Notable major technology and media corporations in the United States have begun 2024 with a fresh round of job cuts, with reasons citing the global economic crisis that is expected to remain persistent in the new year. Let's take a look at the US tech and media companies that have fired or plan to fire a large percentage of their employees in 2024.

Microsoft's Teams services were restored on Saturday after a disruption blocked access to the messaging platform

Microsoft joined Apple on Wednesday as a three trillion dollar company

Microsoft is rolling out subscriptions of its 'Copilot' artificial intelligence for consumers and small businesses

Microsoft has edged past Apple to become the most valuable company in the world

Declining Iphone sales has caused Apple stocks to dip, and Microsoft looking to take advantage

Microsoft has recently released the Xbox Series S Toaster, a kitchen appliance inspired by the design of the Xbox Series S gaming console. The toaster, currently listed in Walmart for US$39.99, will imprint an Xbox sphere logo on the bread during toasting.

OpenAI and its financial supporter Microsoft have faced a new class action lawsuit by two US-based nonfiction authors for copyright infringement. Filed in a Manhattan federal court, the lawsuit claims that the two authors' works were improperly utilised by the companies to train the AI models behind ChatGPT and other AI-driven services.

The New York Times, the US-based news platform, has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft over copyright infringement, alleging the unauthorised use of millions of the newspaper's articles to train chatbots designed to deliver information to readers.

Microsoft is delving into the world of artificial intelligence (AI) to ease the complex approval process for next-generation nuclear reactors. The tech giant aims to leverage small modular reactors (SMRs) to meet the escalating electricity demands driven by the widespread use of OpenAI's ChatGPT, with 100 million weekly users as of November 2023, according to techcrunch.

Microsoft and the AFL-CIO, the pre-eminent labor group in the United States, have entered into a partnership to better address the consequences of artificial intelligence on the workforce and to guide government regulation.

Microsoft said in a statement on Friday that it does not own any part of OpenAI, an artificial intelligence powerhouse.

OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, is not likely to grant board seats to investors such as Microsoft, Khosla Ventures, and Thrive Capital for its new board, according to a source familiar with the matter.

OpenAI announced on Tuesday its co-founder Sam Altman will return as CEO, days after he was fired by the board

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Monday said that ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Greg Brockman will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team

Multinational tech company Siemens has recently announced a collaboration with tech giant Microsoft in jointly working on a new AI-based project. In the 'Siemens Industrial Copilot scheme', the two companies will be working together to use generative AI for the manufacturing, transportation, and healthcare industries.

Google-parent Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) cloud division posted its weakest growth in nearly three years, leading to a 5.7% decline in its stock value in after-hours trading. This decline is even more striking when juxtaposed with the success of Microsoft's (MSFT.O) cloud division, which has seen a substantial surge in sales.

Microsoft, the famous tech giant and maker of the Xbox consoles, has recently acquired the video game company Activision Blizzard for $69 billion. With this acquisition, Microsoft now owns several video game franchises originally owned by Activision Blizzard, including popular titles such as Call of Duty, Overwatch, Warcraft, and Candy Crush.

Microsoft unveiled a slew of new products and updates at its Surface event this year. From groundbreaking hardware advancements to sophisticated software improvements, the tech behemoth continues to reshape the landscape of personal and professional computing. Here's a detailed look at the announcements that have caught the industry's attention

Microsoft announced today that it is integrating the Python programming language into its ubiquitous Excel spreadsheet software. The public preview of this groundbreaking feature is available today for Microsoft 365 Insiders in the Beta Channel, initially limited to Windows users.