“Show me popular dubstep music” “I want to watch the movie Star Trek Into Darkness” “I want to play Forza Motorsport” With an arsenal of over 300,000 servers powering the back-end of Xbox One, the system is learning and adapting every day so as the vast expanse of the digital ...
When we watched Star Trek decades ago, the idea of talking to a computer seemed like pure science fiction. Fast forward to the present and your voice has replaced the remote control for your living room with Xbox One, an all-in-one games and entertainment system with sophisticated voice navi...
Our team at Microsoft is comprised of esports fanatics from Bing, Microsoft Research, MSN, Xbox, and others around the company. We have been quietly working for several years now to bring together the necessary technologies to make this possible, basing our work on conversations with fans, strea...
New survey data from Pew Research Centershows only one-sixth (16%) of US workers are using AI in their jobs, and most of them worry about the impact the technology will have in the workplace. The survey of 5,273 employed US adults taken last October suggests that workers have a lot...
This open preview launch comes nearly two months after Microsoft experimented withremoving the waitlistfor its new Bing Chat feature. The chatbot originally launched in a private preview in February, and Microsoft has been gradually opening it up ever since. ...
Microsoft also offers monthly surveys on the Xbox, which you can complete to get points. You also get daily sets on the Xbox. If you don't own an Xbox, this isn't enough reason to get one. However, if you play games on the console regularly, you might as well cash in on the fre...
For that reason, Flight Simulator will be playable with a regular Xbox controller and the Xbox Adaptive Controller. Microsoft is also adding hooks for the hardcore community. That includes the ability to create mods, like air traffic control and additional aircraft. But it also means making the ...
First Computer:“I grew up with a computer in the house, never then realizing how significant that was. I remember it ran Windows 95 and I was addicted to educational CD-ROM games, like JumpStart.” Current Phone:“I’m currently using two: an iPhone 6+ and a Lumia 635” ...
While Instagram is telling teens to take a break from the app after an hour-long scrolling session, Pinterest is taking things a step further -- in the classroom. The popular visual board app is testing a new pop-up prompt for young users in the U.S. and Canada encouraging them to clo...
Microsoft unveils new controller— Microsoft has unveiled its new control system for the Xbox 360, at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles. — Project Natal is a fully hands-free control system that will use face recognition and motion sensors to allow users to play games. ...