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Microsoft splits up the Teams and Office apps worldwide, following EU split

Enlarge / Teams is being decoupled from the other Office apps worldwide, six months after Microsoft did the same thing for the EU. Microsoft/Andrew Cunningham reader comments 113 Months after unbundling the apps in the European Union, Microsoft is taking the Office and Teams breakup worldwide. Reuters reports that Microsoft will begin selling Teams and… Read More »

Microsoft 365’s Copilot assistant for businesses comes with a hefty price tag

reader comments 54 with A few months ago, Microsoft previewed Microsoft 365 Copilot, a new service that promised to integrate generative AI features into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and the other productivity apps formerly known as Microsoft Office. Among other things, Copilot promises to automate the creation of documents and emails, summarize meeting notes,… Read More »

32 years in, Microsoft has decided to rebrand “Microsoft Office”

Enlarge / Microsoft 365 will encompass Teams, OneDrive, and the suite of productivity apps formerly known as Office. reader comments 122 with 83 posters participating, including story author Share this story Microsoft Office was first released in 1990, and aside from Windows, it’s probably the Microsoft product the general public has the most experience with.… Read More »

Microsoft takes AI image generation mainstream, strolling into ethics minefield

Enlarge / A preview of Microsoft Designer’s AI text-to-image feature, which can generate images from written prompts. reader comments 31 with 23 posters participating, including story author Share this story During a Surface press event today, Microsoft announced integrations of AI-powered image-generation technology into its Bing search engine, Edge browser, and a new Office app… Read More »

Mimecast says SolarWinds hackers breached its network and spied on customers

Enlarge / Breaking in the computer. reader comments 10 with 9 posters participating Share this story Email-management provider Mimecast has confirmed that a network intrusion used to spy on its customers was conducted by the same advanced hackers responsible for the SolarWinds supply chain attack. The hackers, which US intelligence agencies have said likely have… Read More »