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Microsoft slams Amazon’s latest protest over Pentagon cloud contract as ‘a way to avoid the consequences of its own bad business decisions’

Amazon is once again challenging the Department of Defense’s decision to award a $10 billion cloud contract to Microsoft. Amazon… Read More

Microsoft’s Surface surprise: $199 Earbuds coming in May, plus new Surface Headphones, Go 2, Book 3

Microsoft unveiled a refreshed lineup of Surface devices on Wednesday morning, and said it will release its delayed Surface Earbuds… Read More

Microsoft updates WFH policy, lets employees work remotely through October

Microsoft is giving employees the option to work remotely through October after revising its WFH policy this week. “On May… Read More

Microsoft and Adaptive launch quest for new COVID-19 test, seek 1k people for immune study

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJASgbcWVUc&feature=emb_title Microsoft and Seattle’s Adaptive Biotechnologies are seeking 1,000 people across the country for a “virtual clinical study” designed to… Read More

Windows 10X will debut initially on single-screen devices, Microsoft exec confirms

Microsoft confirmed this week that it will pause development of its Windows 10X operating system for dual-screen devices and instead… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon faces the pandemic; Startup funding slump; How to reopen your office

Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s sales rose 26% in the first quarter as… Read More

UW team imagines a better Parkinson’s test, lands in global finals for Microsoft student competition

A team of students from the University of Washington is among the global finalists in Microsoft’s annual Imagine Cup after… Read More

Microsoft Teams tops 75M daily active users, as Zoom adjusts its own user numbers

Microsoft is reporting another big jump in usage of its Teams communication and collaboration platform, reporting that it has surpassed… Read More

Microsoft posts $35B in revenue, up 15%, sees ‘minimal net impact’ from COVID-19 in quarter

Microsoft reported $35 billion in revenue, an increase of 15% from a year ago, as increased demand for its productivity,… Read More

How will Microsoft weather the storm? Earnings will serve as a status report on its evolution

UPDATE: Microsoft posts $35B in revenue, up 15%, sees ‘minimal net impact’ from COVID-19 in quarter Will problems in the… Read More

Microsoft signs Coca-Cola to 5-year cloud technology and business software deal

Coca-Cola Co. will standardize its business operations on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, Dynamics 365 customer service software and Microsoft 365… Read More

Big Tech’s reputation is rising as governments tap the industry in coronavirus response

The coronavirus crisis quickly became an unexpected life raft for the technology industry’s image as even its biggest critics enlist… Read More

Bill Gates on life after lockdown, and what it will really take to defeat ‘the first modern pandemic’

Bill Gates, who predicted this pandemic five years ago, is now turning his attention to what’s next — and the… Read More

Microsoft launches Open Data Campaign to narrow ‘data divide’ as information is consolidated

The U.S., China, and about 100 companies are poised to capture the majority of the world’s data, according to Microsoft.… Read More

Bing makes COVID-19 dataset available to academia and research, creates GoFundMe module

Microsoft Bing on Monday rolled out new COVID-19 data features and a partnership with GoFundMe. Last month Bing debuted a… Read More

Dispute between Microsoft and Amazon over JEDI cloud contract is delayed

The protracted saga over a $10 billion Defense Department contract that pits Microsoft and Amazon against each other will be… Read More

Microsoft partners with NBA to create direct-to-consumer platform for live and on-demand games

Microsoft on Thursday announced a multi-year partnership with the National Basketball Association and will help create a new direct-to-consumer platform… Read More

Amazon ‘bid high and lost’ on JEDI, Microsoft says after release of DoD watchdog report

Microsoft took aim at Amazon in a blog post Wednesday, accusing its rival of seeking an unfair advantage as the… Read More

DoD watchdog affirms JEDI award to Microsoft over Amazon, calls bias claims unfounded

A new report by the Defense Department’s inspector general found no evidence that President Donald Trump improperly influenced the award… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Bill Gates on the future of work; Vicis reborn; Nintendo meets Lego

Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. Bill Gates talks about how work will change after… Read More

No Neo in 2020: Microsoft pauses work on dual-screen device running Windows 10X

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fssZICsV4Rg&feature=emb_title Microsoft’s dual-screen Surface Neo device, running a special version of Windows 10, won’t be released this year as originally… Read More

Microsoft reports new spike in Teams usage as work habits change around the world

Microsoft Teams logged a new daily record of 2.7 billion total meeting minutes in a single day, on Tuesday, March… Read More

Microsoft ‘temporarily pausing recruitment’ for certain roles due to COVID-19 crisis

Microsoft is halting new hires for specific roles due to the novel coronavirus crisis. Business Insider first reported the news.… Read More

The quest for a better blockchain: Former Microsoft AI chief invests in Seattle startup Asensys

Asensys, a Seattle startup promising to build a more scalable and efficient blockchain infrastructure, has landed noted computer scientist and… Read More

Microsoft acquires corp.com domain to prevent Windows PC security breaches

Microsoft purchased the Corp.com domain to help protect PC customers from potential hacking. Security researcher Brian Krebs first reported the… Read More

Microsoft will expand xCloud to Europe but takes ‘measured approach’ to conserve internet access

Microsoft is opening up beta registration for its xCloud game streaming service to 11 countries in Western Europe, but it… Read More

New York City schools ban Zoom due to security concerns and shift to Microsoft Teams

New York City’s Department of Education is banning the use of Zoom for online learning classes and is recommending Microsoft… Read More

Podcast

‘Reprogramming the American Dream’: Microsoft CTO returns to rural roots to find the future of AI

Kevin Scott is Microsoft’s chief technology officer, its executive vice president of AI and Research, and the author, with Greg… Read More

Microsoft helps Swedish Health Services develop COVID-19 app to track hospital resources

Microsoft and Swedish Health Services joined forces over the past two weeks to build an app that helps hospital staff… Read More

Microsoft president calls Washington state’s new facial recognition law ‘a significant breakthrough’

Microsoft President Brad Smith took a break from responding to the COVID-19 outbreak Tuesday to praise Washington state’s landmark facial… Read More

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