GeekWire

MARCH 5, 2024

Enzzo Photo) Building hardware is hard. That’s what a group of longtime investors are betting on with a $3 million seed investment in Enzzo , a new Seattle startup that spun out of Pioneer Square Labs and aims to accelerate hardware development. Enzzo team, from left: Ricardo Ma, Patrick Fiori, Zheng Liu, and Ford Davidson.

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The Verge

MARCH 9, 2022

Sony Interactive Entertainment, the arm of Sony that manages its popular PlayStation console, is halting all software and hardware shipments in Russia because of the country’s invasion of Ukraine. We have suspended all software and hardware shipments, the launch of Gran Turismo 7 , and operations of the PlayStation Store in Russia.”

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The Verge

JUNE 18, 2020

Microsoft is getting ready to launch its xCloud game streaming service later this year as part of Xbox Game Pass. The service will initially be powered by Xbox One S consoles in server blades in Microsoft’s datacenters, but the software giant is planning to upgrade this hardware next year. An existing xCloud server blade.

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GeekWire

MAY 6, 2021

Microsoft revealed in a court appearance this week that it does not, and has never, earned money on the per-unit sales for the Xbox. Each console is sold at a loss, and the profit from the project for Microsoft comes entirely from software sales. This was disclosed during a Microsoft executive’s testimony in the Epic v.

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GeekWire

APRIL 30, 2024

These servers inside a Microsoft data center in Quincy, Wash., Microsoft Photo / John Brecher) Analysts, investors, and the media are suddenly focused intensely on capital expenditures by tech giants including Microsoft, Meta, Google, and others to size up the industry’s bet on the cloud and artificial intelligence.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Microsoft’s Surface Duo, its first Android device, comes with two 5.6-inch Microsoft Photo). Microsoft released its first Android device, the dual-screen Surface Duo , to mixed reviews on Thursday morning. inch screens. inch screens that unfold like a small book. inch screens that unfold like a small book.

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GeekWire

MARCH 17, 2021

The University of Washington spinout aims to help companies deploy machine learning models on various hardware configurations. Traction : OctoML is working with Qualcomm, Microsoft, AMD, Bosch, and many others. It has nearly 1,000 early access sign-ups for the “Octomizer,” its first TVM-based software-as-a-service offering. .”

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TechSpot

MAY 3, 2024

So far, the generative AI landscape has been dominated by the likes of OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft. But Cook name-dropped Apple's unified hardware/software integration, powerful chips with advanced neural engines for on-device AI processing, and the company's privacy-first approach as differentiators. Read Entire Article

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 30, 2021

Microsoft is cautioning that those who take an alternative road to installing Windows 11 on unsupported hardware won’t receive software updates. Read more.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 12, 2023

Microsoft has nullified more than 100 different malicious drivers that were originally given valid signatures by its Windows Hardware Compatibility Program (WHCP). Upon learning of the malicious drivers, Microsoft promptly took action by revoking the certificates associated with them and adding them to the driver revocation list.

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GeekWire

MARCH 21, 2024

Microsoft’s Surface Pro 10, left and Surface Pro 6, right. It’s the latest move by Microsoft to make its Copilot AI tools a standard for businesses, part of its broader competition with other enterprise tech providers including Google, Salesforce, Amazon, and others. Pricing for the devices starts around $1,200.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Citing currency fluctuations, Microsoft is all set to increase prices of its on-premises software, online services and Windows licenses in India by up to 11%. The change will see India prices for commercial on-premises software rise by 4.5%, Microsoft said in a blog post. Microsoft, Pricing

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 8, 2024

In a bold move that promises to redefine the way users interact with their computers, Microsoft has announced the integration of a dedicated Copilot button on the keyboards of its Windows PCs. Microsoft has said it is committed to making technology more accessible and user-friendly. Copilot AI: what is it? What are the experts saying?

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Cloud Musings

JANUARY 8, 2018

Hardware matters. Intel’s Sarah Wieskus joins The End Point Imperative: A Podcast series from Intel to discuss the importance of stable, optimized hardware in today’s digital world. The topic for this episode is "In A Software World Hardware Does Matter." What does this mean for the hardware? My name is Kevin L.

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GeekWire

APRIL 25, 2024

(GeekWire File Photo / Nat Levy) Microsoft posted its latest earnings report on Thursday, which was broadly speaking good news for the company. This is the second quarterly report from Microsoft that included the effects of its record-setting acquisition of the formerly independent game developer Activision Blizzard King.

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The Verge

AUGUST 27, 2021

Microsoft is announcing today that it won’t block people from installing Windows 11 on most older PCs. Microsoft announced its Windows 11 minimum hardware requirements in June, and made it clear that only Intel 8th Gen and beyond CPUs were officially supported.

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TechSpot

MARCH 29, 2022

Microsoft senior software engineer Cooper Partin, a developer on the DirectStorage for Windows team, explained in a video how the technology was designed to utilize PC hardware fully, and that's especially true when using Windows 11 alongside an NVMe drive; a setup that could offer a 20% to 40% CPU.

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GeekWire

MARCH 14, 2022

(Photo by John Brecher for Microsoft). Microsoft says its researchers have found evidence of an exotic phenomenon that’s key to its plans to build general-purpose quantum computers. Microsoft has chosen a particularly exotic technological strategy, which involves inducing quantum states on topological superconducting wires.

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The Verge

MARCH 2, 2021

Microsoft is launching its new Microsoft Mesh mixed reality platform today , and part of the announcement includes a brief demonstration of Pokémon Go running on the HoloLens 2 headset. Hanke appeared on Microsoft’s virtual Ignite stage today as part of the company’s Mesh launch. A prototype version of Pokémon Go on HoloLens.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 15, 2016

All enterprise professionals should continue to track MicroSoft ( NASDAQ:MSFT ). We focus most of our energy tracking smaller, more disruptive firms since most enterprise technologists will know how to get updates on MicroSoft, but like the other Tech Titans we track we have to keep an eye out for surprises. What Is Microsoft HoloLens?

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

A variety of new hardware updates are expected from Microsoft. Image: Microsoft. Like in previous years, Microsoft is getting into the mix with its forthcoming Surface event , where we anticipate the company will announce a slew of products during its livestream presentation on Wednesday at 11AM ET / 8AM PT.

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The Verge

MAY 19, 2020

Microsoft is promising to dramatically improve its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with GUI app support and GPU hardware acceleration. The software giant is adding a full Linux kernel to Windows 10 with WSL version 2 later this month, and it’s now planning to support Linux GUI apps that will run alongside regular Windows apps.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

based 3D printer company Formlabs appointed Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer Chris Capossela to its board of directors. Founded in 2011, Formlabs sells hardware, software and materials for 3D printing. (Formlabs Photo) — Somerville, Mass.-based Capossela has spent more than 30 years at the Redmond, Wash.-based

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The Verge

MARCH 31, 2021

Microsoft has won a contract to supply the US Army with HoloLens-based headsets. billion over 10 years, and CNBC reports that it will involve Microsoft supplying 120,000 headsets. Microsoft initially won a $479 million contract to supply the US Army with a version of its HoloLens augmented reality headset back in 2018.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Microsoft’s new “Pluton” architecture has won support from Intel, AMD and Qualcomm. Microsoft Graphic). It’s modeled after the chip design that Microsoft introduced with the Xbox One in 2013, and also uses in its Azure Sphere processors for Internet of Things devices.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The four generations of Xbox hardware, as of 2020. Ed Fries, one of the original team members at Microsoft that co-created the Xbox, shared a bevy of behind-the-scenes stories from his time at the tech giant as part of a celebration of the Xbox project’s 20th anniversary. The original Xbox is in the back left.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Microsoft’s Krysta Svore discusses quantum computing at a 2020 conference. Microsoft has an app for that — and now developers around the world can have it, too. It’s a software tool that was originally developed for Microsoft’s internal use. GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle).

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GeekWire

AUGUST 17, 2020

Microsoft chief product officer Panos Panay at a past Surface unveiling. Microsoft Photo). ” As Microsoft’s chief product officer, Panay oversees the company’s Windows user experience and hardware development initiatives. .” Sonos, based in Santa Barbara, Calif.,

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Network World

AUGUST 5, 2019

Back when this blog was dedicated to all things Microsoft I routinely railed against the spying aspects of Windows 10. Well, apparently that’s nothing compared to what enterprise security, analytics, and hardware management tools are doing.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 1, 2023

(Tola Photo) Sheila Gulati spent the past decade as managing director of Tola Capital immersed in cloud transformation, investing in cutting-edge enterprise software startups that took advantage of new innovations in digital applications and platforms. AI systems and models still rely on the cloud and hardware such as chips.

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Tech Republic

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Microsoft dishes up new hardware, with an extra helping of software, at the latest Fall 2022 Surface Event. The post Microsoft’s Fall 2022 Surface Event: Here comes the future appeared first on TechRepublic.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Microsoft is back with a refreshed $1,499 Surface Pro X this year, and not much has changed hardware-wise. The 2020 model includes an updated Microsoft SQ2 processor, with promises of improved performance and battery life. Hardware: The basic Surface Pro X hardware hasn’t changed for this latest model.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

These days, as co-founder and CEO of the Seattle-based Omni Group productivity software company, Case works with his team to help project managers do the equivalent on their screens, no pencil or eraser required. Microsoft said this week that its productivity apps are among them. Omni Group CEO Ken Case.

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The Verge

JUNE 28, 2021

Microsoft keeps hinting at an October release date for Windows 11. The software giant teased an October date several times during its Windows event last week, including one instance where a Microsoft Teams message says “excited to turn it up to 11. Microsoft’s first October hint. can’t wait for October!”

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The Verge

MARCH 15, 2022

Image: Microsoft. Microsoft appears to be testing a new type of ad inside File Explorer on Windows 11. Microsoft MVP and Twitter user Florian Beaubois discovered an ad in the latest test build of Windows 11, prompting users to check out the Microsoft Editor. pic.twitter.com/rusnyrYyX2 — Florian (@flobo09) March 12, 2022.

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GeekWire

JUNE 2, 2021

Microsoft has expanded its focus on device security under CEO Satya Nadella. Microsoft has acquired ReFirm Labs of Fulton, Md., the company behind the Binwalk open-source software that identifies hidden security vulnerabilities in firmware, the software programmed into the memory of devices to provide basic hardware control.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Stratvert is a former Microsoft program manager who left the company to focus full-time on his work as a YouTube creator, producing how-to videos about software and services from Microsoft and others. First Look at Windows 11 – impressions from an ex-Microsoft PM. 5 , providing a sense for what to expect. .

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