Microsoft’s surprise agreement with Nebius to supply large blocks of AI compute to Azure marks a strategic pivot: rather than racing to open more hyperscale data centers itself, Microsoft is contracting external “neocloud” capacity to close short-term gaps in U.S. availability while it...
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Microsoft’s Surface account posted a photo of a Surface Pro this weekend — and the screenshot on the device was unmistakably running iPadOS, complete with the iPad status bar — an embarrassing misstep that has been mercilessly trolled online and has reignited wider criticism about Microsoft’s...
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A wave of digital transformation is sweeping through the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector, fueled by Microsoft’s latest portfolio of AI-driven tools and platforms. Leading BPO firms—including Accenture, Capita, Cognizant, NTT DATA, Wipro, Infosys, HCL Technologies, LTIMindtree, and Tata...
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The closure of Microsoft’s local office in Pakistan marks a seismic shift in the country’s technology landscape, a story echoing both the growing challenges and critical opportunities facing emerging digital economies. For a quarter-century, Microsoft served as a formidable presence in Pakistan...
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Microsoft’s sudden closure of its Pakistan operations marks not just the end of an era, but the culmination of a story that stretches over a quarter of a century. The company’s presence in the South Asian state began during the initial global expansion of America’s digital giants, following a...
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In a move that has sent ripples through the tech industry, Microsoft is reportedly preparing to lay off thousands of employees in the upcoming weeks, with the official announcement expected soon after the close of its fiscal year. According to a recent Bloomberg report corroborated by multiple...
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Trading activity at the eClerx Services Ltd counter has recently drawn sharp attention from market analysts and retail investors alike, as transaction volumes have surged well beyond the company’s historical averages. This uptick in market participation signals both heightened interest in the...
A Friend had a very strange phone call from an obvious "outsource" telling me
that the security of his computer was in jeopardy, that his system had so many
viruses that it was going to crash and that the junk mail folder had to be
cleaned.
This does not begin to describe the tone of the woman...