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Microsoft wants to tap AI to accelerate scientific discovery

Can AI speed up aspects of the scientific process? Microsoft appears to think so. At the company’s Build 2025 conference on Monday, Microsoft announced Microsoft Discovery, a platform that taps ...

Source: TechCrunch 2025-05-20 00:00
Technology
It’ll soon be free to publish apps to the Microsoft Store

Microsoft is getting rid of developer onboarding fees for the Microsoft Store on Windows, the digital distribution platform for its flagship operating system, the company announced Monday during its B...

Source: TechCrunch 2025-05-20 00:00
Technology
NLWeb is Microsoft’s project to bring more chatbots to webpages

As part of an effort to make building AI-powered chatbots on the web simpler, Microsoft is launching an open project called NLWeb. Announced at Build 2025, NLWeb lets websites provide a “convers...

Source: TechCrunch 2025-05-20 00:00
Technology
Devs can now tap Microsoft Edge to power AI web apps

Microsoft is launching new APIs for Edge, its web browser, to let developers incorporate AI functionality into web apps using models built into Edge. Unveiled at Build 2025, the AI APIs mirror some of...

Source: TechCrunch 2025-05-20 00:00
Technology
GitHub, Microsoft embrace Anthropic’s spec for connecting AI models to data sources

GitHub and Microsoft, GitHub’s corporate parent, are joining the steering committee for MCP, Anthropic’s standard for connecting AI models to the systems where data resides. The announcement, wh...

Source: TechCrunch 2025-05-20 00:00
Technology
Microsoft open-sources a command-line text editor and more at Build

At its Build 2025 conference, Microsoft open-sourced a number of apps and tools, including a new command-line text editor for Windows called Edit. Open source software may not earn the company direct ...

Source: TechCrunch 2025-05-20 00:00
Technology
xAI’s Grok 3 comes to Microsoft Azure

Microsoft on Monday became one of the first hyperscalers to provide managed access to Grok, the AI model developed by billionaire Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI. Available through Microsoft’s...

Source: TechCrunch 2025-05-20 00:00
Technology
Microsoft open sources a command-line text editor and more at Build

At its Build 2025 conference, Microsoft open sourced a number of apps and tools, including a new command-line text editor for Windows called Edit. Open source software may not earn the company direct ...

Source: TechCrunch 2025-05-20 00:00
Technology
NLWeb is Microsoft’s project to bring more chatbots to web pages

As part of an effort to make building AI-powered chatbots on the web simpler, Microsoft is launching an open project called NLWeb. Announced at Build 2025, NLWeb lets websites provide a “convers...

Source: TechCrunch 2025-05-20 00:00
Technology
World Court sides with E Guinea in Gabon island dispute

Equatorial Guinea has been rowing with Gabon for decades over three islands in potentially oil-rich waters.

Source: BBC 2025-05-19 23:36
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