Canel worked at Microsoft for about 30 years and was responsible for indexing, Bing Webmaster Tools, IndexNow and the foundation of Bing Search.

Fabrice Canel announced he is retiring from Microsoft, effective July 1, after nearly 30 years. He wrote that he decided to take Microsoft's Voluntary Retirement Program after nearly three decades ...

Microsoft’s internal AI transformation offers a valuable lesson for every organization: adding AI tools is only the beginning ...

A suite of web APIs built for AI agents that helps them scour the web faster for search results is already being used by Copilot, ChatGPT and "many others." Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew up in ...

Web IQ is a set of grounding APIs that let AI systems pull information from Bing's search index. Microsoft says the system returns passages rather than full pages, reducing the amount of context AI ...

Microsoft is redesigning C#'s unsafe code model so unsafe operations are more explicit, scoped, documented and enforced by the compiler. A recent .NET Blog post says the planned model "most closely ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Microsoft is offering those searching with Bing a chance to win some tempting prizes which are part of a $2,000,000 giveaway. Windows Latest noticed a ...

News graphic featuring the logo of Microsoft. Microsoft is offering longtime US employees severance, healthcare, and stock vesting through its first voluntary retirement program. More details have ...

Microsoft’s workforce will shrink in the next year, likely driven by the company’s recently announced voluntary retirement program. Those buyouts, which will be formally offered in about a week, will ...

Microsoft Advertising is preparing an open pilot of AI Max for search campaigns in May, as the company adds more advertising and commerce tools in Bing, Copilot Search, and Copilot Answers. AI Max ...

Microsoft just offered early retirement to roughly 7 percent of its US workforce. It is the first program of its kind in the company’s history. Employees whose combined age and years of service total ...