You can’t solo security COVID-19 game security report: Learn the latest attack trends in gaming Access here Microsoft’s PlayFab game services division said it is cutting prices for its networked player game services. The changes are rooted in PlayFab’s effort to find efficiencies and increasing value for game developers. This …
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GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Microsoft’s $ 7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media (the owner of Bethesda Softworks, Id Software, and other studios) will change the gaming landscape, and we’ve been collecting some hot takes on what it means for the industry …
Read More »Microsoft’s updated DeepSpeed can train trillion-parameter AI models with fewer GPUs
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Microsoft today released an updated version of its DeepSpeed library that introduces a new approach to training AI models containing trillions of parameters, the variables internal to the model that inform its predictions. The company claims the technique, dubbed 3D …
Read More »Why You Should Try Microsoft’s New “Money in Excel”
Recently, Microsoft released a powerful personal finance spreadsheet add-on for its Excel spreadsheet program, called Money in Excel. The name is a throwback to Microsoft Money, a separate software package for personal finance tracking that Microsoft discontinued many years ago. Now, it exists as a rather powerful spreadsheet template, one …
Read More »Microsoft’s new Dynamics 365 services apply AI to finance and project operations
Dynamics 365, Microsoft’s line of enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management apps, are gaining enhancements intended to aid enterprises in “transforming” their operations. A Dynamics Customer 365 Insights update will bring connectors designed to enrich customer profiles and enable insights with Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft’s cloud analytics service. Both …
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