April 25, 2024

Web and Technology News

Microsoft launches new security services aimed at protecting code in the cloud

At its Ignite conference today, Microsoft announced Defender Cloud Security Posture Management and Defender for DevOps, two new offerings within the company’s Defender for Cloud service (previously Cloud App Security) aimed at managing software development and runtime security across multicloud, multiple-pipeline environments. Currently available in public preview, they work with GitHub and Azure DevOps to […]

Microsoft launches new security services aimed at protecting code in the cloud by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Microsoft’s Edge browser gets shared Workspaces, new security features and more

It’s Microsoft Ignite this week and while a lot of the announcements this week target the kinds of IT professionals and admins who really need more deployment options for Azure Kubernetes Service through Azure Arc, the company is also announcing a few user-facing updates to its Edge browser. The most important of these is likely […]

Microsoft’s Edge browser gets shared Workspaces, new security features and more by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Microsoft announces Syntex, a set of automated document and data processing services

Two years ago, Microsoft debuted SharePoint Syntex, which leverages AI to automate the capture and classification of data from documents — building on SharePoint’s existing services. Today marks the expansion of the platform into Microsoft Syntex, a set of new products and capabilities including file annotation and data extraction. Syntex reads, tags and indexes document […]

Microsoft announces Syntex, a set of automated document and data processing services by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Thanks to AI, you can now create automations in Power Automate by simply describing them

Power Automate, Microsoft’s Power Platform service that helps users create workflows between apps, is getting new AI smarts. During its Ignite conference, Microsoft rolled out capabilities powered by OpenAI’s Codex, the code-generating machine learning system underpinning GitHub Copilot. Starting today (in public preview), Power Automate users can write what they want to automate in natural […]

Thanks to AI, you can now create automations in Power Automate by simply describing them by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Thanks to AI, you can now create automations in Power Automate by simply describing them

Power Automate, Microsoft’s Power Platform service that helps users create workflows between apps, is getting new AI smarts. During its Ignite conference, Microsoft rolled out capabilities powered by OpenAI’s Codex, the code-generating machine learning system underpinning GitHub Copilot. Starting today (in public preview), Power Automate users can write what they want to automate in natural […]

Thanks to AI, you can now create automations in Power Automate by simply describing them by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Microsoft Teams gains animated avatars and AI-powered recaps

At its Ignite conference this week, Microsoft announced updates heading to Teams, its ever-evolving videoconferencing and workplace collaboration app. New avatars are available, and more details were announced around Teams Premium, a paid set of Teams features including AI-generated tasks and meeting guides, which is set to arrive in December in preview. Teams Premium is […]

Microsoft Teams gains animated avatars and AI-powered recaps by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Microsoft Teams gains animated avatars and AI-powered recaps

At its Ignite conference this week, Microsoft announced updates heading to Teams, its ever-evolving videoconferencing and workplace collaboration app. New avatars are available, and more details were announced around Teams Premium, a paid set of Teams features including AI-generated tasks and meeting guides, which is set to arrive in December in preview. Teams Premium is […]

Microsoft Teams gains animated avatars and AI-powered recaps by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

With Places, Microsoft aims to help companies better manage hybrid work setups

Aiming to capture a broader swath of customers who’ve embraced hybrid work, as well as accommodate existing customers, Microsoft today introduced Places, a forthcoming add-on to Microsoft 365 designed to — in the company’s words — “optimize the use of physical space.” More concretely, Places provides insights into when workers are coming into offices and […]

With Places, Microsoft aims to help companies better manage hybrid work setups by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Microsoft brings DALL-E 2 to the masses with Designer and Image Creator

Microsoft is making a major investment in DALL-E 2, OpenAI’s AI-powered system that generates images from text, by bringing it to first-party apps and services. During its Ignite conference this week, Microsoft announced that it’s integrating DALL-E 2 with the newly announced Microsoft Designer app and Image Creator tool in Bing and Microsoft Edge. With […]

Microsoft brings DALL-E 2 to the masses with Designer and Image Creator by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch