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Microsoft’s Bing search engine is leaning further in to artificial intelligence, with a new test feature that summarizes search results for users. The move comes months after Google pumped the brakes on its AI summaries after the feature spread conspiracy theories and dangerous health advice.

The new feature, which Microsoft is calling Bing generative search, uses generative AI technology to create new results pages that provide summarized answers that are “easy to read and understand,” with links and sources listed alongside the generated text.

Read more: OpenAI Just Announced a Search Engine, SearchGPT, but There’s a Catch

“We’ve refined our methods to optimize accuracy in Bing,” Microsoft said while announcing the new feature on Wednesday and emphasizing that it’s still in…

Microsoft suffered a massive, ongoing global IT outage on Friday morning, affecting airports, airlines, banks, hospitals and broadcasters around the world. The outage hit thousands of Windows PCs, which many companies and organizations rely on as part of their critical internet infrastructure. Perhaps most concerning of all, several states across the US reported that their emergency 911 call centers have been hit.

Microsoft said on X that it was aware of an issue affecting people’s ability to access 365 services late on Thursday. In an update issued around 1 a.m. PT (4 a.m. ET), the company said, “Multiple services are continuing to see improvements in availability as our mitigation actions progress.” The company didn’t immediately respond to request for further comment.

The outage,…

Tech giants Google and Microsoft each consumed 24 TWh each of electricity during 2023, surpassing the consumption of more than 100 countries, new research has claimed.

Analysis by Michael Thomas, shared on X, claims both Google and Microsoft consumed the same amount of energy as Azerbaijan, which has an estimated GDP of $78.7 billion. Google’s 2023 revenue stood at $307.4 billion, and Microsoft’s at $211.9 billion.

With many companies now operating some form of hybrid working, with employees splitting time between the office and working from home, making the most of your time is vital.

For many of us, the days of having a designated desk in the office are long gone, as it’s often a scramble to get the best spots (or any spot at all) with the scourge of hot-desking means it’s everyone for themselves.