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News / UK and world by Press Association April 11, 2018, 12:31 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter Virtual assistants often gain a reputation for their dry humour and lack of compassion. But Microsoft has taken quick action and updated Cortana after a user pointed out the assistant had no useful advice to offer anyone who told it they were bleeding. Maneesh Juneja, who describes himself as a digital health futurist, tweeted an encounter he had with the virtual assistant via his phone, in which he told her: “I am bleeding.” Cortana’s initial response was an unpromising “okay”, followed by “interesting”. When Mr Juneja announced “I’m bleeding to death”, Cortana replied with a deadpan: “I see,” which prompted a response from Microsoft. Within a day, the glitch was fixed and Cortana now appears to be less robot and more human in her response. “If you are … [Read more...] about Microsoft’s Cortana has been updated to help out if you’re bleeding to death

Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Ashok K.M May 21, 2018 12:18 pm Change Font Size The Supreme Court has imposed costs of Rs. 1 lakh each on Yahoo, Facebook Ireland, Facebook India, Google India, Google Inc., Microsoft and Whats App for failing to abide by the directions given by it in the matter of videos of sexual violence and child pornography. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur had, in an earlier order, required the social media giants and Microsoft to brief it about the status of progress made pursuant to the recommendations accepted by them. None of these entities has filed anything to show us the progress nor any of these entities is ready with any response pursuant to our aforesaid order. We direct these entities to file an affidavit on or before 15th June,2018 giving us the status of the progress made, the bench observed while directing the Registry to accept the affidavit filed by these entities along with costs of Rs.1 lakh each. Grants … [Read more...] about Child Porn & Rape Videos: SC Slaps Rs.1-Lakh Fine Each On Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft, Whatsapp [Read Order]

Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Manu Sebastian May 24, 2018 11:51 am Change Font Size The petitioner contended that right to privacy was available against non-state actors, and in view of the growing power of social media and software giants, the ambit of the right should be expanded to shield the citizen from their intrusive acts.  A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court questioning the privacy policy of Microsoft Corporation, alleging that it indulges it an unauthorized collection of data of users without their knowledge and permission, and its storage in foreign locations, leading to violation of right to privacy. According to the petitioner Vinit Goenka, a businessman, he noticed that his sensitive business information was being accessed and shared by Microsoft with third parties. He noticed it when he started receiving unsolicited emails from other third parties, which made him suspect that his sensitive business information was being … [Read more...] about Microsoft Privacy Policy Questioned In Supreme Court

News / UK and world by Press Association July 10, 2018, 11:18 am FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter Microsoft has announced a new addition to its Surface tablet line-up – the smaller, more portable Surface Go. The technology giant said the new device, which will cost £380, has been designed to be its “smallest, lightest and most affordable Surface yet”. The Surface product family already includes the Surface Studio desktop PC, as well as the Book and Laptop devices and the Surface Pro hybrid tablet. Microsoft chief product officer Panos Panay said the Surface Go is intended to be a more accessible way to get hold of the Surface’s premium features. The new 10in (25.4cm) device comes with the signature Surface kickstand for setting the device up at a range of angles, and runs Windows 10. To those familiar with Surface design, the Go looks like a smaller version of the Surface Pro 3 that has been … [Read more...] about Microsoft unveils new smaller Surface Go tablet – and it’s surprisingly cheap

Drew Harwell, The Washington Post Published 9:10 am PDT, Friday, July 13, 2018 Photo: Bloomberg Photo By David Ryder Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Signage is displayed outside the Microsoft Corp. main campus in Redmond, Wash. Signage is displayed outside the Microsoft Corp. main campus in Redmond, Wash. Photo: Bloomberg Photo By David Ryder Microsoft calls for regulation of facial recognition, saying it's too risky to leave to industry alone 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Microsoft is calling for government regulation on facial-recognition software, one of its key technologies, saying such artificial intelligence is too important and potentially dangerous for tech giants to police themselves. On Friday, company president Brad Smith urged lawmakers in a blog post to form a bipartisan and expert commission that … [Read more...] about Microsoft calls for regulation of facial recognition, saying it’s too risky to leave to industry alone