FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson at CNBC. Source: YouTube The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) goes on with a broad antitrust probe to Microsoft’s AI operations. With advertised in the last days of the Biden -the administration, the Trump Administration’s new FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson will lead the probe. The FTC sent Microsoft a civilian investigative need … Read more
Intels Fab of the Chip Factories Campus It builds in New Albany, Ohio. Image: Intel Intel’s plans to build two chip factories in New Albany, Ohio for an investment of more than $ 28 billion, have been postponed. One of the plants was scheduled to be opera in 2025, according to the Wall Street Journal. … Read more
Rumors swirl about a possible takeover of Intel. Nothing has been colored, but Broadcom and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are both in the early stages of suggesting potential offers, according to the Wall Street Journal. Broadcom could potentially seek an appointment for Intel’s chip design assets, while TSMC looks at its production features. More … Read more
On January 30, Microsoft showed the latest surface for Business Copilot+ PCs, Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11. Both will be in store shelves 18 February. Just a day earlier, the company announced all users of Microsoft Copilot AI assistant will be able to change Openais O1 model for slower, more “thought -provoking” answers. … Read more
Over the weekend, Chinese AI company Deepseek released an AI -Chat -App including an “Reasoning” AI Model comparable to Openais O1, which led to a voting among US AI companies as Deepseek rose to the top of Apple’s app Great. Deepseek is a Hangzhou, China-based company that delivers generative AI models and AI integration. Its … Read more
With laptop and smartphone makers like Samsung spreading generative AI across every aspect of their devices, Openai is trying to do the same with an agent tool announced on January 23rd. The tool, called Operator, runs on the same basic technology as Chatgpt, but resides within a Proprietary web browser. This enables it to autonomously … Read more
A joint venture called The Stargate Project will contribute $500 billion over four years to generative AI infrastructure in the United States, representatives of SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle announced in cooperation with President Donald Trump on January 21. The joint venture will support infrastructure, including data centers, that contribute to what OpenAI calls a “computing … Read more
Security researchers at French company Sekoia discovered a new phishing-as-a-service kit targeting Microsoft 365 accounts in December 2024, the company announced on January 16. The kit, called Sneaky 2FA, was distributed through Telegram by the threat actor service Sneaky Log. It is associated with about 100 domains and has been active since at least October … Read more
Microsoft has announced that the last day it will offer security support for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on Windows 10 will be October 14, 2025. Businesses that rely on Microsoft 365 apps and use the legacy operating system should upgrade to Windows 11. “After that date, if you run Microsoft 365 on a Windows 10 … Read more
The Linux Foundation announced Thursday a fund to support and organize open projects to build Chromium-based browsers. The supporters of Chromium-based browsers are now accepting new members. “With the launch of the support of Chromium-based browsers, we are taking another step forward in strengthening the open source community,” said Jim Zemlin, executive director of the … Read more