microsoft's office a.i. assistant may need to take an out of office, according to the information. are getting mixed results with the 365 co-pilot. while it can summarize recordings and draft emails, they find it underwhelming when it comes to creating presentations. the company is setting bujtd limitations as the reason for low adoption. steve kovach has more on this. it's relatively early days for this product, right? >> yeah, we're approaching the year mark, melissa. this information report that you're talking about today, it backs up a lot of what i've been hearing from ctos and i.t. professionals, the folks that actually go out there and buy this product. now, over the last few months, i've spoken with a number of them, and they are telling me the same thing. co-pilot is just too expensive, and the ending payoff is just unclear. and also, microsoft has been quite opaque about how well co-pilot is actually selling. now, they talk about plenty of customer wins from -- and that they like to point out in earnings calls, they also noted that 60% more users are on co-pilot this quar

coupled with your email for monday and you should see a bundle with a simple setup with the microsoft office or using what is what is the typical show you what i'm getting is a general question. was this what the show or what do you have that are the thoughts that i'm with the last the last lot more school a little bit. thanks. it's a good class. he's got quite a national escalation request screen of the budget, sir. after the question, what do you mean by for with use any way of using the style so for so she asked me to somebody isn't good at me on hold the source code was, you know, took us to deal with the serious, awful, but the social, my living, you know, if i'd be able to go out over, was that for my use of the commercial stuff still, you know, things like that. i still don't know if i usually do so much because i deal with this gift quickness of the wheel semester. or if the assume one of those people tell you which version will tell you that the but unfair to pick up the fit. the north of course, north a lot of dumb can i answer for you in the media for the i'm going to ask you befo

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far as ups, the sample, the mother of course is don't waste originally the jacob was new uh microsoft office. so the ssl discussion of the one that yep. so you for them on the yeah. finance dues of see with the latest that we but it's just call them. yeah. of course the visual but to me on the fire it was going to be is just the most of it started with the simply mean you know, that does that if you guys available when you couple clients give you and you're not here with them. so more efficiently so those videos apply the, because it doesn't even go on, you know, the other systems layer on the shared. so you go into funding for these, you know, the new to this just your faster with us that i'm very, very ready to post. i am going to buffalo video, so getting to understand what you're doing is i just don't place quite a bit of a symbol of a trickle on you cannot contribute to the also. so the thing which is they can build on oh, the rest of the, the, the, the money on for so long. what happens is actually, it was amazing. boy, and was this your specialist for us? are you showing you? cuz i li

in particular, especially facebook because the microsoft office can be and especially ordinary citizens. the photo, this media platform, so to try and manipulate outcomes to time on your plate as posters, because some of the modification that takes place, it's about opinion polls, which are not verified. authenticated, would you find that this platform is age condition people to a particular outcome of the election which says for example, does not support a west. the true wisdom agenda would be demonized using those platforms. and as long as that happens to a lot of people are not the u. s, it's not appropriate. it's okay. as long as it provides a punitive view to what the us wants to put forward as another to globally then, then all the principles of democracy. so called fly out of the needle in favor of tried trying to protect and bullying people around the world and protecting dangerous. james reuben, who is the coordinator of the us state department, global engagement center, put out a statement. let's take a listen real quickly to what he had to say. what we're hoping to do to this

in particular, especially facebook because the microsoft office is especially ordinary citizens. the photo of this media platform, so to try and manipulate outcomes to time, obviously as posters, because some of the modification that takes place. it's about opinion polls, which are not verified. ok indicated which you find with this problems which condition people to have a teacher outcome of the election. which says, for example, does not support a west. the true wisdom agenda would be demo nice to using those platforms. and as long as that happens to a lot of people are not the u. s, it's not a problem. it's okay. as long as it provides punitive view to what the us wants to put forward as another to globally then, then all the principles of democracy. so called fly out of the needle in favor of tried trying to protect and bullying people around the world and protecting dangerous. coming back to one of our top stories now the west must condemn and investigate the deadly attack on nothing on us. according to the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman maria's the however, who gave u

microsoft has a long standing stronghold in the corporate community space with office. ots are for things like xl, teams, word, outlook email, and whether it is competing with openai, salesforce, other business software companies, the fish strong beach at that microsoft has with corporate customers office. to the extent that they can create useful artificial intelligence features that work with office, that's something no one else can offer. one of the biggest wrong case it really people have not been able to replace microsoft in his spreadsheet. financial analysts who live in excel say they can't live with anything else and they've been working on trying to get it going in a useful and critical fashion. they announced new features around that today. in particular, that they are going to integrate python programming languages, real popular for data work, into the excel ai copilot without knowing code. you can make a regular plain speech inquiry. ed: you have covered this for a long time. they are really good at selling stuff, software, that you could probably and otherwi

documents filed with the santa clara county recorder's office show that microsoft bought the campus with cash. the company moved to the complex in late 2019, where they are able to accommodate 2 to 3000 workers and red lobster is working on a comeback after the endless shrimp fiasco. >> well, it was more than the endless shrimp, but that we don't have enough time to go through it. but the restaurant chain is exiting. chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. a judge has approved the company's reorganization plan, which includes a lender group acquiring the business. the approval comes just four months after red lobster filed for bankruptcy as it pursued the sale. in may, red lobster announced it would be closing 50 locations and even more have closed as they've been in the bankruptcy process. now, let's take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway this morning. you can see we're up right now, but about 220 points. if you are going to the 40 niners game at levi's stadium, there are some new food that you can enjoy. yeah. >> the niners revealed some of their new concess

breaking news, folks this just hitting the tape, microsoft-backed open a.i. chief technology officernounced the move in a post on x. in november of 2023, maradi briefly took over as interim chief executive officer of open a.i. following the shock removal of co-founder and ceo sam altmann from the position. he was reinstated just a few days later, but she's leaving. all right, investors are really loving one stock we need to show you here. this is a one-year, a year-to-date chart. year-to-date, not even one year. it's called app lovin, the stock is hitting a record high right now up 227% this year. maquarie raised the price target from 150 to 115 it's at 130.62 and our countdown closer has got some other names and he wanteds to give us his focus at least certainly about where the markets are going. pacer etf distributor president shawn o'hara. app lovin is not a common name that we talk about. let's talk about it now. why do you like it? >> thanks, liz, always great to be with you. one of our top holdings and one of our growth funds that focuses on free cash flow margin. essentially,

office routers. i think about, you know, microsoft exchange server, the operation where we worked, again, through a technical operation based on legal process, to remove, you know, malicious web shelves across the vast expanse of victims. when we combine all of that, we have operations like hive where we're able to get in covertly to the infrastructure being utilized by the criminals, actors, and use the intelligence from that to build ultimately a takedown in dismantlement coupled with arrests and seizures. and we shared with them decryption keys and saved hundreds of millions of dollars and that's a prime example where it comes together. >> that's fantastic. so many are affected by the work you do daily. >> thank you. we appreciate what the law enforcement and fbi does in order to contribute to digital safety. so much we talk about is how to engage the threat actors and the fbi has a unique mission within that space. >> yes. >> as we think about the partnerships, let's explore angles. one is the gov to gov partnership. from the outside looking in, it looks like there's some really great collaboration going

microsoft bought the site of its offices near moffett field in mountain view.ompany had leased the land for several years. it renovated and moved into those offices just within the last few years, and it has been the main campus for microsoft in the bay area. during that time. >> it is 518. the new football season gets underway at high schools all over the country this weekend, but one high school in the sacramento area announced some changes to tonight's game because of the triple digit heat that's expected this weekend. river city high school in west sacramento delayed the start of tonight's varsity football game, and canceled the jv game. a lot of parents support that decision. >> genuine care and concern of the welfare of a student athlete is something that's appreciated. >> there's a lot of factors in that as far as looking at what the time is for the weather, checking the weather report constantly. there's also we have the wet bulb. we go out to check the field, how it is, the field conditions. >> now that football coach says there could be even more chan

julia mentioned, she'll have a rare interview with meta's chief product officer chris box on "closing bell overtime." >>> microsoft been able to skirt eu regulators in the most wave of scrutiny until now, thanks to another tech giant putting it on the radar. it could raise red flags across this side of the pond, too. details are ahead. >>> the major averages are all lower after the dow and s&p hit record highs earlier on. both of the market guests said stocks are set to climb, one is pounding the table for a post rate cut rally in small caps. that's next on "the exchange." >> this is "the exchange" on cnbc. when it comes to amgen's life-changing medical breakthroughs, every second counts. but without investment, those breakthroughs are often paused. citi's seamlessly connected banking, markets and services businesses, deliver global financial solutions. so our client can keep investing in innovations for patients around the world. without pause. for the love of moving our clients forward. for the love of progress. okay, team! oh, thank you so much i couldn't have done it without you. honestly, i don't do a whole l

microsoft and tiktok. staying with the us, investors watching kamala harris and donald trump going head—to—head talking about the cost of living and trade policies. the chief investment officerinternational private bank gave us a sense of what to expect. that's 55 days to election date so it's clearly a big focus at the moment to see both candidates take up against each other in terms of content, and in terms of style. that's the first time both of these candidates will be seen so there will be a lot of scrutiny on that. the full expectation that of course kamala harris will offer the voter a choice, being able to reflect back on the first presidency trump had in the past, events that unfolded during the time — we had covid here to deal with, we had trade tariffs being imposed, january 6th insurrection going on, that is one thing that's expected to happen, but on the other side trump's expected to reflect back on her achievements during the biden administration, some of her liberal agendas. interesting to watch that debate. . . ., ., , interesting to watch that debate. . . . ., , ., debate. kamala harris will want to say the _ debate. kamala harris will want to say the econo

office building that way. away from the crowds and traffic, we've gained exclusive access to mtac — the microsoft threat analysisextremely sensitive. we're the very first people that have been permitted to film inside. take a look now at an actor. founded by former employees of the russian ministry of defence. individuals from this organisation serve on a special presidential committee in the kremlin, advising putin on russia's war in ukraine. analysts here advise governments like the uk and us, as well as private companies, about a variety of digital threats. we're known as mtac. its job is to detect and assess and disrupt any sort of influence threats, we would say, cyber—enabled influence threats to democracies worldwide. specialist teams here focus on different potential perpetrators of digital threats. they call the people behind these disruptions threat actors. we have a russia analysis team, an iran team and a china team to try and detect everything from propaganda to disinformation. for russia, it's always a constant. they see political warfare as part and parcel of their foreign policy objectives worldw

sending stocks higher, chief investment officer saira malik weighs in on where to invest with attractive returns later nuclear power getting another look after microsoft big deal with consolation will talk to the ceo of constellation on the future of nuclear demand and why it's safe to restart 3-mile island we begin with the expert panel entry things investors ought to think about right now. on the "barron's roundtable" ben lovett said, making letter in andrew bary, i guess we can't call it a melted but good news on the market and bidding stock prices to the new record in s&p what's behind the enthusiasm. >> a new record the s&p closed at a record this week they had a new record on thursday, it's good news everywhere we had the fed last week cutting rates we have china bringing out the bazooka which is all the stuff people have been wanting rate cuts in fiscal stimulus to get the market going great news from micron the material sector those of the miners and take the best-performing sector this week but we also great performance out of the magnificent seven it was something for everyone. >> that scares me, when everything is going right you have to th

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told staff they have to go back to the office, five days a week starting in january, except for extenuating circumstances. everyone is talking about that. microsoft boosting its dividend 10%, a new $60 billion share buyback plan is pushing the stock higher. and then intel, a long list of news and announcements that shows the turnaround plan is making. they will manufacture a chip for amazon aws. they will separate out the foundry business to serve customers. they will pull back plants in europe. that's a long list. caroline: it is, and we get into it with ian king. there is the positive, the deal to fabricate for amazon. how important is this, ian? ian: they needed a win, a big-name customer to say, hey, yeah, we can use that stuff. how material this particular type of chip is, how big a deal this individual is is another question. really, i spoke to pat ahead of the announcement, and he said, look, i don't need one big customer, i need lots of customers. really, that's the perspective for that particular announcement. ed: this is an important start. we'll show what pat told on you that phone call and screen in a second. it's a fabric chip. what

officer, alphabet. and the president global affairs meta and mr. brad smith, vice-president and president of microsoft. today's hearing builds on this committee's longstanding practice of educating the public about the intentions and practices of foreign adversaries seeking to manipulate our country's electoral process. i do know we've come a long way since 2017 when as many vogt's may remember, there was a lot the skepticism that our adversaries might have utilized america's social media platforms for intelligence activities. it was almost seven years ago in response to inquiries from this committee that facebook shared first evidence an expansive discovery documenting russia's use of tens of thousands of inauthentic accounts across facebook, instagram, youtube, twitter, reddit, linkedin, and smaller platforms leak tumbler, pinterest. and this investigation into the russian interference in election that russian had millions into campaigns that generated hundreds of millions of online impressions which sowed political division, and all stripes across all ends of the spectrum to infiltrate and manipula

officer of co. sarah. -- telling the seven intelligence committee that foreign interference will likely surge in the final 48 hours before the election. the hearing comes after a microsoftt found russian efforts to influence the election. germany's ev market plunges with deliveries falling 69% in august. carmakers calling on the european commission for urgent relief and provisions to its fleet emission targets that could have europe's industry facing hefty fines. >> so much more coming up. amazon unveiling a new ai tool to help online merchants. all those details next. bus, white elon musk's x is nearly being fined $1 million per day by brazil. this is bloomberg technology. ♪ you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. our advanced matching helps find talented candidates, so you can connect with them fast. visit indeed.com/hire so, what are you thinking? i'm thinking... (speaking to self) about our honeymoon. what about africa? safari? hot air balloon ride? swim with elephants? wait, can we afford a safari? great question. like everything, it takes a little planning. or, put the money towards a down-payment... ...on a ranch ...in montana ...with horses let's take a

office. >> he has a record is running on. i appreciated. now to pennsylvania. 3-mile island the site of the country's worst nuclear accident set to reopen in a deal to power tech giant microsoftping story. >> before there was chornobyl and fukushima there was this. three-mile island. perhaps on the left side of your screen you see the cooling towers from reactor to net, the 1 melted down in march of 1979 spewing radioactivity into the environment around us causing the evacuations of thousands of people. on the other side of the screen will be reactor 1 was restarted and shut down again in 2019 because it wasn't making any money. but now with money from microsoft which has a voracious appetite for power because of artificial intelligence and they have agreed to by the power from reactor if it's restarted for 20 years. and so will be. by 2020 it should be up and running again. nuclear power again coming from three-mile island. nuclear power advocates saying nuclear is a lot safer now than it was in 1979. >> just like our phones was an evolution, a generational upgrade with every technology text of the restart of three-mile island is a huge market signal because we have reactors

microsoft exchange hack in the last few years. how familiar are you with the executive order 14 oh 28, which is basically improving the nation's cybersecurity? >> i am fairly familiar with that. >> and describe how your office followed that playbook which is -- that is exactly what it is. it is a playbook following these cyber attacks. quickley. >> sure. i will do it quickly. basically it is 14028 that says we should follow a zero trust model. what that says is you should not trust your perimeter to be a hardened defense against attackers. i fervently believe in the zero trust model. we implemented it at microsoft as well. we have been working on it the past two years i have been here. and not just with change healthcare. we have been working on that will be for. i think change healthcare and the microsoft tax industry has. they do draw shows a vulnerability that the entire industry does have. it does draw era concern for me >> how about change healthcare and microsoft. did they report everything required for these two packs? >> i cannot speak to whether they reported everything required. i will say in both cases we expressed a leadership that was disappointed at the transparency and the speed with which th

microsoft's previous buyback program announced in 2021. amazon ceo andy jassy is cutting management layers and ordering staff back to the office five days a week. the changes are part of efforts to streamline the company as complaints mount that it has become harder to get things done at amazon. andy -- -- andy jassy announced that shakeup yesterday, saying he wants amazon to "operate like the world's largest startup." candidates prime minister, justin trudeau, suffering a major setback. the liberal party losing a special election in a mantra on district that had been considered safe. the decision raising pressure on the leader to step aside before the next election, scheduled for october of next year. trudeau showing no signs he plans to step aside, despite polling showing he has further behind the country's conservative party. jonathan: the key word here is scheduled. let's see if he can hold on. lisa: this is an auspicious for him. he is failing to hold onto an area that previously had politically supported him. jonathan: we will get you more updates on that story today on bloomberg tv. , secret service under scrutiny. >> our folks are

microsoft, amazon, meta and tiktok. they close the opening arguments, both sides got about half an hour, and then they moved on to the first witness. the first witness is tim wolf, the chief revenue officerd and their business has suffered over the past decade with the fallout in what we've seen with print advertising and online advertising for newspapers. >> jim cramer making the argument earlier, saying the wheels of justice move far more slowly than do the wheels of the technology business and that businesses such as trade desks, which may not even exist in a significant way when this complaint was first lodged, are now taking more and more of the market. is that going to be something that is -- holds sway, do we think, in the courtroom? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. i mean, you heard google's lawyers this morning arguing the government'senning of this market is just out of date maybe by about 15 years. they're arguing about a web-centric universe that's gone in the age of mobile, social media and the apps we use on our phones. in the search case, they're now in the remedy phase where they're trying to decide what to do with google now that it has been deemed to be a monopolist there

office building that way. away from the crowds and traffic, we've gained exclusive access to mtac — the microsoft threat analysisl the people behind these disruptions threat actors. we have a russia analysis team, an iran team and a china team to try and detect everything from propaganda to disinformation. for russia, it's always a constant. they see political warfare as part and parcel of their foreign policy objectives worldwide. so, we've seen them continue their campaigns with disinformation outlets we've tracked. the us department ofjustice recently announced it had seized 32 websites tied to a kremlin—aligned online influence campaign. dubbed doppelganger, it uses ai—generated content, targeting us elections, the war in ukraine, as well as spreading pro—russian narratives. the fbi had this to say about doppelganger. by seizing these websites, the fbi is making clear to the world what they are — russian attempts to interfere in our elections and influence our society. doppelganger is best known for cloning the websites - of well— known - international media. it makes fake versions of- fox news, the washingt