Sun, November 17

Microsoft Shareholders to Vote on Potential Bitcoin Investment

Microsoft shareholders will soon decide whether the company should publicly assess the potential of adding Bitcoin to its balance sheet. An October 24 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reveals the proposal, named “Assessment of Investing in Bitcoin,” will be presented for a vote on December 10.

October 25, 2024 2 mins read

Sam Altman Returns as OpenAI CEO Ending Governance Chaos

Reversing its earlier decision to fire Sam Altman, OpenAI rehired him two days after Microsoft appointed him to head a new squad focused on advanced artificial intelligence research. The news that Altman will be returning to OpenAI as CEO was revealed on November 22. In a formal tweet, the corporation

November 22, 2023 2 mins read

Minecraft’s Prohibition of NFTs on Player-run Servers Still on the Cards

When Minecraft announced in July 2022 that it would prohibit NFTs on player-run servers, it sent shockwaves across the Web3 community. However, that intended action has not yet taken place, albeit it is still on the horizon about a year later. In a blog post published last summer, Mojang, a

June 10, 2023 1 min read

Microsoft Collaborates With CoreWeave to Power AI-driven Services

Microsoft has inked a contract with CoreWeave, a cloud computing infrastructure provider and former Ethereum miner. This is to power Microsoft’s AI-driven services. CNBC reported on June 1 that, based on information from “people with knowledge of the matter,” Microsoft might spend billions of dollars on the transaction with CoreWeave

June 4, 2023 1 min read

Goldman Sachs, Microsoft Team Up With Digital Asset To Unveil Blockchain Network

Digital Asset, a renowned leader in blockchain solutions, has made a groundbreaking announcement in collaboration with Goldman Sachs, Microsoft and others with its plans to unveil a cutting-edge privacy-enabled blockchain network explicitly tailored for institutional clients. This highly anticipated development promises to revolutionize blockchain by providing a decentralized infrastructure that

May 9, 2023 1 min read

Elon Musk vs Microsoft in “Lawsuit Time” Over Twitter Data Breach?  

Grabbing the tech world’s focus, Elon Musk hints at a “lawsuit time” with Microsoft against the “illegal” exploitation of Twitter’s data for equipping its AI model. This threat arrives just in time after the announcement of Microsoft abandoning Twitter services on its advertising platform. Microsoft denied paying the high API

April 20, 2023 2 mins read

Microsoft Reportedly Integrating Support For Crypto and NFT in Edge Browser

A Web3 wallet that supports cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is apparently in the works for integration into Microsoft’s Edge browser. Software documenter and sometimes information leaker Albacore posted what seem to be early pictures of the company’s new Web3 wallet’s user interface (UI) on Twitter on March 17. Albacore

March 18, 2023 1 min read

Ankr Price Rises Shortly After Microsoft Partnership

Ankr, the blockchain infrastructure provider’s partnership with Microsoft has benefitted the native utility token. Ankr token had an instant 70% increase in price, with the 7 days high mark at $0.053714. At present, the token is trading at $0.04676586 with a 37.6% rise in the last 24 hours. The overall

February 22, 2023 1 min read

Ankr Collaborates With Microsoft To Offer Node Hosting Service

Ankr, a supplier of decentralized blockchain infrastructure, and Microsoft have collaborated to provide a new kind of node hosting service via the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. As part of the collaboration, both businesses’ technologies will be integrated, with Microsoft’s cloud services joining Ankr’s blockchain infrastructure. Developers working on Web3 projects will

February 21, 2023 1 min read

Microsoft Bing AI Chatbot Wants To Be A Human

AI-powered chatbots are now marching with powerful strides into the tech reign, intending to revolutionize the world. Significantly, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has become the most viral and dominant AI chatbot. It is now accompanied by Microsoft’s Bing AI and rivaled by Google’s Bard. Despite the pros, the human-like responses from these

February 17, 2023 1 min read