Microsoft recently unveiled Majorana 1, the world’s first Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) powered by a Topological Core. The chip, the company said, is designed to scale to a million qubits on a single chip. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared a post on microblogging site X stating “a couple reflections on the quantum computing breakthrough”. In…
Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, has described his close relationship with Steve Ballmer, who became the CEO of the company after Gates left, in his memoir, “Source Code: My Beginnings”. Gates gave Ballmer a 4% stake in the company to convince him to join the company.Gates portrays Ballmer – whom he met at Harvard…
Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, has acknowledged the challenge of competing with Google in a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), replying to the data shared by web analytics company Similarweb.Similarweb shared the data of “The top 10 websites in the world for January 2025” saying that “ChatGPT reaches its highest ranking yet.”…
Bill Gates recently shared an anecdote about his interactions with the late Steve Jobs, revealing that the Apple co-founder once suggested he should try acid (commonly known as LSD) to enhance his senses so that he can design better looking products at Microsoft.Gates recounted that Jobs, known for his visionary approach to product design, talked…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently shared candid thoughts about his relationship with Steve Jobs, Apple, and pivotal moments in tech history during an interview with Axios. The conversation coincides with the release of Gates’ new memoir, Source Code, which chronicles the early days of the computer industry. Bill Gates says Steve Jobs “should have been…
“Our focus is clear: delivering real-world AI solutions while simultaneously globally scaling our cloud and AI infrastructure,” wrote Microsoft CFO Amy Hood in her memo to the employees, urging them to stay focused on delivering real-world AI solutions amid “a lot of AI-related news this week,” including Chinese startup DeepSeek’s cost-efficient AI model and the…
Microsoft has initiated a wave of performance-based job cuts, with affected employees losing their jobs effective immediately and receiving no severance packages, according to termination letters sent to staff.The termination letters, obtained by Business Insider, state that employees are being let go because their “job performance has not met minimum performance standards and expectations” for…
AI industry’s one of the biggest and most common names ChatGPT maker OpenAI is worried. Reason: It says that Chinese companies are actively attempting to replicate its advanced AI models. “We know (China) based companies — and others — are constantly trying to distill the models of leading US AI companies,” an OpenAI spokesperson told…
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates predicts a sobering scenario for global health, estimating a 10-15% chance of another pandemic emerging within the next four years, according to a recent Wall Street Journal interview.“The chance of a natural pandemic in the next four years is somewhere between 10 and 15 percent,” Gates stated emphatically. “And it’d be…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella casually responded to Elon Musk‘s concerns about the Stargate AI infrastructure project’s financing, offering a dismissive response in a recent CNBC interview. When questioned about Musk‘s funding allegations, Nadella simply remarked, “All I know is, I’m good for my $80 Billion,” effectively sidestepping detailed scrutiny. Musk, CEO of Tesla and a…
