Edge is gaining a feature for Google queries, hinting at a rare Microsoft shift that could blur lines with Bing in enterprise use.
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With the surprise release of their new "Harrier" family of embedding models, Microsoft is making a massive play for the open-source developer community.
Microsoft has admitted that a recent update is what broke a key component on the Start menu on certain Windows 11 systems. It has shared details on a fix.
With the global integration of TomTom Orbis data now complete, users can now enjoy improved location experiences on Bing Maps, Bing Search, and Copilot.
Windows 11's new "internet speed test" tool sounds handy… until you click it. Turns out it's basically just a glorified shortcut that launches Bing in your browser.
Microsoft has integrated OpenAI's new Sora 2 model into Bing Video Creator, offering all users free access to high-quality AI video generation with audio.
Microsoft is trying to convince IT admins to enable web search in Microsoft 365 Copilot, emphasizing that it will not use customer data to train AI models, improve Bing, or create ad profiles.
The introduction of Bing Video Creator marks a significant step in democratizing AI-powered video creation, offering a free option for users worldwide.
Microsoft has announced the retirement of its popular Bing Search APIs, effective August 11, 2025, surprising many developers who relied on them.
Microsoft is testing a new interactive "Copilot block" in Bing search results, directly targeting users searching for competitor AI assistants.
Microsoft recently attempted to fool users into Bing by making its search look like that of Google. Following the backlash, the company backtracked its decision.
Microsoft's upgrade of Bing Image Creator's to DALL-E 3 backfired spectacularly. While it promised to be faster and higher quality, the new model was met with a wave of user complaints.
Microsoft's latest trick to force users to stick with its Bing search engine is making it look like Google Search.
Microsoft is improving Bing Image Creator with a faster and higher-quality DALL-E 3 model, the ability to create images directly from Bing search and Microsoft Edge search bar.
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Microsoft Bing, after Google Search, has dropped support for cached links and cache operator support in search results.
Microsoft has launched a new Bing experience to help users track the upcoming 2024 U.S. presidential election.
Microsoft announced several new features for its Bing Webmaster Tools users, including a new private preview that will add Copilot functions.
The Microsoft Rewards program has launched a new sweepstakes in several of its regions where the grand prize winner will get $1 million.
Microsoft is expanding its new Bing generative search experience to more informational queries. This experience uses AI to create customized answers and features them in the search results.
Microsoft will add web search query citations in October for people who use its Copilot generative AI assistant so users can be informed where it receives answers to questions.
Microsoft has announced a new partnership with StopNCII to help detect intimate images that would be labeled as harmful from its Bing search engine
OpenAI has made its powerful image generation model, DALL-E 3, available to all ChatGPT users, including those on the free tier. But free users have a limit of two AI images per day.
Microsoft has added a new function for the previously announced Commute map feature on the Bing Android app. Users can now add more destinations with the feature other than home or work.
In a new interview, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman claims Microsoft previously trained its AI services on data from its site "without telling us", which is why Reddit ended up blocking Microsoft.
Reddit has blocked search engines, including Bing, from crawling its site by updating the robots.txt file. Also, it claims that this change has nothing to do with its recent partnership with Google.
Microsoft has announced that a small number of Bing search users will be able to access Bing generative search which combines generative AI and LLMs for a more advanced search experience.
Microsoft is sending messages to members of its Cashback program, revealing that the receipt scanning feature will no longer be available as of July 25, 2024. The program itself will continue.
Back in December, Microsoft began testing AI-generated Edge Workspaces. The feature has since made it to the Stable channel and recently, the Redmond giant quietly shared details about it.
Jordi Ribas, the corporate vice president for search and AI at Microsoft, posted some thoughts on the company's Bing search engine as it celebrates the 15th anniversary of its launch on June 3, 2009.
Microsoft has revealed it will be retiring its Bing Maps for Enterprise service on June 30, 2028, with no new customers accepted after June 30, 2024. Its tech and data will be merged with Azure Maps.
Weather from Microsoft Start has been named as the most accurate global forecast provider by the ForecastWatch assessment company for 2023. This is the second year in a row for this honor.
Microsoft says its Copilot generative AI assistant is "continuing to recover" after an outage occurred in its Bing search engine API earlier this morning. Bing is still out for some users.
Microsoft has revealed it has created a new AI prediction model for its Start weather service. It can now better predict when clouds and rain might happen via both radar and satellite data.
A problem with Microsoft's Bing API has caused many not to be able to use the search engine for a number of hours this morning. It's also affected Copilot and third-party services like DuckDuckGo.
The European Union announced today that Microsoft has not sent over requested information on some of its generative AI tools, and has given the company until May 27 to do so, or risk being fined.
A security organization discovered a Microsoft Azure storage server in February that included sensitive data that was not password-protected. Microsoft has since secured the server.
Microsoft is shaking up its AI leadership, moving consumer products like Bing under a new division headed by DeepMind co-founder. Bing executive Mikhail Parakhin will leave his current role.
Senators from both parties are criticizing Microsoft for its censorship of Bing results for users in China. Compliance with local law allows it to operate on the market. However, it comes at a price.
Microsoft has announced a new "Microsoft AI" division for its artificial intelligence efforts. Led by a DeepMind co-founder, Mustafa Suleyman, it will also govern Edge, Bing, and Copilot projects.
Microsoft has updated its browser in the Dev Channel with a new Bing search box for error pages. The latest update also introduces multiple fixes and improvements across the browser.
Microsoft Teams is getting a controversial location tracking feature that users may hate
Microsoft releases major feature updates for stock Windows 11 apps
Visual Studio finally gets long-awaited feature that developers will love
