Microsoft will pay 20 million dollars to settle charges by the US Trade Commission that it illegally collected personal data from children without parents consent the US Federal Trade Commission said that the company violated the US children's online privacy protection act by collecting personal information from children who signed up to its Xbox gaming system without notifying their parents or obtaining their parents consent and by retaining children's personal information US Law requires online services and websites directed towards children under 13 to notify their parents about collecting and using personal information.

Child privacy violation costs Microsoft $20 million

Microsoft will pay 20 million dollars to settle charges by the US Trade Commission that it illegally collected personal data from children without parents consent the U.S Federal Trade Commission said that the company violated the US children's online privacy protection act by collecting personal information from children who signed up to its Xbox gaming system without notifying their parents or obtaining their parents consent and by retaining children's personal information US Law requires online services and websites directed towards children under 13 to notify their parents about collecting and using personal information.

Microsoft has decided to pay $20 million to reach a settlement after it was found to be illegally collecting and retaining the data of children who signed up to use its Xbox video game console.

Microsoft agrees to pay $20mn over illegal storing of Xbox account data of kids

Users on Monday (June 5) reported issues while accessing their Microsoft Outlook and Teams accounts as the company's product suite that includes Word and Excel was down for more than 15,000 users, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.

Microsoft 365 down, thousands of users face outage

Days after it was revealed that disgraced paedophile Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates for his alleged affair with a Russian bridge player, a Daily Mail report has claimed that the woman was connected to a Kremlin spy.

Bill Gates’ alleged Russian lover was in contact with a Kremlin spy: Report

In a five-point plan for the public governance of the technology, Microsoft President Brad Smith stated on Thursday that humans must continue to be in charge of artificial intelligence and be held responsible for any errors.

Microsoft Chief Brad Smith: Machines should be subject to human oversight

Microsoft has issued a warning stating that a state-sponsored Chinese cyberespionage group, Volt Typhoon, has been targeting critical infrastructure organisations across the United States, since at least mid-2021.

Microsoft says Chinese hacking group Volt Typhoon spying on US critical infrastructure

China accuses the United States and its allies of waging a quote-unquote disinformation campaign this comes after Washington its Western partners and Microsoft said that state-sponsored Chinese hackers had infiltrated critical US infrastructure Networks.

China: Reports of hacking is disinformation campaign of US

Microsoft has announced that full-time employees would not get a pay rise this year due to economic climate. But the company will continue bonuses, stock awards and promotions. The company is primarily focused on profitable generative Artificial Intelligence while Google tests ads in generative AI search template.

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Here, we bring you the news that is trending across WION's social media platforms - Microsoft has announced that full-time employees would not get a pay rise this year due to economic climate. But the company will continue bonuses, stock awards and promotions. The company is primarily focused on profitable generative Artificial Intelligence while Google tests ads in generative AI search template.

Microsoft skips salary increases for full-time employees this year

In a rapidly evolving tech landscape, the competition between Microsoft and Google has reached new heights as both companies strive to revolutionize the way people search for information.

Microsoft vs Google: The Artificial Intelligence battle heats up

Social media giant Twitter on Thursday (May 18) accused Microsoft of breaking its rules for developers who access the platform's data, reported AFP. The news agency said that it had seen the copy of a letter in this regard.

Microsoft broke rules for developers, says Twitter

Microsoft has a big victory in its kitty now. The US tech giant has won EU anti-trust body's approval to buy gaming company Activision. This win is likely to boost Microsoft's case in front of Chinese and South Korean regulators too.

EU okays Microsoft takeover of Activision | World Business Watch

Artificial Intelligence has taken the world by storm. People around the world are using chatbots like chatbots to automate tasks and increase their productivity. Tech companies continue to launch their iterations of AI-powered chatbots. Microsoft may be leading the AI race, but Google is now all set to give it a tough fight. Here's more.

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Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it will not provide salary increases for its full-time employees this year. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella cited global macroeconomic uncertainties and a major push towards artificial intelligence (AI) to justify his move to freeze employee salaries.

In AI era, Microsoft holds the purse strings: Salaries frozen but bonuses remain

Tech giant Microsoft said on Wednesday that it will not raise salaries for full-time employees this year. The announcement comes as the company focuses on the lucrative world of generative AI.

Tough times at Microsoft: Salaries stay put

The online recruitment-offering site LinkedIn on Monday announced it would be terminating the jobs of 716 employees as well as phasing out its China-focused job application.

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn to sack over 700 employees, phase out its Chinese app

The chief executives of Alphabet Inc’s Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic will meet with Vice President Kamala Harris and top White House officials to discuss key artificial intelligence (AI) issues on Thursday, said a White House official on Tuesday.

Google, Microsoft CEOs called to AI meeting at White House

A report published by an independent commission, constituted by former prime minister Boris Johnson has highlighted the existence of pro-Khalistan voices in the UK.

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Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition to buy Activision Blizzard - a video game company has been blocked in the United Kingdom by the Competition and Markets Authority.

UK watchdog blocks Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard

Google's parent company Alphabet and its rival Microsoft have surprised the markets as they announced better-than-expected earnings on Tuesday.

Alphabet, Microsoft earnings beat estimates

A recent study by the University of Colorado Riverside and University of Texas at Arlington in the United States studied the “water footprint” that large artificial intelligence models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT leave during their training.

AI models like ChatGPT ‘drink’ an enormous volume of water, finds study

Amazon has announced technology geared at its cloud users as well as a marketplace for AI tools from other companies. Amazon is joining well-known competitors like Microsoft and Google in the fight to gain an advantage in the generative artificial intelligence (AI) space. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) division of the multinational e-commerce company revealed two of its own large-language models. One of these two models is intended to produce text, and the other one might, among other things, enable online search personalization.

After Google and Microsoft, Amazon AWS joins generative AI race

Google, intensifying the race of AI among the tech giants, announced that it will be incorporating a conversational AI chat in its search engine. In an exclusive interview with The Wall Street Journal, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that the company's search engine will be supercharged with the recent advances made in conversational AI.

Google search to soon incorporate AI chat, says Sundar Pichai

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