Microsoft hires Sam Altman, former CEO of OpenAI
Microsoft is hiring the former CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, and the co-founder of OpenAI, Greg Brockman, to lead an advanced AI research team at the company. - SamMobile
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Microsoft's next Xbox Game Studios chief comes from Turn 10.
Once Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal closed, Phil Spencer announced a slew of promotions and changes. One addition to the list shown below is that former Turn 10 studio head Alan Hartman will go from running the home of Forza Motorsport to leading all of Xbox Game Studios. That group covers the developers behind Halo, Gears of War, and Minecraft, as well as Compulsion Games, Double Fine, The Initiative, inXile, Ninja Theory, Obsidian, Playground, Rare, Undead Labs, and World’s Edge. Hop...
Source: theverge.com
How Microsoft revived its deal to buy Activision
On Tuesday, the UK agreed to open a fresh probe of the transaction following an offer from Microsoft to sell cloud rights of current and future Activision games for 15 years
Source: livemint.com
How the Microsoft-Activision deal came back from the dead
This account of how Microsoft outmaneuvered regulators to shift its fortunes is based on interviews with more than a dozen company executives, advisers and competitor enforcers.
Source: ocregister.com
Microsoft Bluffed to Stage One of the Biggest M&A Comebacks Ever
If Microsoft Corp. completes its acquisition of Activision Blizzard in the coming months, the $69 billion deal will go down as one of the biggest comeback stories in the history of mergers.
Source: bloomberglaw.com
Cyber persistence theory rewrites the rules of nation-state hacking
In “cyber persistence theory”, winning hackers don’t dominate or coerce their enemies, as they would with military arms. They instead take the initiative and restructure the landscape.
United States Michael Fischerkeller John Moran Richardj Harknett Emilyo Goldman University Of Adelaide Professor Debi Ashenden
Source: theage.com.au
How Cybercriminals Adapted to Microsoft Blocking Macros by Default
One long-awaited security move caused a ripple effect in the cybercrime ecosystem.
Source: darkreading.com
How to use the new Bing with ChatGPT — and what you can do with it
A guide to using Microsofts new Bing with ChatGPT, which uses a chatbot to talk you through your web searches in natural language.
Source: tomsguide.com
Lawmakers wonder: 'How did we let Facebook get this big?'
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