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Google Assistant comes in first and Cortana finishes last in smart speaker Q&A test

The Google Assistant finished tops among the digital brains that power smart speakers in an extensive Q&A test, answering nearly… Read More

Facebook data-sharing partnerships with Amazon, Microsoft and other tech giants at the center of latest privacy scandal

Facebook is in the news again, but not for the reasons it wants to be. The New York Times published… Read More

Microsoft and 343 Industries’ Bonnie Ross to be inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced that it will induct Microsoft and 343 Industries‘ Bonnie Ross into… Read More

Xbox One gets its own keyboard and mouse: First look at Razer’s new peripheral for Microsoft console

In advance of next month’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the Singaporean hardware manufacturer Razer has shared images of… Read More

Azure vs. AWS for startups: Microsoft’s top marketing exec explains its strategy in the cloud

Startups were key to the early success of Amazon Web Services and most still favor the platform for cloud infrastructure.… Read More

King County wins award for using Microsoft HoloLens to train staff at wastewater treatment plant

King County has been recognized for using Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed reality device to train operators at a wastewater treatment plant.… Read More

Microsoft and BlackRock aim to solve retirement planning crisis in new alliance between tech and finance giants

Microsoft and BlackRock, the world’s largest money manager, are coming together in a new partnership focused on changing how people… Read More

Microsoft buys 300+ acres of land for $30M for ‘potential future use,’ growing European presence

Microsoft purchased a huge chunk of land in eastern Sweden that the company said it will hold on to for… Read More

Microsoft’s investment arm M12 announces winners of $4M Female Founders Competition

Microsoft’s investment arm M12 on Tuesday announced the winners of its inaugural Female Founders Competition that awarded $4 million to… Read More

#SurfaceDrop: Seahawks star Russell Wilson births new celebration with Microsoft tablet during big win

Russell Wilson may have inadvertently invented the geekiest touchdown celebration of the NFL season. The Seattle Seahawks quarterback was on… Read More

Microsoft tops Forbes ‘Just 100’ list of most responsible companies

Microsoft has taken the top spot on the annual “Just 100” list of the most responsible U.S. companies, compiled by… Read More

LSAT goes digital on Surface Go: Microsoft wins big contract for Law School Admissions Test tablets

When tens of thousands of aspiring law school students sit down next summer to take the Law School Admissions Test… Read More

Microsoft Teams usage passes Slack in new survey; IT pros expect its presence to double by 2020

Microsoft Teams is now being used by more organizations than its rival Slack, according to a new survey that shows… Read More

‘Are you there, God? It’s me, Alexa.’ Tech and religious leaders ponder the future of AI together

Can a computer become God? Or, more to the point, could humans invent AI that can convincingly impersonate God —… Read More

Microsoft-funded U.S.-China tech institute GIX graduates first class, reveals student projects

The latest milestone for the Global Innovation Exchange (GIX) came Sunday as the U.S.-China tech institute celebrated the graduation of… Read More

Seattle tech scene takes center stage as Microsoft and Amazon become most-valuable companies

Silicon Valley is thought of as the technology capital of the U.S., but it is the Seattle area that now… Read More

Could ‘1984’ become reality by 2024? Microsoft’s Brad Smith calls for regulation of facial recognition

Microsoft President Brad Smith is optimistic about the potential of facial recognition technology to solve a range of societal issues, like… Read More

Microsoft CEO joins tech leaders at White House summit on emerging technologies

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is heading to the nation’s capital for a meeting at the White House Thursday. He’ll be… Read More

Microsoft AI exec joins real estate tech company Compass to lead engineering efforts

Tech companies poach talent from each other all the time, but it’s not every day that you see a tech… Read More

‘Incredible in less than 22 seconds’: Microsoft Outlook gets an iOS refresh, with simplicity in mind

Microsoft’s Outlook mobile app for iOS is the latest product from the tech giant to get a new look. The… Read More

Microsoft and Docker release new open-source project that’s basically a container for containers

Containers upended traditional software application deployment practices by opening up a whole new range of possibilities across multiple machines, and… Read More

Is Microsoft Edge on the edge? Report cites new Chromium-based replacement for Windows 10

The underappreciated web browser that’s standard with Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system may be getting an overhaul, from the inside… Read More

Microsoft expands broadband initiative to bring internet to 3 million people in rural communities

In metropolises like Seattle, it’s hard to imagine a day without internet. Urbanites are used to getting online for just… Read More

Clues in Microsoft Windows builds point to new streamlined standalone operating system, report says

Microsoft appears to be working on a new stripped down operating system that might be branded separate from Windows, the… Read More

Microsoft makes real-time captions and translation standard in Office 365 PowerPoint

The next PowerPoint presentation you see may have live captions or subtitles, as Microsoft rolls out a real-time voice translation… Read More

The new word processor wars: A fresh crop of productivity apps are trying to reinvent our workday

Microsoft, more than any other institution on earth, has shaped how we work and how we think about it. If… Read More

Microsoft is No. 1: Tech giant overtakes Apple for title of most-valuable U.S. company

Microsoft ended the week with the title of the most-valuable company in the U.S., pulling ahead of Apple Friday afternoon… Read More

Most-valuable U.S. company? Who cares? Not Microsoft’s top execs, says tech giant’s marketing chief

Microsoft’s bid to unseat Apple as the most valuable U.S. company has been a huge story all week, but there’s one… Read More

Washington Supreme Court sides with ex-Microsoft employee in retaliation suit, sends case back to trial

The Washington state Supreme Court today kicked a nearly four-year-old lawsuit against Microsoft back to trial, siding with a former employee… Read More

Signature Microsoft Office apps get new-look logos

Microsoft has updated the logos of its signature Office programs, such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint, to fit with the… Read More