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June 13, 2024

Business

Apple is now the most valuable US public company

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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an announcement of new products on the Apple campus in Cupertino, California, on June 10. Jeff Chiu/AP

June 13, 2024

Tech

Microsoft’s Nadella Is Building an AI Empire. OpenAI Was Just the First Step.

After landing the deal that launched his company to the front of the artificial-intelligence race, the tech chief is spreading his bets. Will it be enough?

By Editors Desk

Satya Nadella at the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle last month. JASON REDMOND/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

May 13, 2024

Business

Melinda French Gates to quit Gates Foundation

Ms Gates announced her separation from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in 2021.

Getty Images Ms Gates said she had not come to her decision "lightly"

January 31, 2024

Tech

‘Microsoft is back.’ How AI put the five-decade-old tech giant on top again.

.The software giant’s market value passed $3 trillion, only the second corporation to ever do so.

By Editors Desk

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

January 24, 2024

Business

Microsoft Hits $3 Trillion, Cementing Strength of AI Rally

The threshold cements Microsoft’s status as one of the largest public stocks.

A Microsoft store in New York.Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg

January 18, 2024

Business

Sam Altman and Satya Nadella talk to The Economist

The bosses of OpenAI and Microsoft on the future of AI and superhuman intelligence

January 17, 2024

National Security

ChatGPT creator joins forces with Pentagon

OpenAI has dropped its prohibition on providing its technology to military entities, according to an executive

By Editors Desk

January 13, 2024

Tech

Microsoft's market cap hit $2.89 trillion as it overtook Apple as the world's most valuable public company

Microsoft's market cap hit $2.89 trillion on Friday as it knocked Apple off the top spot.

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Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella. Ethan Miller / Getty

January 11, 2024

Business

Microsoft neck and neck with Apple in fight to be world’s most valuable company

Artificial intelligence boom propels software giant to $2.9tn market value

By Editors Desk

December 28, 2023

Media & TV

The New York Times Has an Edge in Suit Against OpenAI

To offer useful information, ChatGPT and other large language models need humans to report, vet and publish new facts. Who is going to pay for that?

Just trying to stay alive.Photographer: Mario Tama/Getty Images/Getty Images

December 27, 2023

Business

Steve Ballmer is set to make $1 billion a year for doing nothing

By Editors Desk

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is set to earn close to $1 billion in dividends from owning shares of Microsoft in the 2024 fiscal year. Jayne Kamin-Oncea/USA TODAY Sports/Reuters

December 27, 2023

Artificial Intelligence

The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement

A lawsuit claims OpenAI copied millions of Times’ articles to train the language models that power ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot.

By Editors Desk

November 24, 2023

Tech

'Chessmaster' Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was the true winner from the OpenAI fiasco, Wedbush analyst says

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was the true winner from the OpenAI chaos, according to Wedbush analyst Dan Ives.

By Editors Desk

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Getty Images/Stephen Brashear

November 22, 2023

Business

Microsoft was preparing its San Francisco offices with MacBooks and HR on standby to welcome defecting OpenAI employees, then Sam Altman rejoined as CEO

Hundreds of OpenAI staffers were expected to leave the company and join Microsoft in the wake of Altman's departure. He has since rejoined OpenAI.

By Editors Desk

Microsoft was prepping LinkedIn's offices in San Francisco for an influx of OpenAI defectors. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

November 22, 2023

Tech

Sam Altman returns to OpenAI in a bizarre reversal of fortunes

The new agreement "in principle" involves a new board being installed, the tech company said.

By Editors Desk

November 21, 2023

Tech

Microsoft offers to match pay of all OpenAI staff

The tech giant offers jobs to any workers who want to leave over Sam Altman's sacking.

By Editors Desk

Kevin Scott is also executive vice president of AI at Microsoft. Getty Images

November 21, 2023

Tech

OpenAI in ‘Intense Discussions’ to Quell Potential Staff Mutiny

No imminent leadership decision expected as talks drag out

By Editors Desk

November 20, 2023

Tech

Microsoft CEO Signals Willingness to Have Altman Rejoin OpenAI

Microsoft has signaled it wouldn’t oppose such an outcome

By Editors Desk

November 20, 2023

Tech

Microsoft Ends Weekend of OpenAI Drama With Coup of Its Own

Software giant hires Altman to help lead its own AI efforts

By Editors Desk

Emmett ShearPhotographer: Robin L Marshall/Getty Images

November 20, 2023

Business

Sam Altman joins Microsoft as OpenAI taps Shear as interim CEO

By Editors Desk

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 6 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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