Microsoft to bring back on-site employees to headquarters on March 29
Microsoft has been monitoring local health data and tracking government requirements in order to assess when its safe to bring back employees on-site.
China wrist-slaps Microsoft's LinkedIn: Report
Chinese regulators appear to have put career website LinkedIn on notice this week. Here's the latest...
Former Microsoft, Amazon exec pleads guilty to $5.5M PPP fraud scheme: 'Please pray'
A former Microsoft executive on Tuesday pleaded guilty to attempting to fraudulently collect $5.5 million in PPP loans.
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Pentagon threatens to walk from $10B contract with Microsoft over legal disputes, bias allegations
The deal is worth $10B over a decade, which set off a frenzied contract process between over a dozen companies.
Microsoft, Wells Fargo satisfied Trump Labor Department on hiring more Black employees
The agency closed the inquiries into Wells Fargo and Microsoft in October and December.
Microsoft flaw compromised 20,000+ US organizations: source
More than 20,000 U.S. organizations have been compromised through a back door installed via recently patched flaws in Microsoft's email software, a person familiar with the U.S. government's response said on Friday.
Microsoft says Chinese hackers targeted groups via server software
Microsoft said it was the work of a group it dubs HAFNIUM, which it described as a state-sponsored entity operating out of China
Former Google CEO: China is winning AI race, US must do more
An artificial intelligence commission led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is urging the U.S. to boost its AI skills to counter China, including by pursuing “AI-enabled” weapons – something that Google itself has shied away from on ethical grounds.
Los Angeles school district requires students to use COVID app to enter campus
Daily Pass, developed with support from Microsoft, generates a unique QR code for each student and staff member that authorizes entry to a specific Los Angeles Unified location for that day only, as long as the individual receives a negative test result for COVID, shows no symptoms and has a temperature under 100 degrees.
Best Buy restocks PS5, Xbox but are sold out within minutes
The coronavirus pandemic spurred a boom in gaming, but now there is a huge shortage in Microsoft's new Xbox and Sony's PS5, which both debuted last November.
Big tech employees opened wallets for Biden campaign
Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and Facebook made up the biggest source of donations to Democrat Joe Biden among corporate employees.
Oracle revives protest of $10B JEDI war cloud contract: Report
Oracle is asking the Supreme Court to take another look at its challenge of the massive, controversial Pentagon war cloud contract, which was awarded to Microsoft in 2019 amid much fanfare.
Volkswagen, Microsoft collaborating on automated car tech
Vokswagen and Microsoft are teaming up to develop automated driving technology using the Azure cloud computing system.
Microsoft approached Pinterest in recent months about potential deal: report
The negotiations were currently not active, according to the report
How big tech got even bigger
The tech industry’s titans were already huge before Covid-19, the subject of soaring valuations and snowballing antitrust investigations. The pandemic has only made them bigger. A lot bigger.
Microsoft halts donations through 2022 to lawmakers who opposed Biden certification
WASHINGTON - Microsoft Corp said on Friday it will suspend all donations by its political action committee (PAC) through 2022 to all U.S. lawmakers who voted to object to the certification of Joe Biden's election as president.
GameStop's stock surge doesn't mask reality
Behind GameStop's stock surge is the grim reality of its prospects: The video game retailer is floundering even as the industry around it is booming.
Microsoft backs Australia's proposed media laws, eyes expansion
Both Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook have called the laws unworkable and said last month they would withdraw some key services from Australia if the regulations went ahead
'Crazy and evil': Bill Gates surprised by pandemic conspiracies
Gates said the millions of online posts and “crazy conspiracy theories” about him and about top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci had likely taken hold in part because of the combination of a frightening viral pandemic and the rise of social media.