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.

Microsoft has recently patched a total of 132 security flaws in the latest Windows update. Out of them, nine were rated 'critical' and 121 were rated 'important' in terms of their severity when the patch was first released.

Since November 2022, the whole world has been inexplicably changed by the powerful AI chatbot, ChatGPT. This revolutionary chatbot, created by OpenAI, reached over 1 million users in 5 days. It's one of the shining examples of the incredible work being done in the field of AI, and no one is more at the forefront of this revolution than OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman.

In a recent tweet, tech billionaire Elon Musk threatened to take legal action against Microsoft over claims that the company "trained illegally using Twitter data."

Copilot harnesses the potential of massive language models in conjunction with business data and Microsoft 365 apps to boost creativity, productivity, and skills.

ChatGPT is a chatbot that responds to user inquiries in a remarkably human-like manner.

The announcement comes days after Chinese search giant Baidu said it would complete testing of its AI chatbot in March.

It has become clear that Microsoft has long-term plans with OpenAI. They can potentially have other projects, too — but OpenAI has been the one with the most limelight.

The same AI technology that powers the chatbot ChatGPT has been upgraded and added to the latest version of Microsoft's Bing search engine.

Google is launching an AI chatbot called Bard, in a move to rival the popular, and much debated AI, ChatGPT from Open AI. Google is building Bard on its existing large language model Lamda, which one Google engineer claimed to be 'sentient' due to its eerie similarity to human responses.

Thousands of users have reported facing outages in Microsoft services including Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Outlook, according to Downdetector.

Microsoft has officially entered a new multiyear, multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and DALL-E.

Microsoft is officially removing the option to download Windows 10 Home and Pro after January 31, 2023.

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) plans to cut thousands of jobs with some roles expected to be eliminated in human resources and engineering divisions, according to media reports..The expected layoffs would be the latest in the US technology sector, where companies including Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O)

Microsoft is currently looking into ways to integrate ChatGPT into Word, Outlook and PowerPoint, according to a report by The Information.

Microsoft recently filed a formal response to the FTC's claims that the $68.7 billion deal is an illegal acquisition that should be stopped.

Microsoft will also provide free access to 350 courses and six new Career Essentials Certificates for six of the most in-demand jobs in the digital economy to help 10 million people learn digital skills.

Technology giant Microsoft has fired around 1,000 workers in a new round of layoffs, According to reports from Business Insider.