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I dreamed of a post-PowerPoint world. Then I woke up.

by Kai Ryssdal and Nicholas Guiang
Dec 18, 2024
Every meeting has a PowerPoint, but not every meeting needs one. Matt Alston explains the program's long corporate tyranny.
Jeff Bezos sidelined PowerPoint as a corporate tool at Amazon. But you can buy the program at the site.
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Who's ahead in the AI arms race — Microsoft? Google? Meta?

by Matt Levin
Dec 16, 2024
The early technological lead OpenAI had is fading, as Google and Meta continue to release and iterate competing AI products.
The early technological lead that OpenAI had on the generative AI front is fading.
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Lessons from the Big Tech breakup that never happened

by Matt Levin
Nov 1, 2024
Google is facing a federal antitrust challenge. Microsoft endured similar scrutiny and came out in one piece.
Attorney General Merrick Garland discusses the Department of Justice's antitrust allegations against Google in January 2023, with his remarks shown on screen.
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Just what is the 'Magnificent Seven' and why is everyone talking about them?

by Kristin Schwab
Jul 23, 2024
These seven tech companies have an outsize influence on the stock market.
The Magnificent Seven refers to seven tech companies that have an outsize influence on the stock market — and are named for the 1960 Western flick.
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When businesses run standardized software, small problems can quickly grow

by Stephanie Hughes
Jul 22, 2024
A flaw in a core piece of popular software can cause widespread problems, as was the case Friday. 
There are legitimate reasons why firms and entire sectors might use the same cybersecurity software.
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The market for small AI

by Stephanie Hughes
Apr 23, 2024
Some companies may want to work with generative artificial intelligence systems that require less processing power and less cost.
Microsoft unveiled the Phi-3-mini on Tuesday, its smallest artificial intelligence model. Unlike large language models, small models are trained with less data and require less processing power.
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What Apple and Amazon earnings may be able to tell us about this economy

by Andy Uhler
Apr 28, 2022
The consumer economy, in particular.
Traders are looking to the earnings reports of tech giants, like Apple and Amazon, to see how consumers are feeling and spending.
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Here's why Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard

by Amanda Peacher
Jan 18, 2022
Microsoft plans to spend nearly $70 billion for the video game maker, whose problematic workplace culture will present challenges.
Though Microsoft may be challenged to fix Activision’s workplace culture, the deal will give the software company more weight in the video game industry.
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What can the U.S. do to prevent cyberattacks from China?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jul 19, 2021
The U.S. and and a group of allies Monday publicly blamed China for a cyberattack earlier this year on Microsoft email servers.
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At Microsoft, Nadella's role grows

by Marielle Segarra
Jun 17, 2021
Satya Nadella already had a big job: CEO of one of the world’s most valuable companies. Now he chairs the board, too. How does that work?
CEO and chairman of Microsoft Satya Nadella.
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