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Gesundheitswesen überlastet, Microsoft will mit Cloud und KI helfen
Microsoft wirbt stark für den Einsatz seiner Dienste im Gesundheitswesen. Die Cloud-Infrastruktur Azure sei dabei sehr sicher, verspricht das Unternehmen.

Microsoft launches Copilot Pro worldwide with a one-month free trial; Pro subscribers can use the AI assistant in Office web apps without a Microsoft 365 sub (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/14/24100993/microsoft-copilot-pr…

Microsoft launches Copilot Pro worldwide with a one-month free trial
Microsoft is expanding its AI-powered Copilot Pro subscription to 222 countries. Subscribers will also now be able to use Copilot inside Office web apps.

Tipp: Feiner zoomen in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams auf dem Mac nervt in seiner Mac-Version mit veränderten Schriftgrößen. Mit unserem Trick tun Sie etwas dagegen.
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Microsoft's decisions, like seemingly rowing back on Surface, Start Menu ads, closing studios, and porting AAA games to PS5, show a short-term financial focus (Jez Corden/Windows Central)
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Microsoft's quest for short-term $$$ is doing long-term damage to Windows, Surface, Xbox, and beyond
Microsoft has made a range of baffling decisions and awful mis-steps recently. You can trace everything back to insatiable desire for money.

Microsoft: Xbox Cloud Gaming auf iOS lohnt sich nicht
Apple macht endlich den Weg für Cloud-Gaming-Apps auf dem iPhone frei. Doch Microsoft will nicht mitspielen – es fehle an Monetarisierungsoptionen.
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Microsoft is again injecting pop-ups into Chrome on Windows in a bid to get users to switch to Bing, after previously pausing them citing "unintended behavior" (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/15/24101887/m…

Microsoft is stuffing pop-up ads into Google Chrome on Windows again
Microsoft is shamelessly running ads for Bing inside Chrome on Windows. These pop-ups have returned after more than six months since Microsoft paused them.

Microsoft unveils the Proteus Controller, a $299 modular game controller kit for disabled Xbox and PC gamers by peripheral company ByoWave, shipping in the fall (Sheena Vasani/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/15/24157529/micros…

Microsoft announces the Proteus Controller, a gamepad for Xbox gamers with disabilities
The Proteus Controller consists of modular cubes that gamers with disabilities can connect together to build multiple configurations.

Sources: China quietly asks EV makers like BYD and Geely to sharply increase their purchases from local chipmakers, to reduce reliance on Western imports (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

China Urges BYD, EV Makers to Buy Chinese Chips as Tensions With US Escalate
The Chinese government has quietly asked electric-vehicle makers from BYD Co. to Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. to sharply increase their purchases from local auto chipmakers, part of a campaign to reduce reliance on Western imports and boost China’s domestic semiconductor industry.

Sources: in 2023, Abu Dhabi's G42 and the US Commerce Department held talks that led to G42 agreeing to pare back its China presence to avoid punitive measures (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

G42 Made Secret Pact With US to Divest From China Before Microsoft (MSFT) Deal
Microsoft Corp.’s just-announced partnership with Abu Dhabi’s G42 followed behind-the-scenes negotiations between the US government and the Middle Eastern firm, which agreed to divest from China and pivot to American technology.