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  • Microsoft Outage: IndiGo Issues Handwritten Boarding Passes, Passenger’s Post Goes Viral | Companies News

    New Delhi: After a global outage affecting Microsoft’s cloud services, airports across India are facing unexpected flight delays. Passengers have taken to social media to share their experiences, posting images of handwritten boarding passes being issued due to the disruption. This unforeseen issue has caused several inconveniences for travellers nationwide.

    In response to the outage, IndiGo has started using handwritten boarding passes to keep flights running smoothly. Akshay Kothari, a passenger at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, shared his experience on X (formerly Twitter).

    The Microsoft / CrowdStrike outage has taken down most airports in India. I got my first hand-written boarding pass today  pic.twitter.com/xsdnq1Pgjr
    — Akshay Kothari (@akothari) July 19, 2024

    “The Microsoft/CrowdStrike outage has taken down most airports in India. I got my first handwritten boarding pass today,” he shared a photo of his manually issued boarding pass along with his post.

    The switch from digital systems sparked a variety of responses on social media. One comment noted, “Wow back to pen paper.” Another remarked, “Sometimes, the old-school way is still the best when technology lets us down.”

    Indigo’s Response

    #6ETravelAdvisory : As systems are impacted globally due to ongoing issues with Microsoft Azure, we kindly request you to refrain from making multiple booking attempts during this time. We are working closely with Microsoft to resolve the issue and appreciate your patience.
    — IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) July 19, 2024

    Hi, we’re facing a network-wide issue with Microsoft Azure, causing delays at airports. Check-ins may be slower and queues longer. Our Digital team is working with Microsoft to resolve this swiftly. For assistance, please reach out to our on-ground team. Thanks for your patience.
    — IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) July 19, 2024

    IndiGo issued a statement addressing the widespread disruption. “Our systems across the network are impacted by an ongoing issue with Microsoft Azure, resulting in increased wait times at our contact centres and airports,” the airline said. They advised passengers to expect slower check-ins and longer queues and urged those travelling within the next 24 hours to contact them only if necessary.

    The outage also impacted other airlines, including Air India, Vistara, and SpiceJet, leading to flight cancellations and delays.

    Response from Government and Industry

    Indian Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw confirmed that the IT ministry is working with Microsoft to resolve the outage. He stated, “MEITY is in touch with Microsoft and its associates regarding the global outage. NIC network is not affected.”

    MEITY is in touch with Microsoft and its associates regarding the global outage.

    The reason for this outage has been identified and updates have been released to resolve the issue.

    CERT is issuing a technical advisory.

    NIC network is not affected.
    — Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) July 19, 2024

  • Microsoft Down! Banks, Supermarkets, Major Companies Hit By Massive Global Outage |

    New Delhi: Global cybersecurity platform CrowdStrike is down, claimed several users from across India, Japan, Canada, Australia and many other countries.

    CrowdStrike provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to Windows PCs has affected several users who have taken to X and Reddit to report the outage. BSOD error or Blue Screen of Death on the platform are frequently trending on the social media. The outage seems to have affected a host of services in banks, supermarkets, airlines and other major companies.

    Meanwhile, Microsoft 365 Status wrote in a post on “We’re investigating an issue impacting users ability to access various Microsoft 365 apps and services,” it added.

    We’re investigating an issue impacting users ability to access various Microsoft 365 apps and services. More info posted in the admin center under MO821132 and on https://t.co/W5Y8dAkjMk — Microsoft 365 Status (@MSFT365Status) July 18, 2024

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    Blue screen of death reported at multiple companies – Crowd Strike attack

    RT If Are you also facing ??#Bluescreen #Microsoft ___PC CrowdStrike#Microsoft pic.twitter.com/JXDRjWWk7L — __________ _ (@Patharbaj) July 19, 2024

    CrowdStrike declaring an early weekend by taking out half the world’s systems. Even ransomware isn’t this effective _ — Gabriel (@_theVIVI) July 19, 2024

    Crowdstrike decided that people need a day off today. The windows machines around the world should be down. — Lulu (@lulu_blaugrana) July 19, 2024

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    Blue screen of death reported at multiple companies – Crowd Strike attack

    RT If Are you also facing ??#Bluescreen #Microsoft ___PC CrowdStrike#Microsoft pic.twitter.com/JnaTrzESkJ — ___K AMRAN ___ (@bagwan_kamran) July 19, 2024

    Something super weird happening right now: just been called by several totally different media outlets in the last few minutes, all with Windows machines suddenly BSoD’ing (Blue Screen of Death). Anyone else seen this? Seems to be entering recovery mode: pic.twitter.com/DxdLyA9BLA — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) July 19, 2024

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  • Bill Gates Praises Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella For THIS Reason: Find Out Here |

    New Delhi: Bill Gates, The co-founder of Microsoft and renowned philanthropist has recently joined Nikhil Kamath for a podcast series. Nikhil Kamath is the co-founder of Zerodha and it was the first podcast series “People by WTF.” In this episode, the two entrepreneurs discussed a variety of topics including artificial intelligence, the debate between capitalism and socialism and Gates’ enduring connection with India.

    During the podcast Gates reflected on his relationship with India, stating, “I’ve had a fabulous relationship with India starting with the Microsoft experience where we hired some very smart IT graduates, and brought them to Seattle.” (Also Read: Google Pixel 8 Gets Massive Discount Of Rs 14,000 On THIS Platform; Check Discounted Price And Specs)

    He further recalled, “Later, they went back and created a development centre for us that’s now in four locations, with 25,000 people. Of course, a lot of the amazing people I worked with in Microsoft were hired from India.” (Also Read: TRAI Allots New 160 Mobile Phone Series To Key Financial Entities To Curb Spams)

    Bill Gates praised Microsoft’s current CEO, Satya Nadella and said “At the top of that list is Satya, who is now doing a great job as CEO. In my digital-first career, the connection with India was enjoyable and greatly influenced what the company achieved. It was during that time I realised, ‘Oh wow, India is a land of contrasts, first class in many ways, but still with a lot of poverty and challenges.’

    Bill Gates also discussed the legal systems in India and the US, pointing out that, “Believe me, the legal things done in the US won’t apply here. But, just imagine, if you could make everybody in the legal system four times more productive, that changes justice because right now the backlog is kind of nightmarish. And here, you know, comes a potential solution.”

  • Microsoft Faces Complaints in EU Over Violating Children’s Data Privacy |

    London: Privacy rights organisation NOYB on Tuesday lodged two complaints with Austria’s data protection authority against tech giant Microsoft for allegedly violating children’s data protection rights.

    The non-profit organisation said that Microsoft’s ‘365 Education’ services violate children’s data protection rights. When pupils wanted to exercise their General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rights, Microsoft said schools were the “controller” for their data.

    “However, the schools have no control over the systems,” said Noyb. Microsoft, alleged the complaint, is trying to contractually dump most of its legal responsibilities under the GDPR on schools that provide Microsoft 365 Education services to their pupils or students.

    “This means, for example, that access requests to Microsoft go unanswered – while schools have no realistic way of complying with such requests because they don’t hold the necessary data,” the non-profit mentioned.

    Maartje de Graaf, data protection lawyer at noyb, said that this take-it-or-leave-it approach by software vendors such as Microsoft is shifting all GDPR responsibilities to schools. “Microsoft holds all the key information about data processing in its software but is pointing the finger at schools when it comes to exercising rights. Schools have no way of complying with the transparency and information obligations,” de Graaf said.

    Microsoft provides such “vague information” that even a qualified lawyer can’t fully understand how the company processes personal data in Microsoft 365 Education. “It is almost impossible for children or their parents to uncover the extent of Microsoft’s data collection,” said de Graaf.

  • EU tells Microsoft to provide information on GenAI risks in Bing search otherwise face fine |

    The regulator can also impose fines of up to 1 percent of the provider’s total annual income or worldwide turnover for incorrect, incomplete, or misleading information in response to a request for information.

    |Last Updated: May 17, 2024, 06:30 PM IST|Source: IANS

  • Indian Tech Leaders Stand Behind Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal In His Fight Against Microsoft And LinkedIn |

    New Delhi: Indian tech industry leaders have come out in support of Ola Founder and CEO, Bhavish Aggarwal, after his tirade against Microsoft-owned LinkedIn for deleting his posts and “bullying Indians” into agreeing with the Big Tech platforms or canceling them out.

    Homegrown IT software company Zoho’s CEO Sridhar Vembu agreed with Aggarwal, saying “We in India have to strongly resist this woke imperialism”. “It is best understood as a fanatical religious doctrine that masquerades as a socio-political movement,” Vembu posted on X social media platform.

    Edtech company Unacademy CEO Gaurav Munjal earlier posted that this is so “f***** up on LinkedIn’s part”. An angry Ola CEO on Saturday announced the termination of Microsoft Azure cloud’s services and moved the entire workload of his company to his own AI venture called Krutrim. (Also Read: Get Free Wi-Fi While Traveling In India; Check This Government Scheme, Benefits, Steps To Avail Facility)

    “We’ve decided to move our entire workload out of Azure to our own Krutrim cloud within the next week,” he said in a blog post. When reached, LinkedIn or Microsoft did not comment on Aggarwal’s blog post.

    The tussle began when Ola CEO shared his thoughts on gender pronouns, with a LinkedIn post on “pronoun illness”. The LinkedIn AI chatbot used “they” and “their” to address the founder. The professional networking platform later deleted Aggarwal’s posts “without notifying him”, leading to an outburst from the Ola founder.

    “Proud of you Bhavish. When CEOs like you show the way, I’m sure many will emulate you. It is one thing to coax people to be inclusive but quite another to use bullying and canceling techniques to impose a fake inclusiveness with dubious benefits. May Dharma always guide you,” Author Sahana Singh posted on X. (Also Read: What Is ‘iPhone Finger’? Is Your Smartphone Changing Your Body? Here’s Everything You Need To Know)

    Aggarwal has said he will work with the domestic developer community to build a digital public infrastructure (DPI) social media framework and the only ‘community guidelines’ should be the Indian law. “Woke” was a word earlier used within Black communities in the US to refer to an “awareness of inequality”. It is now being frequently used in political parlance to describe anything that appears too liberal or progressive.

  • Microsoft’s Xbox To Shut Down Several Gaming Studios: Know Why

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  • Microsoft, Wipro To Launch GenAI-Powered Assistants For Financial Services | Companies News

    New Delhi: Leading technology services and consulting company Wipro on Monday announced that it is teaming up with Microsoft to launch a suite of cognitive assistants for financial services powered by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI).

    According to the company, the cognitive assistants will provide financial professionals with deep market intelligence and appropriate and timely information on investment products and investor behaviour.

    “This new solution set, powered by Microsoft, will help provide better and faster market and product intelligence to financial advisors and banking professionals, enabling them to deliver more personalised and timely service to clients,” Suzanne Dann, CEO of Americas 2 Strategic Market Unit at Wipro Ltd, said in a statement.

    “These solutions will also reduce the multiple – often repetitive – steps needed to onboard new investors or originate loans, cutting down the time spent on paperwork,” she added. Wipro’s new GenAI-powered cognitive assistants will be powered by Microsoft Azure Open AI and available on Azure App Services.

    The solutions will also utilise Microsoft Azure Document Intelligence, which uses advanced machine learning to extract text, key-value pairs, and structures from documents.

    “Wipro has extensive financial services expertise, and we know that their new AI-powered virtual assistants will deliver innovation, scale and meaningful business value for customers,” said Bill Borden, Corporate VP, Worldwide Financial Services at Microsoft.

  • Microsoft To Invest $1.7 Bn In Cloud, AI Infrastructure In Indonesia |

    New Delhi: Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it will invest $1.7 billion over the next four years in new cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in Indonesia. The company also announced AI skilling opportunities for 840,000 people in the country and support for the nation’s growing developer community.

    This marks the single largest investment in Microsoft’s 29-year history in the country. “The investments we are announcing today — spanning digital infrastructure, skilling, and support for developers – will help Indonesia thrive in this new era,” said Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft.

    According to the company, this investment will enable Microsoft to meet the growing demand for cloud computing services in Indonesia, as well as allow the country to capitalize on the significant economic and productivity opportunities presented by the latest AI technology.

    “We aim to empower Indonesians with the infrastructure and skills needed for the AI ​​era, aligning with our national vision for digital prowess. It’s a crucial step towards making Indonesia a hub for digital talent and innovation,” said Dharma Simorangkir, President Director of Microsoft. Indonesia.

    Meanwhile, Microsoft announced plans to provide AI skilling opportunities for 2.5 million people in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states by 2025. The tech giant will provide this training with the help of governments, nonprofit and corporate organizations, and communities in Indonesia. , Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

    The initiative builds on a range of existing Microsoft skills programs in the region, which have already helped many people land jobs or make career changes, especially women, who are still under-represented in the tech sector, the company said.

  • Nvidia Faces Lawsuit Over AI Copyright Infringement By Authors |

    New Delhi: Nvidia, a leading provider of chips for artificial intelligence, finds itself embroiled in legal action as three authors Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian, and Stewart O'Nan have filed a lawsuit against the company. The authors alleged that Nvidia used their copyrighted books without permission in the development of its NeMo platform, sparking a contentious legal battle over intellectual property rights.

    The authors argue that their books were part of a dataset of 196,640 books used to train Nvidia's NeMo AI platform. They claim that the platform aimed to replicate everyday written language but was shut down in October following allegations of copyright infringement. The legal document suggests that Nvidia's action to remove the NeMo dataset implies acknowledgment of copyright violation. (Also Read: Google Wallet Will Auto-Add Movie Tickets And Boarding Passes From Gmail)

    The authors are seeking unspecified compensation on behalf of people in the United States whose copyrighted works were used to train NeMo's large language models during the past three years, in the proposed class action. (Also Read: Xiaomi 14 Ultra vs Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra: Which Smartphone Should You Buy?)

    The lawsuit covers various types of literary works, such as Keene's novel “Ghost Walk” from 2008, Nazemian's novel “Like a Love Story” from 2019, and O'Nan's novella “Last Night at the Lobster” from 2007.

    Nvidia chose not to provide a comment on Sunday, and lawyers representing the authors did not respond immediately to requests for further comment on Sunday. This lawsuit pulls Nvidia into a larger pool of legal disputes initiated by writers, as well as The New York Times, concerning generative AI. Generative AI generates new content using inputs like text, images, and sounds.

    Other tech giants, including OpenAI, the developer of the AI ​​platform ChatGPT, and its collaborator Microsoft, are also facing legal issues linked to generative AI.

    Despite facing legal hurdles, Nvidia continues to attract investors' favor, benefiting from the ongoing growth of AI technology. Since the close of 2022, the company's stock price has surged by nearly 600%, propelling Nvidia's market capitalization to nearly $2.2 trillion.

    The lawsuit is identified as Nazemian et al v Nvidia Corp in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, under case number 24-01454.