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Republished on January 22 with a new warning about the Generative AI tools now coming as standard from Google, Microsoft and others, and critical mitigation, as well as new security advice for those running Microsoft’s email platforms, including confirmation on end-of-support dates this year.

It looks like software giant Microsoft is up to some not-so-productive behavior after being accused of tricking searchers on Bing.

Both Microsoft and Google are now including AI in some of their most popular productivity software. But prices are going up at the same time.

Microsoft has suddenly backtracked after being caught “ tricking ” users, with a homepage designed to look and feel like Google’s own when Windows users searched for Google itself. The head of Chrome accused the Windows-maker of a “new year, new low,” criticizing its “long history of tricks to confuse users and limit choice.”

Now, Bing is hiding the Google search results and placing when you search Bing for the term Google. Plus, Bing is showing a "Promoted by Microsoft" search box. Here is what the search results page looks like: You need to click the "see more" results to be able to see the search results in Bing for Google.

Hearing the name of the most valuable company in the world will likely be met with the question: what do they do?

Microsoft is OpenAI's largest investor, with a 49% stake, translating to $14 billion. As part of its complicated partnership with the ChatGPT maker, Microsoft was once the exclusive cloud computing partner for OpenAI. However, OpenAI's $500 billion investment in computing infrastructure changes its relationship with Microsoft.

The changes are part of an effort on the companies’ part to boost the adoption of their AI tools among business users. Microsoft ships an AI assistant called Copilot as part of its Microsoft 365 productivity suite. Google, in turn, offers the Gemini machine learning feature bundle to users of its rival Workspace suite.

Companies such as Dropbox, Google, and IBM have previously announced job cuts related ... reach audiences where they are," the spokesperson said, according to Reuters. Microsoft is planning an unspecified number of cuts. Microsoft is planning job cuts ...

The three biggest tech companies all offer a wealth of options to limit screen time, find lost devices, and more.

Microsoft has joined only months after the trade association agreed not to pursue the anti-trust complaint it filed with the European Commission against Microsoft in