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  1. Jan

    Microsoft 365 price hikes announced for South Africa

    Big Microsoft 365 price hikes in South Africa Microsoft is increasing the subscription prices of its Microsoft 365 productivity suite in South Africa from next month. Microsoft 365 comprises various popular apps for professionals and students, including Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Sony shares take a hit after Microsoft's court victory in Activision deal saga

    Sony shares take a hit after Microsoft's court victory in Activision deal saga Sony Group Corp. shares fell as much as 2.7% Wednesday in Tokyo after a US federal judge ruled in favour of Microsoft Corp.’s $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard Inc. The Tokyo-based PlayStation maker has...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Microsoft scores US and UK victories in battle to clear Activision Blizzard deal

    Microsoft scores US and UK victories in battle to clear Activision Blizzard deal Microsoft Corp. changed the course of its $69-billion (R1.28-trillion) bid for Activision Blizzard Inc. in minutes Tuesday, winning an unprecedented reconsideration from a UK regulator that had blocked the largest...
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  5. Jan

    Red team tool exploits Microsoft Teams flaw to send malware

    US Navy-developed tool exploits Microsoft Teams flaw to send malware US Navy red team member Alex Reid has published a tool that exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Teams to sidestep restrictions for incoming files from outside a user's organisation. Dubbed TeamsPhisher, the tool was created...
  6. Jan

    OpenAI disables ChatGPT web browsing function after bypassing paywalls

    ChatGPT Internet browsing feature disabled after bypassing paywalls OpenAI has temporarily disabled ChatGPT's ability to search the web to augment its responses after users discovered it allowed them to access content behind website paywalls. ChatGPT first gave ChatGPT Plus subscribers the...
  7. Jan

    Microsoft increases Edge built-in Cloudflare VPN bandwidth to 5GB

    Microsoft Edge's built-in Cloudflare VPN now comes with 5GB free data Microsoft has enhanced the Edge browser's "Edge Secure Network" by upping the data allowance from 1GB to 5GB, Twitter user @Leopeva64 has found. Edge Secure Network leverages Cloudflare routing to encrypt a user's connection...
  8. Jan

    Developer brings back Clippy with ChatGPT power

    Microsoft Office's Clippy assistant returns — with the power of ChatGPT A developer has resurrected Microsoft Office's Clippy virtual assistant for Windows and empowered it with ChatGPT capabilities, BGR reports. The developer — who goes by FireCubeStudios on Twitter — released a preview...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Microsoft CEO guarantees Call of Duty will stay on PlayStation in court

    Microsoft CEO guarantees Call of Duty will stay on PlayStation in court Microsoft Corp.’s chief executive officer reaffirmed his company’s promise to keep Activision Blizzard Inc.’s top-selling Call of Duty on rival Sony Corp.’s PlayStation console as he sought to defend the biggest-ever video...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    PlayStation boss testifies in case about Microsoft-Activision deal

    PlayStation boss testifies in case about Microsoft-Activision deal Microsoft Corp.’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. will deliver a blow to Sony Group Corp’s console business and give PlayStation gamers a “degraded” experience, an executive with the Japanese electronics giant testified...
  11. Jan

    Microsoft aims to expand Windows 365 to all users

    Microsoft wants to expand cloud-based Windows 11 to all users Microsoft wants to make its cloud-based Windows 365 available to consumers to stream the Windows operating system "from the cloud to any device", The Verge reports. In an internal "state of the business" presentation from June 2022...
  12. Jan

    Xbox is less popular than PlayStation and Switch - Microsoft

    Microsoft admits Xbox is losing the console wars Microsoft has said the Xbox is losing the so-called "console wars" against rival hardware from Sony and Nintendo, Windows Central reports. The acknowledgement came as part of the company's legal arguments defending its planned acquisition of...
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  13. Jan

    Gamefinity confirms PlayStation 5 price increases for South Africa

    PlayStation 5 price hikes in South Africa Sony's PlayStation 5 gaming consoles will be getting price hikes in South Africa from next month. PlayStation's distributor in South Africa, Gamefinity, confirmed the price increases after MyBroadband received a tip-off about the adjustments from an...
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  14. Jan

    Microsoft publishes South African MSRP for Xbox Series S 1TB

    Xbox Series S 1TB South African price revealed Microsoft has revealed South African pricing for its black Xbox Series S console with 1TB storage. The new console was announced at the Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday, 11 June 2023.
  15. Jan

    Microsoft announces Xbox Game Pass price increase - including South Africa

    Microsoft hikes Xbox Game Pass prices in South Africa Microsoft is increasing the price of its Game Pass subscription service for Xbox in several countries, including South Africa. Xbox head of communications Kari Perez told The Verge the price increases were intended to match local market...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Microsoft and Activision Blizzard CEOs headed to court to defend $68.7-billion deal

    Microsoft and Activision Blizzard CEOs headed to court to defend $68.7-billion deal Microsoft Corp. chief executive officer Satya Nadella and Activision Blizzard Inc. CEO Bobby Kotick will be in court this week to try to persuade a federal judge in California to reject the Federal Trade...
  17. Jan

    Sony's absence from Competition Tribunal hearing in South Africa about Microsoft-Activision deal speaks volumes - advocate

    Sony missing in action in South African hearing on Microsoft-Activision deal Sony was nowhere to be seen during the Competition Tribunal's public hearing on Microsoft's planned $68.7-billion (R1.26-trillion) acquisition of Activision Blizzard on Wednesday, 21 June 2023. The hearing comes after...
  18. Jan

    DDoS took down Microsoft OneDrive and Outlook

    Microsoft OneDrive and Outlook outage caused by DDoS Microsoft has revealed that the OneDrive and Outlook outages it faced in June had resulted from Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. The outage occurred on 5 June 2023, and according to a Microsoft 365 Status post, it regained...
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  19. Jan

    Statcounter South African operating system market share - May 2023

    Most popular operating systems in South Africa Android and Windows are the most popular operating systems (OS) in South Africa, and they have been for some time, according to data from Statcounter GlobalStats. Google's mobile OS held 67.56% of the South African market as of May 2023, while...
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  20. Jan

    Microsoft testing Windows Ink update allowing users to write anywhere they can type

    Windows Ink update lets users write anywhere they can type Microsoft's latest Windows 11 insider preview build includes an update to Windows Ink that lets users handwrite entries directly into fields across the operating system. Before the update, handwriting entries only worked in specific...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    Court temporarily blocks Microsoft-Activision deal

    Court temporarily blocks Microsoft-Activision deal Microsoft Corp.’s $69-billion (R1.29-trillion) acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. was temporarily blocked by a federal judge in California who said a temporary restraining order was necessary to maintain the status quo while the Federal...
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