Sharing the files from iPhones to PCs and vice versa seems fairly simple. Read more:Best Phone to Buy for 2024

AltspaceVR, a social virtual worlds platformacquired by Microsoft in 2017, will shut down on March 10. AltspaceVR encouraged creators and developers on its platform to host final events in the coming weeks. They also provided directions for people todownload their AltspaceVR data and content. See Also:Best VR Headsets of 2023

The company said its new strategy in China will focus on matching professionals with jobs. LinkedIn plans to launch a new standalone jobs app, called InJobs, later this year in China. The app won’t included social feeds or the ability to share posts or articles, according to LinkedIn. It was the last major US-based social media site operating openly in China.

Microsoft has been adding artificial intelligence to nearly all its products, fromBing search to PowerPoint. Now it’s testing AI for customer support on itsXbox. The chatbot could also process refunds for games, according to an earlierreportby The Verge. Microsoft has hinted at these types of products before, though. Read more:AI Chatbots Are Here to Stay. The company said it unintentionally leaked a presentation describingits upcoming “Brooklin” Xbox last year.

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Users will also be limited to 50 total replies per day. The restrictions are meant to keep conversations from getting weird. Microsoft said long discussions “can confuse the underlying chat model.” The chatbot’s responses have also includedfactual errors. Bard has had its own problems with factual errors,fumbling a response during its first public demo. More on AI chatbots

Microsoft Bing’s AI chatbot made headlines last week after several instances where it acted in unexpected ways. Like Google’s competing Bard, AI-boosted Bing sometimesprovides inaccurate search results.

Microsoft backed the AI research company in 2019 with a $1 billion investment in cash and cloud credits. OpenAI didn’t reply to a request for comment.

Microsoft didn’t immediately respond to CNET’s request for comment. “WeChat is actually a good model. If you’re in China, you kind of live on WeChat. “And we don’t have anything like that outside of China. So I think such an app would be really useful.”

you’re able to nowbuy replacement componentsforMicrosoft Surfacedevices in the Microsoft Store. The company said it’s providing replacement parts “to technically inclined consumers.” Replacement component purchases include the part and relevant collateral components, like screws. Tools needed for the repair are sold separately through iFixit, Microsoft said. Microsoft joins other tech companies likeAppleandSamsungin giving owners more control over repairs. The company said it will provide updates on additional markets in the future....

Sony and Microsoft didn’t immediately respond to a request for confirmation on the offer. Microsoft has faced stiff resistance from European Union regulators over this deal. In October, the European Commission askedother game developers for opinions on the acquisition. AT&Tabandoned the deallater that year.

Microsoft is bringing anew collaboration tooltoOfficein the form of Loop, it said Tuesday. Components will roll out on Teams, Outlook and OneNote this month, with the full app following later. Microsoft willpreview the appin the first half of 2022, according to CNBC.

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