FTC to investigate Microsoft’s cloud unit on antitrust concerns
The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly preparing to investigate Microsoft's cloud computing business as antitrust efforts continue at full throttle in the final weeks of the Biden administration. The agency, headed by Commissioner Lina Khan, filed a complaint alleging that the company is abusing its market power by enforcing conditions that prevent users from moving […]
Microsoft’s 365 service was down after users reported outages
Microsoft said it was experiencing technical issues with its 365 subscription service after users reported outages early Thursday morning. “We are investigating an issue where users may be unable to access multiple Microsoft 365 services,” the company wrote on its X account Thursday morning. “For more information and future updates, please search MO888473 in the […]
Microsoft’s China business poses national security risks: GOP Rep. Fallon
Leading Republicans have called on President Biden’s Commerce Department to investigate whether Microsoft’s China operations pose a national security risk. This comes after The Post highlighted on Capitol Hill concerns that big tech companies are becoming too cozy with the Chinese government as it develops AI technology. A previously unreported scathing letter from Texas Rep. […]
Microsoft’s Copilot Designer makes ‘sexual, violent content’: AI engineer
Microsoft’s artificial intelligence imaging tools powered by technology from Sam Altman’s OpenAI are producing sexually explicit and violent images that have the potential to harm the public, the tech giant’s engineers say. He says he is concerned. Shane Jones, a principal software engineering manager who has worked at the Windows maker for the past six […]
How Microsoft’s Bing in China censors Uyghur ‘genocide’
Microsoft, the world’s most valuable company, is “erasing” the suffering of China’s persecuted Uyghur minority from internet searches, The Post has learned. Results from the tech giant’s Bing search engine show how Chinese users see different results than American users. And in the most egregious example, when you type the term “Uyghur” in China, Bing’s […]