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Microsoft said it was the work of a group it dubs HAFNIUM, which it described as a state-sponsored entity operating out of China

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.

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.

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. 

Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and Facebook made up the biggest source of donations to Democrat Joe Biden among corporate employees.

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.

Vokswagen and Microsoft are teaming up to develop automated driving technology using the Azure cloud computing system.

The negotiations were currently not active, according to the report

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

The software giant said its fiscal second-quarter net income rose more than 30% to $15.5 billion. Sales advanced 17% to $43.1 billion. Those figures beat Wall Street’s expectation of net income of $12.6 billion and sales of $40.2 billion, according to FactSet.

"As Microsoft executives have said internally to employees, this is not a normal year," Microsoft wrote in a blog post Saturday. "The company believes that opposition to the Electoral College undermined American democracy and should have consequences."

Overall, more than a fifth of the S&P 500 and a third of the Dow Jones Industrial Average are expected to provide their quarterly updates starting Monday.

Big Tech came together Wednesday to cheer President Biden's inauguration and his first executive orders as the 46th president of the United States.

Washington is working with private companies based in the state to help accelerate its coronavirus vaccine distribution plan.

Microsoft is investing in GM's Cruise autonomous car company, which will use the Azure cloud computing platform. Cruise is developing self-driving cars and a ride-hailing service to deploy them with.

The technology would allow individuals to obtain a copy of their immunization records through a digital wallet of their choice, such as Apple Wallet or Google Pay, while those without smartphones would receive paper printed with QR codes containing verifiable credentials.