Microsoft to Lay off a Significant Number of its Kenyan Employees
Microsoft Kenya has been rumoured to lay off a significant number of its employees from its Africa Development Centre in Nairobi. Although it is unsure how many staff will be affected, TechWeez…
Microsoft Inks $69bn Agreement with Nvidia and Nintendo to Save Activision Deal
Microsoft has defended its proposal to buy Activision Blizzard – the maker of Call of Duty and Candy Crush – at an EU competitions hearing. Microsoft says it believes the…
Regulator Warns Microsoft’s Activision Deal Could Harm Millions of Gamers
Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard could harm competition by letting Microsoft restrict Activision’s video games to proprietary platforms such as Xbox, UK officials said Wednesday, in the latest…
Microsoft Ups Ante for Online Search With New AI-Powered Bing Engine, Edge Browser
Microsoft may have ushered in a paradigm shift Tuesday with the release of new versions of its search engine, Bing, and web browser, Edge — both now powered by artificial…
Microsoft Unveils New Bing with ChatGPT Powers
Microsoft has announced a new version of its search engine Bing, which incorporates the latest in artificial intelligence. The overhaul deploys OpenAI’s ChatGPT technology, which has taken the world by…
Microsoft Confirms Multi-Billion Dollars Investment in ChatGPT
Microsoft on Monday confirmed it is making a “multibillion dollar” investment in OpenAI, the company behind the viral new AI chatbot tool called ChatGPT. Microsoft, an early investor in OpenAI, said it…
Microsoft to Lay Off 10,000 Workers as Global Growth Slows
Microsoft will cut 10,000 jobs in the latest round of staff redundancies to hit the tech industry. It will affect up to 5% of its global workforce and cost the…
Microsoft Ends Support for Windows 7, 8 Operating Systems
Users of Microsoft legacy versions of the windows operating systems like windows 7, 8 and 8.1 have been given a heads-up about the recent move by Microsoft to end support for the…
Microsoft Excel Gets Key Features to Help Users Save Time
Microsoft has introduced several features to its Excel product to help users save time. Among the five listed in the announcement, the two key releases are Formula Suggestions and Formula by Example, and…
Microsoft, Viasat Partner to Deliver Internet Access to Underserved Communities Globally
Microsoft and Viasat (NASDAQ: VSAT) has signed a new partnership to help deliver internet access to 10 million people around the globe, including Five million across Africa. Viasat, a global…
Microsoft Buys Stake in London Stock Exchange Owner in Cloud Data Deal
Microsoft (MSFT) is buying a 4% stake in the London Stock Exchange Group (LDNXF) as part of a deal that will see the market operator spend at least $2.8 billion over 10 years on…
US Seeks to Block Microsoft’s $69bn Acquisition of Gaming Firm
The US is entering a legal battle with Xbox-maker Microsoft to block its plan to purchase the gaming firm behind hit titles such as Call of Duty. Regulators cited competition…
Pentagon Awards Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Contract to Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle
Washington DC – The Defense Department has named Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle as the winners of a multibillion-dollar cloud computing contract whose predecessor the Pentagon had to cancel amid…
Google and Microsoft hit by Low Sales
Sales at the tech giants Alphabet and Microsoft have slowed sharply, adding to fears of a downturn in the economy. Alphabet, which owns Google and YouTube, said sales rose just…
Microsoft Unveils Most Expensive Surface Desktop Computer
Microsoft’s most expensive Surface device is about to get even pricier. At a press event on Wednesday, Microsoft is set to unveil several Surface Pro tablets, Surface Laptop models and…
Report: Data Breaches Top List Of Security Concerns For Nigerian CIOs
survey by the Enterprise Security Trends in Nigeria shows that for Nigerian CIOs, the consequences of a possible security breach are their number one concern as they look to navigate…
What You Need to Know About the New Windows 11 Update
Nearly one year after Microsoft launched its flagship Windows 11, the tech giant has officially rolled out its first major update to the operating system. The update, which is available…
Top CEOs, Techies Paying $75,000 To Get Taller – Cosmetic Surgeon Report
Workers from Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta are paying $75,000 to be taller, a surgeon told GQ. The Las Vegas surgeon can lengthen patients’ legs via a painful months-long process.…
Spring of Life Partners New Horizons to Produce 20 Microsoft Technology Associates
No fewer than 20 students of the prestigious Spring of Life and Fountain of Wisdom School, Enugu recently sat for and passed the globally recognised Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) certification…
Microsoft Appoints Nigeria’s Kunle Awosika as Managing Director of its Africa Transformation Office
Kunle succeeds Wael Elkabbany, who served as the head of the Africa Transformation Office (ATO) for nine months. Kunle has held various positions at Microsoft, including being one of the…