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Microsoft joins $2B investment in Cruise to speed commercialization of self-driving vehicles

Microsoft is partnering with Cruise and General Motors to accelerate the commercialization of self-driving vehicles by bringing its cloud computing… Read More

Microsoft campus near Seattle will be used to administer COVID-19 vaccine

Microsoft is turning its mostly vacant campus into a COVID-19 vaccination site. The Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant is working with… Read More

Microsoft suspends political spending to ‘assess implications’ of violence at US Capitol

Microsoft has halted its political contributions in the wake of the riot at the U.S. Capitol last week. The move… Read More

Microsoft says SolarWinds hackers viewed source code, but its defenses thwarted further access

An illicit account associated with the widespread SolarWinds hack was used to view some of Microsoft’s internal source code, the… Read More

Dept. of Justice credits Microsoft with identifying tech-support fraud scheme that targeted seniors

The perpetrators of an online tech-support fraud scheme, originally brought to the attention of U.S. authorities by Microsoft, have been… Read More

Xbox users who bought ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ can get a full refund after disastrous launch for popular game

Microsoft is expanding its Xbox refund policy specifically to accommodate consumers looking to return digital copies of the recently-released action… Read More

Microsoft says internal probe finds malicious SolarWinds code, no sign of further impact yet

Microsoft says an investigation of its internal systems has found evidence of malicious SolarWinds software code, indicating that the tech… Read More

Microsoft commits $110M more to support workers, non-profits and schools during COVID-19

Microsoft announced Thursday that it is committing more than $110 million in additional funds to help Washington state continue to… Read More

Microsoft unleashes ‘Death Star’ on SolarWinds hackers in extraordinary response to breach

[Editor’s Note: Independent security consultant Christopher Budd worked previously in Microsoft’s Security Response Center for 10 years.] “Now witness the… Read More

Amazon: Trump corruption the only plausible explanation for Microsoft winning $10B cloud deal

In a newly unsealed court filing, Amazon blames an “extraordinary environment of corruption, interference, and retribution” by President Donald Trump… Read More

Microsoft updates Office apps to run natively on Macs running Apple’s homegrown M1 chips

Microsoft is releasing new versions of its Office productivity apps that run natively on Macs with Apple’s internally developed M1… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Facebook fallout; Seattle’s status as ‘Cloud City’; testing SpaceX Starlink

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: How the antitrust case against Facebook could impact the rest of the tech industry;… Read More

Emptied by pandemic and overtaken by cranes, Microsoft HQ is a symbol of the changing world

REDMOND, Wash. — The heart of Microsoft’s headquarters campus was full of noise and activity on a recent weekday afternoon,… Read More

Microsoft will bring cloud gaming service to iOS and PC via web browser in spring 2021

Microsoft plans to make its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate service available for iOS devices, as well as PCs, offering cloud-based… Read More

Microsoft initiative will use AI to sniff out bribes, theft and other government corruption

Microsoft unveiled an initiative to use artificial intelligence to detect government corruption, calling it “an urgent global issue that can… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Seattle region’s new tech giant; ‘Slackforce’ analysis; AWS re:Invent takeaways

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Salesforce strikes a deal to acquire Slack for $27.7 billion; Amazon Web Services makes some… Read More

Microsoft doubles down on cloud data with new products, makes new appeal to Amazon’s rivals

Microsoft is rolling out new cloud technologies for wrangling, protecting and analyzing large amounts of corporate data, escalating its competition… Read More

Microsoft will remove user names from ‘Productivity Score’ feature after privacy backlash

Microsoft says it will make changes in its new Productivity Score feature, including removing the ability for companies to see… Read More

Microsoft donates $7.5M to Code.org to help students learn about AI concepts and ethics

Code.org is teaming up with Microsoft again, this time to help K-12 students learn about artificial intelligence. The Seattle nonprofit,… Read More

Slack deal would pit Salesforce against Microsoft, with Tableau acquisition as a potential blueprint

Slack could gain new inroads to enterprise customers, and access to additional sales and marketing horsepower, if reports of its… Read More

Microsoft patents tech to score meetings using body language, facial expressions, other data

Microsoft is facing criticism for its new “Productivity Score” technology, which can measure how much individual workers use email, chat… Read More

With ‘Pluton’ chip, Microsoft shows strength, and proves Trustworthy Computing still matters

[Editor’s Note: Christopher Budd worked previously in Microsoft’s Security Response Center for 10 years.] With this week’s “Pluton” news, Microsoft… Read More

Microsoft invests another $65M in affordable housing, including fund to reduce rents near its HQ

Microsoft detailed new investments in affordable housing around its Redmond, Wash., headquarters Thursday as part of a $750 million program… Read More

Book Excerpt: How Microsoft leverages employee giving to build a culture of purpose

[Editor’s Note: Akhtar Badshah, who led Microsoft’s philanthropic efforts from 2004 to 2014, writes about the roots and impact of… Read More

Microsoft Pluton: New chip design draws lessons from Xbox to make Windows PCs more secure

A new architecture for computer processors, unveiled by Microsoft this morning under the name “Pluton,” will take security technologies that… Read More

Microsoft: Russian and North Korean hackers are targeting COVID-19 vaccine developers

Microsoft says it has detected cyberattacks by hackers operating in Russia and North Korea against seven companies working on COVID-19… Read More

Ex-Microsoft engineer gets 9 years in prison after using digital currency scheme to buy $1.6M lakefront home, $160K Tesla

An ex-Microsoft engineer was sentenced to nine years in prison for 18 federal felonies after he stole more than $10… Read More

Podcast

Tech in 2020 and beyond: The economy, Amazon, antitrust and the potential impact of the election

The past year has brought a pandemic, a national reckoning over race, plus antitrust investigations and charges against major tech… Read More

Adventures in online learning: Microsoft Teams getting chat controls, and schools can hardly wait

A virtual school assembly! Great idea. That was my reaction when I heard what my daughter’s public school in Seattle… Read More

Snoop Dogg can chill and play games as he unboxes world’s first Xbox Series X Fridge

“This is cool, baby.” Hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg reacted to the temperature and the birthday gift he received from Microsoft… Read More

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