Regulators of EU have raised concerns about Microsoft’s cloud practices

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Other big names in the segment, along with NextCloud, have also filed complaints about Microsoft’s unfair cloud practices

Popular tech giant Microsoft is in a fix again as regulators from the EU are scrutinizing the company over its licensing deals and cloud business. Over the last decade, Microsoft was fined by the European Commission almost $1.8 billion for various violations regarding antitrust matters. The European Commission has asked the company’s customers and competitors about Microsoft’s licensing deals and cloud business through a questionnaire. Moreover, other big names in the segment, along with NextCloud, have also filed complaints about Microsoft’s unfair cloud practices.
The report has highlighted the part where the regulators asked Microsoft if it is creating a healthy environment for rivals to compete with maximum efficiency. The EU regulators have also asked whether the tech giant needs productivity applications and Microsoft OS along with cloud offering to give fair competition. The questionnaire had asked the consumers and companies if they are paying the same fees for the services and what are the commercial deals with other programs and cloud service providers. The questionnaire stated that the Commission has all the necessary information needed to show that Microsoft is misusing its dominant position in the market to stay ahead of the curve and foreclose any competition.

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SpaceX's Private Astronaut Mission to the Space Station Postponed to April 6

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The first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), is delayed.

The most anticipated and much-awaited first all-private crewed mission to the International Space Station has been delayed. Axiom Space's Ax-1 mission, which was set to launch on April 3 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, has been pushed to April 6. NASA officially has stated that due to the crucial "wet dress rehearsal" of its Artemis 1 moon mission, the Ax-1 has been delayed.

"NASA, Axiom, and SpaceX are now looking at no earlier than April 6 for the launch of Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, pending range approval," NASA officials wrote.

It is reported that Ax-1 will be using the latest SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and robust Dragon capsule to send four people to the space station for an eight-day stay. The four people who will travel to the International Space Station are pilot Larry Connor, Mark Pathy, mission specialist, EytanStibbe, mission specialist. The fourth is Axiom employee Michael López-Alegría, a former NASA astronaut commanding the mission.

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Panopto has announced the integration of video management service to Microsoft’s VC app Teams

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The video searching feature of Panopto will be integrated with MS Office 365 apps via MS Graph

Panopto, a popular name in the video management segment, has recently made an announcement that it will be now integrating its offering with Microsoft Teams. This will allow users now to go through their meeting recordings and videos on their platform. The video searching feature of Panopto will be integrated with MS Office 365 apps via MS Graph. This will now make users’ content discoverable along with Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, among other assets.

Panopto’s CEO Eric Burns has stated that the foundation for modern collaboration platforms is powerful search engines. Right now, Graph search API and Microsoft Word are forerunners showing the way. He furthermore added that on-demand videos had become the new documents, and as companies continue to build larger-than-life video libraries, the ability to search within the video has also become the main priority for many. Panopto’s latest offering is meticulously designed to allow users to securely search within the video in Teams. Knowledge workers and students now have the freedom to search content within their organization’s libraries. Microsoft Teams is now a widely used app, and it has a humungous user base. Video conferencing has now become an integral part of everyone’s learning and working environment.

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Boss Fight Entertainment is the latest addition to Netflix’s portfolio of gaming studios

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Boss Fight has the ability to produce some blockbuster games across various genres

Streaming giant Netflix has recently has recently made an announcement that it has acquired Boss Fight Entertainment, a popular game development studio based in Texas. Boss Fight gained massive traction after it launched Dungeon Boss back in 2015. The VP of Netflix’s Game Studios, Amir Rahimi, has stated that, since the company’s entry into the mobile games segment, the team has been trying its best to expand its games catalog little by little.
Soon the company is expected to have its own creative development team. Boss Fight has the ability to produce some blockbuster games across various genres and deliver the members some great games that can be accessed from wherever the users want. Netflix is expecting Boss Fight to bring in fun-filled games for the users. The founder of Boss Fight has stated that the company’s mission is to deliver based on Netflix’s commitment to give its users ad-free games as a part of the subscription model. The founder has also revealed that the company is very excited about its future and the focus now is on creating delightful games for users without the need to worry about monetization. The Boss Fight is one of the earliest entrants to work with Netflix, and it has the potential to shape the future of Netflix games.

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Can Casino Apps Give You The Same Experience as a Website?

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Online casinos have been revolutionary when it comes to changing how people would gamble. Thanks to casino sites, anyone can easily play their favorite games wherever they are and whenever they want. When casinos went online, only people with PCs and laptops can access them.

Today is a different story because many online gamblers now play their favorite games on a mobile device. Mobile gaming has grown so much over the last few years and more and more players are starting to prefer using their smartphones or tablets to play real money games.

Gambling companies are also starting to notice this trend and this is why most, if not all, online casinos are mobile-friendly. To take the mobile gaming experience to another level, some casinos have also already released app versions of their sites like 10CRIC’s live casino app.

Now, with mobile-friendly casino sites and apps to choose from, you’re probably wondering which is better. Do casino apps function like their website versions? Well, you don’t have to look any further because we’ll let you know how casino apps are just like their web versions and in some cases, even better.

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UAE’s retail sector is massively transforming due to acceleration in technology

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Now more than ever, consumers have access to better information and tools at their disposal to make the right decision
In the digital world we live in, technology plays a major role in deciding the success of a business across every sector. In a retail summit held recently in UAE, President, and CEO of Dubai Chambers, Hamad Buamim, has stated that there are major changes happening now in the industry, which is why there are numerous opportunities for the retailers. In the present day, we can see that there has been a big shift in consumer behavior. Now more than ever, consumers have access to better information and tools at their disposal to make the right decision.
This has furthermore increased the expectations of the consumers, and services are expected to be fulfilled faster at lower prices. Another unique angle for the same is that service providers are now expected to deliver their services promptly no matter where they are based. We are now thriving in a landscape where the ball is in the customer’s court, and most of the offerings have become technology-driven. We must understand that the use of emerging technology like data analytics can either make or break a business. Buamim has also added that data analytics is a very powerful tool that can be leveraged to meet the needs of consumers by looking into their past purchases or preferences.

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Microsoft aims at becoming carbon neutral and controlling its Scope 3 emissions by 2030

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As of now, the company's main motto is to make its emission percentage zero and help its partners bring down their emissions to 50 percent
Back in 2021, popular tech company Microsoft has managed to cut its emission by 17 percent. Recent sustainability reports show that the emission percentage was dwarfed because of the Scope 3 emission from the company's supply chain. As a response to the highlighted detail in the report, executives from Microsoft have stated that the company makes sure to eliminate Scope 1 and 2 emissions as it is under the direct control of the company, but it is difficult to eliminate Scope 3 as it generated by the consumers and partners.
As of now, the company's main motto is to make its emission percentage zero and help its partners bring down their emissions to 50 percent. In 2021, Microsoft had paid for removing 1.4mn metric tons of carbon from the air, and it is now planning to remove more than 1.5mn metric tons this year. Microsoft in 2021 has also certified two of its data centers as zero waste data centers. The company's strategy is to become carbon negative by 2030. This is expected to be achieved by bringing Scope 1 and 2 to zero and by adopting new methods, solutions, and purchase of zero-carbon energy.

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