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Microsoft can produce drone-like photography from space with the power of Azure and AI
By Sean Endicott published
Microsoft announced several new partnerships and capabilities for Azure Space. The company's tech is being used to take high-res images from space and to help respond to disasters.
Azure Quantum gets a boost with Rigetti quantum computer collaboration
By Robert Carnevale published
Microsoft's quantum realm is getting a computational enhancement courtesy of Rigetti. Rigetti will be offering its quantum computers via the cloud to Azure Quantum users.
Microsoft Azure supercomputer pushes its way into the top 10 most powerful systems in the world
By Sean Endicott published
Microsoft Azure now claims five spots in the list of the 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world. One of those supercomputers is even in the top 10.
Microsoft worked with Peloton to help fitness enthusiasts who are deaf
By Sean Endicott last updated
Peloton recently added support for subtitles during its live workouts. The feature is powered by Microsoft’s Azure Cognitive Services speech-to-text and translation technology.
Microsoft Azure virtual machines are more secure thanks to a collaboration with AMD
By Sean Endicott published
AMD announced a continued collaboration with Microsoft. Azure virtual machines will utilize 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors to improve security.
Microsoft and publisher of Ubuntu team up to deliver cost-effective data management on Azure
By Sean Endicott published
Microsoft and Canonical announced support for Microsoft SQL Server with Ubuntu Pro on Microsoft Azure. The support helps deliver a cost-effective solution for enterprise data management.
Windows Virtual Machines went down for around 7 hours last night, here's why
By Sean Endicott last updated
Last night, an outage caused some Windows Virtual Machines to go down for almost seven hours. Microsoft has shared its preliminary report of the cause of the outage.
Microsoft Emissions Impact Dashboard hits general availability, carbon footprints beware
By Robert Carnevale published
Carbon emissions are being tracked more closely than ever.
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