Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Internet Explorer is officially retiring today

Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer has been officially retired by Microsoft. The downfall of Internet Explorer was not unexpected. Microsoft announced a year ago that it would phase down Internet Explorer on June 15, 2022 Internet Explorer is finally being retired. Microsoft will no longer support the once-dominant browser that legions of web surfers loved to loathe — … Read more

Microsoft Teams now utilizes AI to enhance echo, interruptions, & acoustics

Microsoft has spent the last two years enhancing Microsoft Teams. Corporation is now utilising machine learning models to enhance room acoustics. This means you won’t sound like you’re in a cave any more, thanks to AI-powered voice enhancement. Microsoft has been testing this for months, putting its models to the test in the real world … Read more

Internet Explorer’s retirement left netizens in meme frenzy

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Internet Explorer is being retired by Microsoft. There are a lot of memes about that on Twitter. The memes are amusing as well as sentimental. You’ve just returned to school following back-to-back tuition. You run to freshen up and use your foot to change the desktop. However, the battle begins when you try to access … Read more

Finally, Internet Explorer is retiring after 27 years

Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer, one of the most widely used browsers, finally reaches its conclusion. After 27 years of service, Microsoft decides to retire its ageing browser. Internet Explorer will be phased out fully on June 15 and will be unusable beyond that date. It’s been a long time coming, but Internet Explorer, one of the most … Read more

Microsoft is closing its operations in Russia & laying off more than 400 employees

Microsoft

Microsoft is the most recent company to cut ties with Russia. Microsoft has announced that it is “significantly” reducing its operations in Russia, more than three months after Russia invaded Ukraine. Amy Hood, CFO of Microsoft, revealed earlier this year that Russia accounts for less than 1% of Microsoft’s revenue. Microsoft has announced that it … Read more

Microsoft caught Iran linked hackers targeting Israel and Lebanon

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Microsoft has suspended in excess of 20 OneDrive applications made by the POLONIUM bunch. The gathering was working in a joint effort with Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security. Polonium targeted north of 20 associations inside Israel and one intergovernmental association in Lebanon. Microsoft has reported that it distinguished and handicapped cyberattacks throughout the course … Read more

Midday market movers include Microsoft, Chewy, GameStop, MongoDB, & others

Microsoft

Microsoft — Microsoft shares rose 0.8 percent after falling earlier in the session after the firm reduced its earnings and revenue estimate for the fiscal fourth quarter. Meta Platforms — The parent company of Facebook surged 5.4 percent after Sheryl Sandberg announced her resignation as chief operating officer. GameStop reported $1.38 billion in revenue in … Read more

US stocks churn on mixed labor data, OPEC meeting

US stocks

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.2 percent at 32,735. Microsoft cut its earnings and sales forecast due to the rising dollar. Initial jobless claims fell from 11,000 to 200,000 in the week ending May 30. Both reports come ahead of Friday’s official government data. Wall Street stocks were little altered early Thursday after uneven … Read more

Microsoft discovers Bugs in Dozens of Pre-Installed Apps

Microsoft

Microsoft discovered four high-severity issues in Android System apps that have received millions of downloads. The business also stated that the problem has been resolved. The flaws, on the other hand, could have allowed threat actors to stage remote and local assaults or be utilized as routes for obtaining sensitive information by exploiting their vast … Read more

Windows 11: Microsoft releasing Windows Subsystem for Android

Windows 11

Microsoft revealed at Build that the Windows Subsystem for Android, which allows users to run Android apps on Windows 11, will be available in five more markets later this year. WSA, which is currently only available in the United States, will soon be available in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The Windows … Read more

Windows 11 to get a simple method for restoring apps to a new PC

Windows 11

Microsoft has finally included restore apps to the Windows 11 Microsoft Store. The software company will soon begin testing a new feature that will allow you to restore applications to a new Windows 11 PC. The existing Microsoft Store does not provide seamless app restoration, forcing Windows users to manually install apps from their library. … Read more

Microsoft’s Bing applied China’s political censorship to some North American searches

Bing

Microsoft’s search engine Bing applied Chinese-style censorship to some North American searches, according to a new report, raising questions about the tech giant’s dedication to the flow of information across the internet. Autofill search system of Bing, which lists suggestions based on a word or the beginning letters typed into a search box, failed to … Read more

Bill Gates tests positive for Covid-19

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Bill Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft, said on Tuesday that he has tested positive for Covid-19 and is suffering from minor symptoms. The billionaire philanthropist announced on Twitter that he would isolate himself until he is healthy again. Gates added, “I’m fortunate to be vaccinated and boosted and have access to testing and great medical … Read more

Bill Gates predicts a more dangerous covid variant in the near future

Bill Gates predicts a more dangerous covid variant in the near future The Microsoft fellow benefactor and altruist has said the gamble of a more destructive variation becoming exposed is “way above 5%”. The Covid pandemic is nowhere near finished, Bill Gates has cautioned, saying there might, in any case, be a variation that is … Read more

Dow Jones bounces back as stock market sell-off worsens; Microsoft rises on earnings

Dow Jones

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 270 points Wednesday morning after falling to its lowest level in more than a year. Alphabet (GOOGL) and Microsoft (MSFT), as well as Dow Jones stocks Boeing (BA) and Visa (V), reported quarterly earnings. Alphabet, the parent company of Google, fell 4% early Wednesday after its March-quarter earnings and … Read more

Elon Musk turned down Bill Gates on crisis conspiring on shorting Tesla

Elon Musk

Elon Musk confirmed Friday that he rejected operating with Bill Gates on climate alternatives thru textual content due to the fact the Microsoft co-founder was shorting Tesla. Elon Musk showed Friday that he rejected operating with Bill Gates on climate alternate thru text due to the fact the Microsoft co-founder was shorting Tesla. In the … Read more

Dawood Hercules Corporation

dawood hercules

Dawood Hercules Corporation (DH Corp) is a publicly listed investment and holding company headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan. DH Corp governs direct financially and operationally over its two subsidiaries Engro Corporation and EmpiricAI and holds through the majority of voting rights the decision-making power at the companies’ boards of directors. Engro Corporation is a conglomerate with … Read more

Bill Gates thanks PM Imran Khan, lauds Pakistan’s commitment to eradicate polio

Gates Imran Khan

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan for the productive discussions on the steps being taken in Pakistan to eliminate polio. Gates was in Pakistan yesterday on his first trip to the country that included meetings with the prime minister, President Arif Alvi and other officials. Taking to Twitter on … Read more

Rare collection of Apple products traces evolution

Apple

Dubai: Diehard fans of Apple products often go into a frenzy when a new product from the tech giant hits shelves. The 4am queues in front of Apple showrooms, in the UAE and globally, when a new iPhone hit the shelves is proof of the brand’s massive popularity. But how many people remember the first … Read more

Microsoft reports surging net income in second quarter

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SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft on Tuesday posted revenues of $51.7 billion, a 20 per cent increase on a year-on-year basis for the quarter ending December 31, 2021. The company’s quarterly net income was $18.8 billion, up by 21 per cent year-on-year. Its operating income was up 24 per cent to $22.2 billion. Revenues in productivity and … Read more

Microsoft to buy gaming giant Activision Blizzard for $69 billion

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SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft on Tuesday announced a landmark $69 billion deal to buy US gaming giant Activision Blizzard, betting big on the prospects of the video game market by scooping up the scandal-hit “Call of Duty” maker. Acquiring the troubled but highly successful Activision will make Microsoft the third-largest gaming company by revenue, behind Tencent … Read more

CES tech fair prepares to draw crowds as Covid surges

CES

LAS VEGAS: The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), one of the world’s largest trade fairs, returns to Las Vegas in person this week under a newly resurgent pandemic that has supercharged the industry but threatens its downsized expo. Multiple companies, including Amazon, BMW and Microsoft, reduced or canceled their attendance as Covid-19 case numbers broke records, … Read more

CES tech show shutting down a day early amid Covid surge

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LAS VEGAS, Dec 31, 2021 (AFP) – The CES tech show announced Friday that the Las Vegas event next week will go on in person but will end one day early amid the surge in Covid-19 infections. Many high-profile participants like Amazon, BMW and Microsoft have pulled out or reduced their footprint at one of the … Read more

Google disrupts cybercrime web infecting 1 mn devices

Google disrupts cybercrime web infecting 1 mn devices

WASHINGTON, Dec 7, 2021 (AFP) – Google said Tuesday it has moved to shut down a network of about one million highjacked electronic devices used worldwide to commit online crimes, while also suing Russia-based hackers the tech giant claimed were responsible. The so-called botnet of infected devices, which was also used to surreptitiously mine bitcoin, was … Read more

New ‘Halo’ game debuts as Xbox turns 20

New 'Halo' game

PARIS: Fans will this week get their hands on the latest “Halo” video game, as Microsoft marks 20 years of the franchise that turned its Xbox console into a hit. “Halo Infinite” is out Wednesday — but to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the cult sci-fi series, Microsoft and developer 343 Industries have already released … Read more

Saudi Arabia to host largest technology event in February 2022

LEAP

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will host the largest technology event-ever, LEAP in February 2022, Arab News reported. Taking place on February 1 to 3 in Riyadh, it is set to become a global platform for the entire innovation ecosystem, connecting pioneers and disruptors with business and government leaders, entrepreneurs, investors and more to experience and learn about the … Read more

Carbon offsets: a booming market or greenwashing?

Carbon

GLASGOW: Corporate carbon polluters plant trees to counter their CO2 emissions, but activists warn against greenwashing and say such afforestation schemes detract from the emissions reductions needed to combat climate change. Voluntary carbon offsetting is being hotly debated at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Here’s a backgrounder. How does it work? Carbon offsetting is when a company … Read more

Microsoft introduces Surface Laptop SE equipped with Windows 11

Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop SE, short for student edition, has been launched with Windows 11 SE and 11.6 inch screen. The device is a low-priced gadget specifically targeting students. The laptop is equipped with a RAM of 8 GB, with 11.6 inch display and 1366 x 768 pixels resolution. The new student-centered laptop has high-resolution … Read more