Month: January 2025
Microsoft says its revenue dropped by 7% in its Q2 2025 earnings while Xbox hardware sales dropped by 29%
Microsoft’s FY25 Q2 results reveal a 7% revenue decline for its gaming division Xbox hardware also saw a 29% revenue drop Microsoft says Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has “already been played by more than four million people” Microsoft‘s gaming division experienced a 7% revenue decline during its second…
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Purely AI-generated art can’t get copyright protection, says Copyright Office
Generative artificial intelligence output based purely on text prompts — even detailed ones — isn’t protected by current copyright law, according to the US Copyright Office. The department issued this guidance in a broad report on policy issues regarding AI, focused on the copyrightability of various AI outputs. The document…
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The best 2025 Super Bowl TV deals we could find
The countdown to Super Bowl LIX is underway, which means it’s a decent time to grab a new TV at a discount. If you were hoping to upgrade your living room before the Chiefs and Eagles do battle (again), we’ve picked through Amazon, Best Buy and other retailers to find…
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Why businesses must avoid ‘AI FOMO’ at all costs
Many consider the dawn of AI as marked by ChatGPT’s rapid success, however AI’s evolution did not happen overnight, and the opportunities it offers will not vanish tomorrow. The AI hype has led many firms to succumb to “AI FOMO” and rush into adoption without a clear strategy. AI FOMO…
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DeepSeek, Stargate, and the new AI arms race
On today’s episode of Decoder, we’re talking about the only thing the AI industry — and pretty much the entire tech world — has been able to talk about for the last week: that is, of course, DeepSeek, and how the open-source AI model built by a Chinese startup has…
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Microsoft’s Surface Pro and Laptop for Business are getting Intel’s new AI PC chips
What a difference a year makes. When Microsoft announced the Surface Pro 10 and Laptop 6 for Business last March, it almost seemed as if the company was giving up on the consumer PC market entirely. Of course, just a few months later, we got the new Surface Pro and…
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