Microsoft has announced general availability of its Azure OpenAI Service, an offering related to its $1 billion investment in OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. That means more businesses can apply to use ...

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For big businesses, Microsoft has become the cloud-computing provider of choice. Many of these companies, however, still use Oracle databases to run core parts of their business. The two tech giants ...

Azure Local, powered by Azure Arc, is reshaping the landscape of distributed computing by bringing cloud capabilities to affordable hardware at remote locations. This innovative approach addresses ...

Efficiency and innovation are often touted as hallmark attributes of generative AI. But as more enterprise businesses look to integrate the technology into their workflows, confidentiality — in data ...

Unexplained damage to the cables is causing delays in traffic going through the Middle East, the tech giant says.

Multiple subsea fiber-optic cables have been cut in the Red Sea, disrupting internet connectivity across the region, ...

Japanese companies Toyota Tsusho Corp. and Jij Inc. are using Microsoft Corp. quantum computing services over the Azure cloud to experiment with ways to solve problems related to traffic congestion.

Microsoft’s Azure Quantum cloud computing service will be adding a brand-new tool to its toolbox: Pasqal’s neutral-atom quantum processing system. When the French company’s system becomes available ...