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Bill Gates' daughter reveals 'nepo baby' anxiety as she announces slick new business venture that could make her millions
The youngest daughter of Bill Gates looks set to become a mini-mogul.
Anti-Israel protester infiltrates Microsoft's 50th anniversary celebrations
“You claim that you care about using AI for good but Microsoft sells AI weapons to the Israeli military,” shouted the protester.
Bill Gates says AI will replace two major professions within 10 years -- and claims humans won't be needed 'for most things'
Bill Gates predicted that advancements in artificial intelligence will significantly reduce humanity's role in many traditional tasks such as medicine and education -- and the seismic shift could happen in...
Don't buy Big Tech's 'we need to steal to beat China in AI' bull
Big Tech wants to use other people’s work to make big money — and not pay.
Melinda French Gates responds to ex-husband Bill Gates calling their divorce a 'mistake'
It's onwards and upwards for Melinda French Gates.
Trump's FTC won't drop broad antitrust probe of Microsoft: report
The agency is examining allegations that Microsoft is potentially abusing its market power, including its Azure cloud service.
Microsoft retiring Skype after 20 years — as platform failed to keep up with Zoom, Slack
Shutting down Skype will help Microsoft focus on its homegrown Teams service by simplifying its communication offerings, the software giant said.
Microsoft axes data center leases as DeepSeek casts doubt on massive AI spend: report
The data center backtrack is the latest sign of shakiness from a major tech company after China's DeepSeek spooked the industry.
FCC head taking first steps in eroding key legal protection enjoyed by Big Tech
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr is taking the first steps in eroding a key legal protection enjoyed by Big Tech.
Microsoft says it created revolutionary chip that uses new state of matter to run most powerful computers ever
The chip employs a topological superconductor, a breakthrough material that isn’t solid, liquid or gas.
DeepSeek hired talent from Microsoft's controversial AI research lab in China
Several DeepSeek employees honed their skills at Microsoft’s controversial artificial intelligence research labs in China before joining the Chinese startup – whose release of an ultra-efficient model sparked a $1...
It's easy to conclude the era of DEI is over — but it's not
It’s easy to conclude that the era of diversity, equity and inclusion — the practice of using race and so-called intersectionality like gender preferences in hiring — is dead.
Elon Musk, Sam Altman's OpenAI head to court in fight over for-profit shift
Lawyers for Musk asked a federal judge to block OpenAI’s plan to become a for-profit entity in a highly anticipated court hearing on Tuesday.
Here are the companies committed to DEI initiatives despite Trump pressure campaign
Several US firms are doubling down on DEI despite pushback.
Microsoft cracks down on low-performing workers, fires some without severance: report
The cloud-computing company has started firing low-performance workers as it tries to keep up with cutthroat rivals in the tech industry.
Bill Gates says it's a 'surprise' that there is 'significant right-of-center group' in Silicon Valley
Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, told the New York Times on Thursday that he "always thought of Silicon Valley as being left of center."
Tech stocks mixed as Meta, Microsoft affirm big AI spending plans after DeepSeek turmoil
Key tech stocks were a mixed bag in early trading Thursday after executives at Meta and Microsoft said they plan to keep pouring billions of dollars into AI – despite...
Trump suggests Microsoft is in talks to buy TikTok, hopes for a ‘bidding war’
“I would say, yes,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One when asked if the software giant was bidding to buy TikTok from its Chinese parent company ByteDance.
Nvidia suffers record wipeout on DeepSeek fears -- as CEO Jensen Huang's net worth tanks
US chip giant Nvidia and its CEO Jensen Huang are set for a record wipeout on Monday after Chinese startup DeepSeek upended the tech sector with its advanced new artificial...
Tech stocks in massive $1 trillion freefall over Chinese AI startup
DeepSeek was reportedly developed in just two months at a cost of under $6 million -- a stark contrast to the billions typically spent by US giants.