Category: Technology

Category: Technology

Microsoft Teams has hit 20 million daily active users, nearly 8 million more than Slack! – #microsoft #Teams #Slack #RoadmapforSuccess
November 19, 2019 Technology Adam E. Williams

Back in July this year, Microsoft announced that Teams has reached 13 million daily active users. Today, Microsoft announced that Teams has reached 20 million active users, a 7 million increase in just about 4 months. For instance, last month Teams customers participated in more than 27 million voice or video meetings and performed over

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Microsoft brings NVIDIA GPU-powered supercomputer to Azure – #microsoft #nvidia #azure
November 19, 2019 Technology Adam E. Williams

At the SC19 supercomputing show in Denver, Microsoft and NVIDIA announced the new NDv2, the world’s largest GPU-accelerated cloud-based supercomputer on Azure. NDv2 VMs are designed specifically for most demanding distributed HPC, AI, and machine learning workloads. These VMs come with 8 NVIDIA Tesla V100 NVLink interconnected GPUs each with 32 GB of HBM2 memory,

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Bing announce new AI-based improvements in image search – #microsoft #bing #search #ai #artificialintelligence
November 18, 2019 Technology Adam E. Williams

Microsoft’s Bing search engine has announced new AI-based improvements to their Bing search engine, particularly the image search section. The improvements enable multi-granularity matches, improved understanding of user queries, images and webpages, as well as the relationships between them. A bit like Google, Microsoft now incorporated BERT/Transformer technology leveraging 1) pre-trained knowledge to better interpret

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Ford takes on Tesla with the new Mustang Mach-E electric SUV – #Tesla #ford #FordvsTesla #ev
November 18, 2019 Technology, Transportation Adam E. Williams

At a media event today, Ford revealed the new Mustang Mach-E electric SUV to take on Tesla in the premium electric vechicle market. Ford is projecting the Mustang Mach-E as a premium SUV that offers great performance with zero carbon footprint. As you expect from a Mustang car, Mustang Mach-E features sleek silhouette and muscular

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Every Kingdom Hearts game is coming to Xbox One – #microsoft #xboxone #xbox #kingdomhearts
November 16, 2019 Entertainment, Technology Adam E. Williams

Announced at X019, a Kingdom Hearts Xbox One Collection is finally going to be a reality.  After years of begging publisher Square Enix to bring the collection of older Kingdom Hearts games to Xbox consoles, they’re finally listening. Next year, Xbox gamers will be able to play the following Kingdom Hearts titles: Kingdom Hearts 1.5

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Japan’s NTT working with Microsoft and others to develop 6G technology – #microsoft #ntt #6G #wireless
November 16, 2019 Technology Adam E. Williams

NTT, a popular Japanese telecommunications company, is forming alliance (Innovative Optical and Wireless Network) to develop 6G technology. According to the report from Nikkei, NTT has revealed that Microsoft is planning to joining the alliance. NTT is currently in talks with 65 companies around the world for this 6G alliance. NTT is developing low-energy optical

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World’s largest insurance company Allianz partners with Microsoft to streamline insurance processes – #microsoft #allianz #insurance #
November 15, 2019 Technology Adam E. Williams

Allianz is the world’s largest insurance company and it also one of the largest financial services company in the world. Today, Allianz announced partnership with Microsoft to transform insurance processes. The goal of this partnership is to make the insurance process easier while creating a better experience for insurance companies and insurers. As part of

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