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Microsoft to acquire machine learning startup Bonsai, fueling AI efforts

Microsoft is adding more firepower to its artificial intelligence arm. The tech giant has agreed to acquire Bonsai, a San… Read More

Refreshed Microsoft News engine to power personalized news across Windows, mobile and web

Microsoft is tweaking how it delivers news after more than two decades of experience. Newly named Microsoft News will be… Read More

Microsoft CEO says company isn’t aiding ‘cruel and abusive’ border tactics, doesn’t address calls to cancel ICE contract

In a company-wide email to employees Tuesday night, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called the separation of families and children at… Read More

Microsoft employees ask company to cancel contract with ICE in open letter to CEO

Update: Microsoft CEO calls border policy ‘cruel and abusive,’ says company’s technology isn’t aiding separation of parents and children More… Read More

TLDR:Microsoft responds to separation of families at the border, Alexa targets hotels, GameStop’s potential buyout

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

With Microsoft deal pending, GitHub launches new educational package for students

GitHub, the software development platform that recently agreed to be acquired by Microsoft for $7.5 billion, is expanding its services… Read More

Microsoft and Adobe expand partnership with deeper PDF integration across Office 365 versions

Microsoft and Adobe are cozying up even closer, with a series of new announcements including deeper integration of Adobe PDF… Read More

Microsoft ‘dismayed’ by family separations at the border after criticism mounts over ICE contract

Follow-up stories: Microsoft CEO calls border policy ‘cruel and abusive,’ says company’s technology isn’t aiding separation of parents and children… Read More

Microsoft buys edtech startup Flipgrid and makes the video discussion tool free for all schools

Microsoft has acquired education technology startup Flipgrid, Inc., and immediately announced that the subscription social learning platform will be free… Read More

Inside the private event where Microsoft, Google, Salesforce and other rivals share security secrets

REDMOND, Wash. — At first glance, the gathering inside Building 99 at Microsoft this week looked like many others inside… Read More

Microsoft reportedly working on Amazon Go-like cashier-less technology

Amazon isn’t the only Seattle-area tech giant that wants to change how we pay for items at the grocery store.… Read More

Office gets a new look: Subtle changes to Microsoft flagship product aim to reflect new era of work

Microsoft is redesigning Office, making a series of small changes that the company says add up to a simpler and… Read More

Don’t count Cortana out: Study predicts Microsoft’s digital assistant will rival Amazon and Google in business use

Cortana is getting serious traction in the enterprise world, according to a new study that predicts Microsoft’s digital assistant will… Read More

E3 2018: Sony gets out of the way and lets the games do the talking

LOS ANGELES ― If you’d told me last week that one of the big moments of this year’s E3 would… Read More

TLDR: Net neutrality ends, gender discrimination lawsuit against Microsoft, former Amazonian starts YouTube channel with daughter

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

Microsoft tangles with current and former technical employees in court over gender discrimination suit

A federal judge in Seattle today heard arguments and delivered some blunt feedback in a three-year-old gender discrimination lawsuit brought… Read More

E3 2018 Analysis: Microsoft’s Xbox One still faces an uphill climb vs. Sony and Nintendo

COMMENTARY: The Xbox One, it must be said, is doing OK. Microsoft hasn’t released official sales numbers since 2014, but… Read More

Azure chief Jason Zander, a Microsoft lifer, is a link between the company’s past and future

Microsoft Azure Executive Vice President Jason Zander has worked for many different companies, despite the fact that he’s worked at… Read More

Microsoft reveals it’s working on new Xbox consoles, doubling down on game hardware

Engineers at Microsoft are currently working the next version of the company’s Xbox console. Speaking on stage during Microsoft’s keynote… Read More

Master Chief returns: Microsoft reveals ‘Halo Infinite’ for Xbox and PC during E3 keynote

Master Chief is back. Microsoft teased a new Halo game at the beginning of its keynote at E3, the big… Read More

Life lessons from artificial intelligence: What Microsoft’s AI chief wants computer science grads to know about the future

Artificial intelligence has exploded, and perhaps no one knows it more than Harry Shum, the executive vice president in charge… Read More

Microsoft’s GitHub gamble: Tech giant ready to spend years winning over critics of $7.5B deal

Will Octocat get along with Ninja Cat? GitHub co-founder Chris Wanstrath laughed in an interview this week as he pondered… Read More

TLDR: Google AdWords won’t run campaign ads in WA state, LinkedIn adds commute times to job postings, Amazon to stream U.K. soccer matches

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

LinkedIn leverages Microsoft’s Bing Maps to add commute times to job postings

LinkedIn is adding commute times for jobs on its website, the latest in a growing series of integrations between the… Read More

TLDR: Elon Musk gets emotional at Tesla’s shareholder meeting, Microsoft’s underwater data center, Amazon’s $200 Echo Look

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

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Microsoft to acquire machine learning startup Bonsai, fueling AI efforts

Refreshed Microsoft News engine to power personalized news across Windows, mobile and web

Microsoft CEO says company isn’t aiding ‘cruel and abusive’ border tactics, doesn’t address calls to cancel ICE contract

Microsoft employees ask company to cancel contract with ICE in open letter to CEO

TLDR:Microsoft responds to separation of families at the border, Alexa targets hotels, GameStop’s potential buyout

With Microsoft deal pending, GitHub launches new educational package for students

Microsoft and Adobe expand partnership with deeper PDF integration across Office 365 versions

Microsoft buys edtech startup Flipgrid and makes the video discussion tool free for all schools

Inside the private event where Microsoft, Google, Salesforce and other rivals share security secrets

Microsoft reportedly working on Amazon Go-like cashier-less technology

Office gets a new look: Subtle changes to Microsoft flagship product aim to reflect new era of work

Don’t count Cortana out: Study predicts Microsoft’s digital assistant will rival Amazon and Google in business use

E3 2018: Sony gets out of the way and lets the games do the talking

Microsoft tangles with current and former technical employees in court over gender discrimination suit

E3 2018 Analysis: Microsoft’s Xbox One still faces an uphill climb vs. Sony and Nintendo

Azure chief Jason Zander, a Microsoft lifer, is a link between the company’s past and future

Microsoft reveals it’s working on new Xbox consoles, doubling down on game hardware

Master Chief returns: Microsoft reveals ‘Halo Infinite’ for Xbox and PC during E3 keynote

Life lessons from artificial intelligence: What Microsoft’s AI chief wants computer science grads to know about the future

Microsoft’s GitHub gamble: Tech giant ready to spend years winning over critics of $7.5B deal

TLDR: Google AdWords won’t run campaign ads in WA state, LinkedIn adds commute times to job postings, Amazon to stream U.K. soccer matches

LinkedIn leverages Microsoft’s Bing Maps to add commute times to job postings

Clouds under the sea: Microsoft deploys its Project Natick data center off the coast of Scotland

Microsoft shows new big-screen Windows Collaboration Displays for conference room computing

Microsoft adds decade-long Windows support and other services for IoT device makers

Lightform unveils $699 augmented-reality projection device from the brains behind Xbox IllumiRoom

New Microsoft Azure tech could let smart building operators model the links between people and objects at work