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Microsoft

Dec 15, 2020, 12:51 PM

Microsoft updates Office apps to run natively on Macs running Apple’s homegrown M1 chips

Microsoft is releasing new versions of its Office productivity apps that run natively on Macs with Apple’s internally developed M1… Read More

Dec 12, 2020, 8:37 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Facebook fallout; Seattle’s status as ‘Cloud City’; testing SpaceX Starlink

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: How the antitrust case against Facebook could impact the rest of the tech industry;… Read More

Dec 11, 2020, 10:46 AM

Emptied by pandemic and overtaken by cranes, Microsoft HQ is a symbol of the changing world

REDMOND, Wash. — The heart of Microsoft’s headquarters campus was full of noise and activity on a recent weekday afternoon,… Read More

Dec 9, 2020, 2:16 PM

Microsoft will bring cloud gaming service to iOS and PC via web browser in spring 2021

Microsoft plans to make its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate service available for iOS devices, as well as PCs, offering cloud-based… Read More

Dec 9, 2020, 10:44 AM

Microsoft initiative will use AI to sniff out bribes, theft and other government corruption

Microsoft unveiled an initiative to use artificial intelligence to detect government corruption, calling it “an urgent global issue that can… Read More

Dec 5, 2020, 7:56 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Seattle region’s new tech giant; ‘Slackforce’ analysis; AWS re:Invent takeaways

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Salesforce strikes a deal to acquire Slack for $27.7 billion; Amazon Web Services makes some… Read More

Dec 3, 2020, 10:42 AM

Microsoft doubles down on cloud data with new products, makes new appeal to Amazon’s rivals

Microsoft is rolling out new cloud technologies for wrangling, protecting and analyzing large amounts of corporate data, escalating its competition… Read More

Dec 1, 2020, 9:52 AM

Microsoft will remove user names from ‘Productivity Score’ feature after privacy backlash

Microsoft says it will make changes in its new Productivity Score feature, including removing the ability for companies to see… Read More

Dec 1, 2020, 6:00 AM

Microsoft donates $7.5M to Code.org to help students learn about AI concepts and ethics

Code.org is teaming up with Microsoft again, this time to help K-12 students learn about artificial intelligence. The Seattle nonprofit,… Read More

Nov 30, 2020, 9:47 AM

Slack deal would pit Salesforce against Microsoft, with Tableau acquisition as a potential blueprint

Slack could gain new inroads to enterprise customers, and access to additional sales and marketing horsepower, if reports of its… Read More

Nov 28, 2020, 9:33 AM

Microsoft patents tech to score meetings using body language, facial expressions, other data

Microsoft is facing criticism for its new “Productivity Score” technology, which can measure how much individual workers use email, chat… Read More

Nov 21, 2020, 9:56 AM

With ‘Pluton’ chip, Microsoft shows strength, and proves Trustworthy Computing still matters

[Editor’s Note: Christopher Budd worked previously in Microsoft’s Security Response Center for 10 years.] With this week’s “Pluton” news, Microsoft… Read More

Nov 19, 2020, 8:00 AM

Microsoft invests another $65M in affordable housing, including fund to reduce rents near its HQ

Microsoft detailed new investments in affordable housing around its Redmond, Wash., headquarters Thursday as part of a $750 million program… Read More

Nov 18, 2020, 9:56 AM

Book Excerpt: How Microsoft leverages employee giving to build a culture of purpose

[Editor’s Note: Akhtar Badshah, who led Microsoft’s philanthropic efforts from 2004 to 2014, writes about the roots and impact of… Read More

Nov 17, 2020, 11:41 AM

Microsoft Pluton: New chip design draws lessons from Xbox to make Windows PCs more secure

A new architecture for computer processors, unveiled by Microsoft this morning under the name “Pluton,” will take security technologies that… Read More

Nov 13, 2020, 9:06 AM

Microsoft: Russian and North Korean hackers are targeting COVID-19 vaccine developers

Microsoft says it has detected cyberattacks by hackers operating in Russia and North Korea against seven companies working on COVID-19… Read More

Nov 9, 2020, 2:36 PM

Ex-Microsoft engineer gets 9 years in prison after using digital currency scheme to buy $1.6M lakefront home, $160K Tesla

An ex-Microsoft engineer was sentenced to nine years in prison for 18 federal felonies after he stole more than $10… Read More

Oct 31, 2020, 8:58 AM

Tech in 2020 and beyond: The economy, Amazon, antitrust and the potential impact of the election

The past year has brought a pandemic, a national reckoning over race, plus antitrust investigations and charges against major tech… Read More

Oct 30, 2020, 10:29 AM

Adventures in online learning: Microsoft Teams getting chat controls, and schools can hardly wait

A virtual school assembly! Great idea. That was my reaction when I heard what my daughter’s public school in Seattle… Read More

Oct 28, 2020, 10:44 AM

Snoop Dogg can chill and play games as he unboxes world’s first Xbox Series X Fridge

“This is cool, baby.” Hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg reacted to the temperature and the birthday gift he received from Microsoft… Read More

Oct 27, 2020, 4:10 PM

Microsoft Teams hits 115M users, up 50% since April; Satya Nadella sees ‘platform effect’ emerging

Microsoft continues to rapidly expand its Teams collaboration software user base. Teams now has 115 million daily active users, up… Read More

Oct 27, 2020, 1:40 PM

Microsoft cruises past expectations for fiscal Q1, revenue up 12% to $37.2B, profits up 30%

Microsoft topped Wall Street estimates for its fiscal first quarter, reporting $37.2 billion in revenue, up 12% year-over-year, and profit… Read More

Oct 27, 2020, 7:42 AM

Microsoft earnings preview: All eyes on Azure growth as tech giant reports its fiscal first quarter

Microsoft will report its fiscal first quarter earnings Tuesday afternoon. Analysts are keeping a close eye on the company’s cloud… Read More

Oct 22, 2020, 4:09 PM

Former Windows chief Terry Myerson is building a health care data startup called Truveta

A Seattle-area startup called Truveta made its existence known for the first time on Thursday, describing an ambitious vision to… Read More

Oct 21, 2020, 1:28 PM

Microsoft boosts gender diversity, but sees smaller gains for racial and ethnic minorities

Women now represent 28.6% of Microsoft’s global workforce, up from 25.5% three years ago; and 20% of the company’s executive… Read More

Oct 20, 2020, 9:51 AM

What did Google learn from Microsoft? New antitrust case hearkens back to landmark dispute

The antitrust complaint filed by the U.S. Justice Department against Google on Tuesday morning spotlights the difficult position in which… Read More

Satellite in orbit
Oct 20, 2020, 6:00 AM

Microsoft partners with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service for Azure Space cloud platform

Microsoft says it’s taking the next giant leap in cloud computing, in partnership with SpaceX and its Starlink broadband satellite… Read More

Oct 19, 2020, 3:37 PM

Here’s how much Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made in total compensation during fiscal year 2020

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella saw his total compensation rise 3% to $44.32 million during the company’s fiscal year 2020 that… Read More

Oct 19, 2020, 1:40 PM

Microsoft tapped to power all-virtual CES 2021 after learning on its own large-scale digital events

Microsoft isn’t just taking the stage at the big CES conference next year, it’s helping to actually power the stage,… Read More

Oct 12, 2020, 4:26 PM

One month with the Surface Duo: What it’s really like to use Microsoft’s dual-screen Android device

This is very different, and pretty cool. That thought hit me while reading the pages of an e-book across two… Read More

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