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Amidst intensifying global focus on Big Tech’s social responsibilities, recent accusations against Microsoft are sparking heated debate about free expression, corporate ethics, and complicity in conflict. According to reports in ABP Live and Moneycontrol, a group of pro-Palestinian Microsoft...

The eruption at Microsoft’s Build developer conference, where a former firmware engineer publicly confronted CEO Satya Nadella onstage, has magnified simmering tensions over Big Tech’s involvement in the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. As employee activism spills beyond digital forums into the...

Few partnerships in the artificial intelligence landscape have raised as many eyebrows or offered as much intrigue as the recent deal to host Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. The announcement, unveiled in a high-profile segment at Microsoft’s annual Build...

The Microsoft Build 2024 keynote, typically a celebration of technological innovation and future-facing products, was unexpectedly thrust into the global political spotlight when a Microsoft employee interrupted CEO Satya Nadella’s presentation in protest. The incident, which quickly spread...

Amid ongoing legal confrontation and headline-grabbing rivalry, the relationship between Elon Musk and Microsoft has taken a surprising new turn—one that underscores the complex, interdependent ecosystems defining today’s generative AI industry. Although Musk is actively suing Microsoft in...

In a development that encapsulates the extraordinary complexity of Silicon Valley rivalries and alliances, Elon Musk—currently embroiled in a lawsuit against Microsoft—made headlines with a surprisingly cordial appearance at the software giant’s yearly Build developer conference. Musk was not...

As Microsoft faces growing scrutiny over its business relationships and the moral dilemmas of technology in modern conflict, its recent response to accusations of enabling the Israeli military’s actions in Gaza provides a glimpse into the ethical minefields of twenty-first-century tech giants...

The generative AI boom has triggered seismic shifts across the global tech landscape, sparking a new era of competitive rivalry, evolving alliances, and sweeping transformations in enterprise software. At the heart of this volatile moment stands an intensifying feud between Microsoft and...

Amid rising global concern over technological dominance, the United States currently leads in artificial intelligence innovation, but experts and industry leaders are ringing alarm bells regarding sustainability and future leadership. At a recent U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing...

In a move that has reignited industry debate about the future of artificial intelligence partnerships, OpenAI’s unexpected decision to abandon plans for a strict separation of its commercial operations from nonprofit oversight has cast renewed scrutiny on its deep and complicated relationship...

Microsoft’s internal culture has always been closely watched, scrutinized for any sign of shifting preferences or competitive doubts—especially when it comes to its never-ending rivalry with Apple. In a surprising turn of events, Merill Fernando, a senior product manager at Microsoft, recently...

In a Washington courtroom, the drama unfolding between antitrust regulators and Google has become much more than a routine discussion of market share and search placement—it’s an early battle for dominance in the next age of artificial intelligence. The Department of Justice’s case against the...

As Microsoft prepared to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the company’s bold ambitions in artificial intelligence stood at an unexpected crossroads—a juncture marked not just by technological aspiration, but a sharp reckoning over leadership, cultural integration, and marketplace realities...

Microsoft’s push for Copilot to become the centerpiece of digital productivity took a striking turn this week, while Apple endured fresh scrutiny on Capitol Hill, and global tech titans navigated supply chain headaches, regulatory probes, and the shifting tectonics of the EV market. The latest...

If you thought reality TV was dramatic, just wait until you catch up with tech's latest soap opera—because this past week, the highs and lows of Silicon Valley have been outsparked only by the caffeine highs of the founders fueling them. AI: When Titans Tussle and Lawsuits Fly Welcome to the...

Kicking down the digital dust as the ink dries on Alphabet’s latest Q1 earnings call, you’d be forgiven for thinking all’s quiet on the Mountain View front. Alphabet, the parent company behind that little search engine nobody can pronounce incorrectly, has yet again wrested the narrative away...

It’s getting hard to tell whether Qualcomm and Arm are longtime frenemies or just an old married couple who refuse to divorce for the sake of the microcircuits. No sooner had the dust begun to settle after their last courtroom dance than Qualcomm decided to open up new salvos—this time with Arm...

Beneath the blinking neon lights of the Silicon Valley AI arms race, Microsoft’s Copilot has been quietly (and sometimes not-so-quietly) reinventing itself—shedding its earlier skin as Bing Chat and slinking into something far more conversational, if less overtly dazzling to hardcore techies...

Elon Musk's latest maneuver has the air of a Bollywood drama—full of hope, suspense, and the occasional cliffhanger. As the serial entrepreneur sets his sights, once again, on India’s electric vehicle market, the stakes are stratospheric not just for Tesla and its enigmatic leader, but for a...

Question: How to Make Money on a Google Breakup The financial world loves nothing better than a high-profile corporate breakup—unless, of course, it’s the spectacular schadenfreude that follows when Big Tech gets a little too big for its algorithmic britches. Enter Google (or, technically...