Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up, xAI, on Thursday released a new “speedy and economical” agentic coding model, marking its entry into a key focus area for AI companies. An agentic coding tool is an AI-powered software application that can autonomously perform coding-related tasks. xAI’s model, called grok-code-fast-1, will be available for free for a limited…
Demonstrators march in support of Palestinians in Gaza near the Microsoft Build conference, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, to call for the termination of Microsoft’s Azure contracts with Israel in Seattle on 21 May. David Ryder/Reuters Two Microsoft employees were fired on Wednesday after taking part in a…
Board, a leading Enterprise Planning Platform, today announcedit has earned the Microsoft Solutions Partner designation with Certified Software for Azure, recognizing the company’s proven capabilities in delivering enterprise-grade SaaS solutions on Microsoft Azure. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250819778837/en/ This designation recognizes the Board Enterprise Planning Platform for meeting Microsoft’s…
NTT DATA, a global leader in digital business and technology services, today announced its NTT Data business unit for Microsoft Cloud to meet rising demand for secure, AI-driven enterprise cloud transformation. The global unit brings together NTT DATA’s deep industry and technical expertise in Microsoft Cloud, security and AI solutions to accelerate cloud modernization, scale…
Microsoft is set to become the second company in the world to reach a US$4-trillion (R72-trillion) market capitalisation after reporting quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations, sending the stock soaring in extended trading on Wednesday. Shares of the technology behemoth jumped as much as 9% to more than $560 in late New York trading,…
Microsoft has released its fiscal Q4 2025 financial results, showing significant growth despite recent layoffs. The company reported $76.4 billion in revenue and a net income of $27.2 billion, marking an 18% and 24% increase, respectively, year-over-year. These strong results come just weeks after the company laid off up to 9,000 employees. As of June…
Microsoft has launched an experimental Copilot Mode for its Edge web browser, designed to bring advanced AI capabilities directly into the user’s Browse experience. When enabled, this feature allows Copilot to search across multiple open browser tabs and analyse information on each page. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: Nvidia passes $4 trillion…
KnowBe4, a cybersecurity platform that comprehensively addresses human risk management, today announced a new collaboration with Microsoft to integrate KnowBe4 SecurityCoach with the Microsoft Edge for Business browser. Browser security threats are increasing and global cybersecurity professionals should consider taking measures to reduce risk. A report by Menlo Security revealed a 140% increase in browser-based…
Microsoft has issued an alert about “active attacks” on server software used by government agencies and businesses to share documents within organisations, and recommended security updates that customers should apply immediately. The FBI in the US said on Sunday it is aware of the attacks and is working closely with its federal and private-sector partners,…
Lillian Barnard, president of Microsoft Africa and acting MD of Microsoft South Africa, is relinquishing both roles after being named as the new head of the software giant’s enterprise partner solutions business in the Middle East and Africa. Microsoft plans to fill the vacancy in its South African office soon, according to a company spokesman….
