Tech Meme

Josh Ye / Reuters: Tencent president Martin Lau says the company stockpiled Nvidia chips to develop Hunyuan “for at least a couple more” versions and seeks a local chip supplier  —  Chinese tech group Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) said on Wednesday it will look for domestic sources for AI training chips following … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wes Davis / The Verge: Microsoft announces Copilot AI updates to make the chatbot more interactive and participatory, particularly in Teams meetings and across PowerPoint and Outlook  —  Microsoft announced a plethora of changes for its Microsoft Copilot AI during Microsoft Ignite today that make the chatbot … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Usama Jawad / XDA Developers: Microsoft rolls out AI updates to Teams, including generative backgrounds, and plans to integrate its Mesh mixed reality platform into Teams in January 2024  —  Microsoft has outlined a detailed list of features that are rolling out now to Teams, through January 2024.  —  Source: Microsoft Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin Okemwa / Windows Central: Microsoft officially launches Loop, a Notion-style productivity and collaboration app, after releasing a public preview in March 2023  —  Everyone’s looped in.  —  What you need to know  — Microsoft Loop is now shipping to commercial customers on web and mobile platforms. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Microsoft announces Windows AI Studio, to let developers access and tweak AI models; Nvidia brings TensorRT-LLM to GeForce RTX 30 and 40-powered Windows PCs  —  Microsoft and Nvidia want to help developers run and configure AI models on their Windows PCs.  During the Microsoft Ignite event on Wednesday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft announces Copilot Studio, a no-code tool to build on 365 Copilot to let businesses create a custom copilot or integrate a custom ChatGPT chatbot  —  Last week OpenAI announced its new GPT platform to let anyone create their own version of ChatGPT, and now Microsoft is following with Copilot Studio … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat to Microsoft Copilot to compete with ChatGPT, pitching Copilot as the free version and Copilot for Microsoft 365 as paid version  —  Microsoft launched its big AI push earlier this year as part of its Bing search engine, integrating a ChatGPT-like interface directly into its search results. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Ye / Reuters: Tencent reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to ~$21.5B, in line with estimates, and net profit down 9% YoY to ~$5B, as games sales recovered from China’s crackdown  —  China’s Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) said third-quarter revenue climbed 10%, as its games business staged a robust recovery … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Daniel Cooper / Engadget: Amazon announces Astro for Business, letting SMBs buy its Alexa-powered Astro security robot for $2,350 per unit for sites no larger than 5,000 square feet  —  Astro for Business aims to automate nighttime patrols.  —  It’s been a couple of years since Amazon first showed off Astro … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: Be My Eyes, an app for the blind and visually impaired, says Microsoft plans to add Be My AI tech to the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk for customer service  —  – Company is working with Be My Eyes app for visually impaired  — Service will help users install software updates, troubleshoot Lees verder op Tech Meme