In a massive change, Microsoft has restructured the proposed deal to acquire Activision Blizzard – in response to regulatory hurdles, the tech titan will be transferring the cloud streaming rights for current and new Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft, the same company that gave us popular gaming franchises such as Assassin’s Creed and Watch Dogs. … [Read more…]
The recently-ended quarter has seen a strong performance from tech titan Microsoft, if the company’s numbers are any indication. Its results for Q1 FY24 paints a strong picture of the Redmond-headquartered Microsoft, whose strategic investments in AI are clearly paying off. Cloud has been a big driver, even when rival Google Cloud is seeing a … [Read more…]
In a staggering turn of events, the cybersecurity world has been shaken by the news of the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on record. Cloudflare, a prominent web security company, recently revealed that malevolent actors exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the HTTP/2 protocol to launch an unprecedented DDoS attack, reaching a mind-boggling 398 million requests … [Read more…]
Google has, for a long time, had a dominance in the search engine space. But if Microsoft had its way, then Google would have been replaced by Bing as the default search engine on Apple’s platforms by now. As surprising as this sounds, a new report by Bloomberg reveals that Microsoft had held talks with … [Read more…]