22 May, 2025

Microsoft says it was hacked by Russian state-sponsored group

Microsoft said on Friday that a Russian state-sponsored group hacked into its corporate systems on Jan. 12 and stole some emails and documents from its staffs’ accounts.A Russian hacking group known in the cybersecurity industry as Nobelium, or Midnight Blizzard, used a “password spray attack” starting in Nov. 2023 to breach a Microsoft platform, the […]

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Microsoft Executives’ Emails Hacked by Group Tied to Russian Intelligence

Targets have included the computers of the Democratic National Committee in 2015 and the tech supplier SolarWinds, which allowed Russia to gain access to systems at the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security and parts of the Pentagon in 2020. Microsoft called that incident “the most sophisticated nation-state cyberattack in history.” The method used […]

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ETtech Explainer: Microsoft brings Copilot Pro to smartphones; here’s what it can do

Microsoft has announced the introduction of Copilot Pro, which allows access to the latest OpenAI models to create personalised Copilot GPTs.The tech giant is trying to enable easy access to its artificial intelligence (AI)-assistive suite of applications by offering a subscription of $20 per user per month for small businesses, family and individual accounts. What’s […]

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ETtech Explainer: Microsoft brings Copilot Pro to smartphones; here’s what it can do

Microsoft has announced the introduction of Copilot Pro, which allows access to the latest OpenAI models to create personalised Copilot GPTs.The tech giant is trying to enable easy access to its artificial intelligence (AI)-assistive suite of applications by offering a subscription of $20 per user per month for small businesses, family and individual accounts. What’s […]

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Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and others accused by rivals of not respecting new EU competition rules

The logos of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft displayed on a mobile phone with an EU flag shown in the background. Justin Tallis | AFP via Getty Images A raft of major technology and media companies have signed an open letter accusing tech giants of failing to bring their businesses into full compliance with […]

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Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and others accused by rivals of not respecting new EU competition rules

The logos of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft displayed on a mobile phone with an EU flag shown in the background. Justin Tallis | AFP via Getty Images A raft of major technology and media companies have signed an open letter accusing tech giants of failing to bring their businesses into full compliance with […]

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Microsoft tops Apple as world’s most valuable public company

Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Reuters Microsoft ended Friday’s U.S. trading session as the most valuable publicly traded company, surpassing Apple after briefly topping the iPhone maker during intraday trading on Thursday. Shares of Microsoft climbed more than 3% for the week, bringing the company’s market cap to $2.89 trillion, […]

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Microsoft briefly overtakes Apple to become the world’s most valuable company again

Microsoft has surpassed Apple’s market cap to become the world’s most valuable public company again. The software giant’s stock has been rallying in recent months thanks to its AI announcements. Meanwhile, there are concerns about Apple’s iPhone sales, leading to the two tech giants swapping top places for market value during trading on the Nasdaq […]

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