Tag: Microsoft
Microsoft slapped with $29 billion tax bill
Microsoft said the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in September notified the company that it is seeking an additional tax payment of US$28.9-billion, plus...
$69 billion Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal cleared by Britain
Britain has finally cleared Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard on Friday after it forced the Xbox owner to sell the streaming rights to...
12 African startups picked for Microsoft-backed FAST Accelerator program
Flapmax, a prominent data and AI technology company, has unveiled the twelve startups selected for the second cohort of the Microsoft-backed FAST Accelerator program.This...
OpenAI goes full Microsoft with the launch of ChatGPT Enterprise
OpenAI has announced the launch of ChatGPT Enterprise, a new level of service from the company that is tailor-made for larger companies that require even...
Microsoft to separate Teams from Office to avert EU antitrust fine
Microsoft will unbundle its chat and video app, Teams from its Office product and make it easier for rival products to work with its...
Hackers of Microsoft linked to Russia
A hacking group responsible for a series of outages at Microsoft earlier this month had spent the previous months attacking targets in Israel, Sweden and...
MTN Nigeria, Microsoft partner to roll out cloud technology
In its usual innovative fashion, MTN Nigeria has partnered with the technology giant, Microsoft, to bring transformative cloud technology to Nigerian organizations through products...
Flutterwave signs 5-year deal with Microsoft to build global payment platforms
Africa’s biggest Fintech unicorn Flutterwave has announced that it had signed a 5-year deal with Microsoft to build global payment platforms.
The partnership will see...
Microsoft attributes service outages to cyberattacks
The outages that affected certain Microsoft services through some of the earlier days of this month were the result of cyberattacks, but the company...
Twitter alleges ‘unauthorised’ data use by Microsoft
Twitter has alleged that Microsoft violated an agreement over using the social media company’s data.In a letter, Twitter owner Elon Musk’s lawyer levelled accusations...