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Minecraft gets free chemistry update, schools get HoloLens discounts as Microsoft ups edtech game

Microsoft is upping its STEM game by introducing new chemistry and computer science options for Minecraft: Education Edition. Plus, the… Read More

Tech giants and elected officials back Microsoft in Supreme Court case on international data privacy

Microsoft is set for a Supreme Court face-off with the U.S. Department of Justice next month over the privacy of… Read More

Microsoft apps to be embedded into edtech powerhouse PowerSchool’s ‘Unified Classroom’

Microsoft is making yet another push into the classroom. But this time, it’s using the buddy system, today announcing a… Read More

In new book, Microsoft cautions humanity to develop AI ethics guidelines now

It’s 2038 and — like most businesses these days — a tech company is using artificial intelligence to scan job… Read More

Microsoft doubles down on Surface Book 2, expanding availability to 17 more countries around the world

It’s been two months since Microsoft released the second generation of its Surface Book laptop-tablet hybrid, and now it is… Read More

Catching up with Steve Ballmer on AI, sports tech, the economy, fake news and life after Microsoft

It has been nearly four years since Steve Ballmer left his job as Microsoft CEO, and he’s noticeably more relaxed… Read More

Where’s Cortana? Microsoft is playing the long game as Amazon and Google dominate CES

LAS VEGAS — Lost in the shuffle of Amazon and Google’s digital assistant showdown this week at CES is another… Read More

Hands on with Microsoft’s hardware cornucopia at tech giant’s behind-the-scenes CES booth

LAS VEGAS — Microsoft is typically more low key at CES than fellow tech giant Amazon, and this year Google,… Read More

Working Geek: Microsoft’s Harini Gokul looks for women to have more impact, but not more pressure

Microsoft’s Harini Gokul is eager for women to excel in their careers and in charitable work, finding the places where they… Read More

Hands-on with Windows Mixed Reality headsets: Same tech as Microsoft HoloLens, at a lower price

LAS VEGAS — Virtual reality has its fair share of naysayers. It’s too expensive, they say. It’s too hard to… Read More

Microsoft admits that the Meltdown/Spectre patches will hit Windows Server performance

After several days of dodging questions about the performance impact of patches designed to fix the Meltdown/Spectre chip design flaws,… Read More

Microsoft stops distributing Meltdown/Spectre patches for AMD devices after fixes brick machines

Microsoft has temporarily stopped distributing patches to computers and devices running AMD processors after acknowledging that its Windows security updates… Read More

Alexa is coming to PCs: HP, ASUS and Acer bring Amazon’s assistant onto Microsoft Cortana’s turf

Amazon Alexa will soon arrive on Windows PCs, creating new competition for Microsoft’s built-in Cortana voice assistant. Hardware makers HP,… Read More

Microsoft and Johnson Controls unveil 1st Cortana-powered smart thermostat with pre-orders in March

Microsoft’s digital assistant Cortana will soon show up in another smart gadget. Microsoft and Johnson Controls today debuted a new… Read More

Microsoft acquires flash storage pioneer Avere Systems, less than a year after Google investment

Microsoft has reached an agreement to acquire Avere Systems, a Pittsburgh-based company that leverages flash storage to optimize the process… Read More

Why Alexa and Cortana aren’t BFFs yet: Amazon and Microsoft taking longer than expected to integrate voice assistants

A few months ago, Amazon and Microsoft said their respective digital assistants, Alexa and Cortana, would begin talking to each… Read More

Microsoft forms coalition to bring high-speed internet to rural communities

Microsoft is partnering with organizations across the country to form Connect Americans Now (CAN), a coalition that will pressure policymaker… Read More

Watch: Bezos, Bertha, and more video highlights from an epic year at GeekWire

2017 was one for the history books, and GeekWire captured many major moments and milestones on camera this past year.… Read More

From Redmond with WiFi: How this Microsoft employee helped bring critical infrastructure to a hurricane-ravaged Caribbean island

Nicholas Harland worried about his uncle Roger. Roger Harland, a resident of the smallest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, St.… Read More

Microsoft just sued an IP address over Windows, Office piracy claims

Microsoft filed a lawsuit late Friday against an IP address, alleging that an individual or group of individuals has been… Read More

Microsoft’s AI-powered iPhone camera app can now take multi-directional panoramas and turn videos into comic strips

Microsoft is out with a pair of updates to its AI-powered photo app Pix for iOS to let users take… Read More

How a custom Microsoft app is helping the Caribbean rebuild after hurricanes

Travel for this story was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. CODRINGTON, Barbuda — Last month at a… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on ‘Daily Show’: Immigration makes U.S. a ‘beacon of hope’ around the globe

To know why Microsoft is fighting the Trump administration’s immigration policies, look at how CEO Satya Nadella got to where… Read More

New viral hit game ‘PUBG’ sells 1M copies in 48 hours on Xbox One, but technical issues disrupt amazing concept

There is a ton of fervor for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) on Xbox, but the actual gaming experience thus far has been disappointing… Read More

Microsoft-owned Mixer unveils redesigned app for more personalized game streaming

Mixer, Microsoft’s interactive game streaming service, today released a redesigned app for Android, with a counterpart on iOS “in the… Read More

No more stealing computer time: Bill Gates marks key milestone for UW computer science expansion

Bill Gates is helping to expand access to computer science at the same university where he and Microsoft co-founder Paul… Read More

Where Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and T-Mobile stand on net neutrality, based on comments to FCC

The biggest tech companies in the country have been conspicuously quiet in the days leading up to Thursday’s net neutrality… Read More

Reddit partners with Microsoft to bring ‘AMA’ and other content into Bing search results

Reddit is teaming up with Microsoft to integrate its user-generated content into Bing search results. The companies announced the partnership… Read More

Microsoft Ventures invests in SaaS ‘Active Strategy Management’ startup Workboard

Workboard, a SaaS platform that helps companies execute their strategies, today announced a $9 million Series A round that included… Read More

How Microsoft’s Brendan Burns is trying to make cloud-native app deployment as easy as coding

Writing software is hard enough, but deploying that software to the cloud is much, much harder. Microsoft’s Brendan Burns, who… Read More

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