Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 29 of 225

Microsoft’s new coronavirus plan: Seattle-area employees to work from home for next 3 weeks

Microsoft is recommending that all of its Seattle-area employees who can do their jobs from home do so for the… Read More

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The hidden history of Microsoft and Facebook, and what it says about the social network’s future

Could Microsoft’s renaissance give Facebook a blueprint for its own? That’s one of the questions I asked veteran tech journalist… Read More

Surface stays on the sidelines: Microsoft and NFL expand tech partnership, add Teams tool to deal

Microsoft and the NFL are expanding their alliance to bring more technology to one of the world’s most popular professional… Read More

Microsoft cancels MVP Summit in Seattle area amid coronavirus outbreak

Microsoft is canceling its Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Summit and moving the event online due to the COVID-19 coronavirus. The… Read More

Public health agency to evaluate 150 Microsoft vendors for TB after exposure to infected employee

Nearly 150 vendor employees at Microsoft in Redmond, Wash., will need to be evaluated for tuberculosis after a fellow vendor… Read More

Wellpepper acquired by Caravan Health in sign of growing market for digital patient treatment plans

Seattle-based health technology startup Wellpepper has been sold to Caravan Health in a deal that promises to expand the reach… Read More

Microsoft pulls out of Game Developers Conference due to coronavirus risk

Microsoft said it will not attend the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco due to the coronavirus outbreak. Sony, Facebook,… Read More

After flying in space twice, Microsoft billionaire Charles Simonyi follows his passion: whiteboards

Billionaire software executive Charles Simonyi spent tens of millions of dollars on trips to the International Space Station, but something… Read More

Microsoft says it will miss revenue forecast for Windows business segment due to coronavirus

Microsoft said Wednesday it will miss quarterly revenue guidance for its “More Personal Computing” business segment due to the coronavirus… Read More

Ex-Microsoft engineer convicted of 18 felonies after stealing $10M in digital currency

A former Microsoft worker was convicted of 18 federal felonies after he stole $10 million worth of digital currency from… Read More

Lime scooters are returning to Microsoft’s hometown

Lime is bringing its signature green, rentable electric scooters back to Redmond, Wash., March 1. Lime scooters were available in… Read More

Microsoft’s Xbox Series X will support 4 generations of games, deliver ‘generational leap in processing’

Microsoft has called the upcoming Xbox Series X its most powerful console yet, and the tech giant wants to back… Read More

Microsoft launches entrepreneurship program to support startups tackling societal challenges

Microsoft unveiled its new Global Social Entrepreneurship program Friday, in an effort to support small businesses addressing societal and environmental… Read More

Microsoft Defender software to combat malware on iOS and Android mobile platforms

Microsoft is bringing its fight against cyber criminals to more smartphone users as the tech giant announced Thursday that its… Read More

Microsoft to spend $1.1B in Mexico on digital access programs

Microsoft is putting $1.1 billion into a variety of initiatives in Mexico designed to expand digital access in the country.… Read More

Microsoft launches Office mobile app and promises new features to simplify smartphone tasks

Microsoft is launching an Office mobile app today for Android and iOS designed to make some of its signature software… Read More

AI vs. humans? Microsoft’s Eric Horvitz sees the future as AI-human partnership

Artificial intelligence is often portrayed as a rising competitor for human intelligence, in settings ranging from human-vs.-machine card games to… Read More

Microsoft opens its third India engineering center

Microsoft today announced the launch of a new engineering center in India, doubling down on the country where it first… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: We (almost) hacked the election; Amazon vs. Trump; cashless stadiums

Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast: Voting online is fast, convenient and also … vulnerable.… Read More

LinkedIn cites ‘low adoption’ for decision to end Sales Navigator integration with Gmail

LinkedIn plans to pull the plug next month on a Chrome browser extension that lets Gmail and GSuite users see… Read More

Hamburger expert Bill Gates tests plant-based meat, with Dick’s burgers as a scientific control

Bill Gates knows burgers. When Microsoft moved from Albuquerque to the Seattle region back in the 1980s, the nearby Burgermaster… Read More

Judge blocks Microsoft from working on Pentagon’s $10B JEDI contract pending Amazon’s lawsuit

A federal judge has paused work on a hotly contested cloud contract that the Defense Department awarded to Microsoft in… Read More

Microsoft for Startups now offers GitHub and Microsoft Power Platform to participating companies

Microsoft for Startups announced new milestones and offerings to companies participating in the program designed to support B2B startups. The… Read More

Amazon asks to depose Trump in lawsuit challenging Pentagon’s award of major cloud contract to Microsoft

Amazon is asking a federal judge for permission to depose President Donald Trump and Defense Department officials to prove bias… Read More

Amazon pulls out of Mobile World Congress tech event due to coronavirus, no word from Microsoft

Amazon is the latest tech giant to pull out of the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona later this… Read More

Analyst: Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 releases could be delayed due to coronavirus outbreak

Nintendo has already reported production delays from the outbreak of coronavirus in China, and a Wall Street firm thinks the… Read More

Microsoft brings Windows UX and Surface teams together under exec Panos Panay in latest reorg

Microsoft is embarking on a reorganization that will bring part of the Windows team under the purview of Panos Panay,… Read More

Amazon and Microsoft back proposed business tax in breakthrough for fight against homelessness

The Seattle-area business community is throwing its weight behind a proposal to tax high-paying companies in the region to fund… Read More

Microsoft’s Slack competitor Teams is down due to an expired authentication certificate

Microsoft Teams went down early Monday morning, gumming up the start of the week for millions of workers who rely… Read More

Microsoft surpasses 150,000 employees for 1st time as hiring surges outside Seattle-area HQ

For the first time in its 44-year history, Microsoft’s employee count surpassed 150,000 people, the latest sign of the tech… Read More