Friedman wrote in a blog post published Tuesday.

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Linux Academy

MARCH 25, 2019

I would love to show this information off to you all by having the AZ 103 course up as a preview, but to do that, I’ll need your help to convince Terry to do so. Along with these new courses and updates, we have four new, free podcasts up over on Jupiter Broadcasting. We are happy to introduce Licenses Rotation !

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The Verge

APRIL 16, 2021

There were two products that arrived in 2007 that fundamentally changed computing: one, of course, was the iPhone. Windows getting shown up by Linux was not allowed, so Microsoft did some Microsoft maneuvering, and by January 2008 the Eee PC was running Windows XP instead. The Eee PC 701SDX. It had an SD card slot, and an X.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 23, 2023

OpenAI has landed billions of dollars more funding from Microsoft to continue its development of generative artificial intelligence tools such as Dall-E 2 and ChatGPT. Microsoft stands to benefit from its investment in three ways. The deal, announced by OpenAI and Microsoft on Jan. It’s going to get ugly,” she said.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 7, 2021

Oodle was recently licensed by Sony for use with the PlayStation 5 , in a specialized edition called Oodle Kraken that — to use RAD’s term — “ supercharges ” the PS5’s data loading. and made part of its business out of licensing Unreal ‘s engine to other studios.

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Vox

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Last fall, a group of anonymous copyright owners sued Open AI and Microsoft , which owns the GitHub software platform, for allegedly infringing on the rights of developers who’ve contributed software to GitHub. Microsoft and OpenAI collaborated to build GitHub Copilot , which says it can use AI to write code.

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Linux Academy

MAY 6, 2019

We are delivering five new courses to help you get ready for three different Azure exams and providing you information over multiple Azure services. This week, we are bringing you several new courses to get you ready for Azure’s exams. Plus, some Qt license clarity, a handy new Rust feature, and your feedback.

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Linux Academy

MAY 6, 2019

We are delivering five new courses to help you get ready for three different Azure exams and providing you information over multiple Azure services. This week, we are bringing you several new courses to get you ready for Azure’s exams. Plus, some Qt license clarity, a handy new Rust feature, and your feedback.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

We are delivering five new courses to help you get ready for three different Azure exams and providing you information over multiple Azure services. This week, we are bringing you several new courses to get you ready for Azure’s exams. Plus, some Qt license clarity, a handy new Rust feature, and your feedback.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 2, 2023

It’s a new world, and of course AI was the big theme inside the longrunning AWS re:Invent conference, as well. ” One of the notable aspects of Amazon Q is its ability to connect to business data from a variety of applications, including Microsoft 365, Slack, Salesforce, Dropbox, and Amazon S3.

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The Verge

AUGUST 27, 2021

In June, we wrote that Windows 11 will leave millions of PCs behind , seemingly because their processors aren’t as new and fully featured as Microsoft would like. But while it might seem like Microsoft’s opening up the floodgates, the confusing reality of Windows 11 upgrades hasn’t changed quite as much as you might think.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 16, 2021

At the UW, Klustner said that includes programs to attract a diverse student body into STEM courses and research opportunities in climate tech. When Microsoft’s climate investment fund was established last year, Middaugh said, they set climate equity as one of four key considerations when evaluating where to spend their money.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

You should no longer assume SAP is simply interested in managing infrastructure or introducing a new product repackaging and license scheme. remaining on ECC or S/4 On-Premise) is the correct course of action to counteract SAP’s influence. The introduction of RISE and GROW is no different.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Taking an unconventional route to a conventional business Kat Norton is a Microsoft Excel influencer. You are the creator of something called the Excelerator Course. So I sell Microsoft Excel courses and now all of the other Microsoft products. I have Google Sheets courses as well. Kat’s just not doing that.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Last week, I showed you why Apple’s App Store guidelines will never permit Microsoft’s xCloud or Google’s Stadia cloud gaming services in their current forms. But Microsoft has another form of game streaming that isn’t against Apple’s rules at all, and the company has all but confirmed it’s currently working to bring it to your iPhone.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Arm is a hugely important company; the company’s chip designs touch hundreds of billions of devices, including CPUs and ISPs for modern cars, embedded chipsets for wearable and medical devices, smart home gadgets like thermostats and routers, and of course, smartphone and laptop processors. There are a couple of things to note here.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Enterprises such as Unilever are already using GPT to deliver business value , although rarely in business-critical situations and almost always only to recommend courses of action for an employee to review and approve — the so-called “human in the loop” approach. A Microsoft representative will also reportedly attend, although not its CEO.

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Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

I spent some time with a colleague this week discussing how partners work with Microsoft, and it''s a conversation I''ve had in many shapes and forms for almost 15 years with many Microsoft partners in partner briefings, conferences, advisory boards, executive round tables, and other less formal venues (ie/eg, over beers).

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Microsoft is expanding its Xbox refund policy specifically to accommodate consumers looking to return digital copies of the recently-released action RPG Cyberpunk 2077, which has been plagued by bugs and poor performance since its launch last week. The news came on Friday morning via Microsoft’s verified Xbox Support account on Twitter.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 12, 2022

I’ve been leading the Johns Hopkins Data Science Lab here for the last few years, and we do a lot of infrastructure development and data management training, massive online open courses on Coursera. GeekWire: How do you see the Hutch working with larger players like Amazon and Microsoft, vs. smaller startups?

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GeekWire

JANUARY 26, 2021

Tim Farrar , a telecommunications industry consultant who has previously voiced skepticism about Starlink’s business model, said that decision is likely to turn on whether the FCC considers the orbital change to be a major or a minor modification in SpaceX’s license.

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Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

I spent some time with a colleague this week discussing how partners work with Microsoft, and it's a conversation I've had in many shapes and forms for almost 15 years with many Microsoft partners in partner briefings, conferences, advisory boards, executive round tables, and other less formal venues (ie/eg, over beers).

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Vox

MAY 14, 2021

Early in the pandemic, Microsoft published data about the number of times engineers working from home submitted changes to the company’s computer code — using this metric as a proxy for productivity. Of course, we can view this data skeptically, too. Productivity didn’t go down when engineers began working from home. Time Is Ltd.

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The Investing Edge

AUGUST 8, 2013

There’s one argument I don’t think has been adequately covered: Apple failed to heed the lessons learned from its desktop OS battles with Microsoft in the 1980s. I’m old enough to remember Apple vs. Microsoft for PC supremacy, and I see remarkable similarities from those days and today. Buckle up and enjoy the ride….

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Microsoft flinched first, and now we know how much the next generation of console gaming will cost. There’s a likely reason both Sony and Microsoft have been leading us along for well over a year (Sony confirmed the PlayStation 5 in October 2019, if you’ll recall ). Image: Microsoft. It’s about time to find out.

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The Verge

JANUARY 21, 2022

or at least some of them It seems unlikely that Microsoft will ever make a portable Xbox. Between Sony’s failure with the Vita, Nintendo’s dominance of the market with the Switch, and Microsoft’s device-agnostic business model, there isn’t really much need for such a product. A good solution for mobile Game Pass games.

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CTOvision

APRIL 26, 2016

This creates a risk, of course, because any newly hired employees may be provided with unwarranted access to business applications and systems that they should not be privy to. The fine helpdesk personnel’s time is dictated by standards, IT auditors and managing licensing costs. They don’t have the time, nor do they have the direction.

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