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AI giants promise publishers new way to block some scraping

The announcement comes as publishers are facing a surge in bots that scrape their articles to feed AI models.

Microsoft beats expectations fuelled by Azure cloud business

The quarterly earnings report comes just days after Microsoft offered voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees, roughly a quarter of its workforce.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Oct 27, 2026

(From left) Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman; Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir; and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin during talks with Iran in Tehran on Oct 26.

Microsoft to offer buyouts to 60,000 workers in latest cost cut

The world’s largest software maker has shed tens of thousands of workers in waves of layoffs in recent years.

Nudification, murder- and gambling-themed apps flagged in IMDA’s first app store audit

The audit also found that 24 apps were not rated 18+ according to the app stores’ own requirements.

Microsoft develops AI tool that can diagnose ‘sequentially’ like a doctor

Microsoft researchers say the AI tool was more than twice as accurate as general physicians at solving complex medical cases.

Hacking attempts surge as companies, governments rush to patch PHP flaws

Companies and governments in Europe and elsewhere took websites offline as a precaution on Oct 21, after vulnerabilities were discovered in the widely used PHP programming language.

Chinese-linked hackers compromise ConnectWise, target hundreds in global attack: Microsoft

Microsoft said the majority of the targeting was not successful, but Storm-0940 achieved privileged cloud persistence at many organisations in a brief time.

Nvidia-backed Nscale, Anthropic in talks for new US$45 billion AI cloud deal, source says

The data centre developer is seeking another major deal with Anthropic for a second facility in West Virginia.

Microsoft president says milk faces more regulation than AI

In an interview with the BBC on Oct 12, Microsoft president Brad Smith said a set of global safety rules needs to be in place.

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