Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 37 of 234

Mar 21, 2020, 8:35 PM

‘Uncharted territory’: What Satya Nadella is telling Microsoft employees about the COVID-19 outbreak

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella thanked employees for their hard work and said the company has a key role to play… Read More

Mar 21, 2020, 8:42 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Bill Gates on COVID-19, gig workers in peril, and more on the coronavirus crisis

Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. It was another tumultuous week in Seattle, the epicenter… Read More

Mar 19, 2020, 6:00 AM

Microsoft Teams hits 44M daily active users, spiking 37% in one week amid remote work surge

Microsoft Teams is seeing massive user growth as remote work becomes the norm amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The chat, collaboration… Read More

Mar 18, 2020, 10:36 AM

Bill Gates calls out federal government for disorganized COVID-19 testing in Reddit AMA

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, a leading philanthropist on global public health, offered predictions and advice for coping with the COVID-19… Read More

Mar 17, 2020, 2:17 PM

Microsoft-owned GitHub to acquire JavaScript package manager Npm

GitHub announced Monday that it will acquire npm, a JavaScript package manager. npm is a key part of the JavaScript… Read More

Mar 17, 2020, 8:31 AM

AI vs. Coronavirus: How artificial intelligence is now helping in the fight against COVID-19

Artificial intelligence often raises concerns about privacy, bias and trickery in areas such as facial recognition and deep fake videos.… Read More

Mar 16, 2020, 9:01 PM

Microsoft closes all retail stores worldwide due to COVID-19 outbreak

Microsoft announced late Monday that it will close all Microsoft Store retail locations due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The decision… Read More

Mar 16, 2020, 3:43 PM

Analysis: Microsoft does a deep dive into the ‘most powerful Xbox ever,’ but price tag still a big question

Microsoft on Monday revealed new details about the hardware that powers its next console. The Xbox Series X is ostensibly… Read More

Mar 16, 2020, 9:52 AM

Microsoft milestone: Windows 10 reaches 1 billion monthly active devices

Microsoft announced Monday that there are 1 billion active devices running Windows 10. “One in every seven people on the… Read More

Mar 14, 2020, 9:42 AM

DoD likely to split JEDI contract between Amazon and Microsoft, analyst says

Could Amazon and Microsoft end up sharing the Pentagon’s coveted $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract? That’s the likely scenario… Read More

Mar 14, 2020, 8:08 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Seattle adjusts to life under the coronavirus threat

Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. The gravity of the COVID-19 virus outbreak hit home… Read More

Mar 13, 2020, 2:21 PM

Bill Gates leaves Microsoft and Berkshire boards in historic milestone for tech pioneer

Bill Gates is leaving Microsoft’s board, 45 years after co-founding the company with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Gates also… Read More

Mar 12, 2020, 8:20 PM

DoD wants to ‘reconsider certain aspects’ of decision to award Microsoft $10B JEDI contract

New court filings reveal that the Department of Defense wants to “reconsider certain aspects” of its decision to award Microsoft… Read More

Mar 12, 2020, 7:08 PM

Microsoft Build developer event in Seattle moved online amid coronavirus outbreak

Microsoft Build will be an online-only event this year due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The annual developer event draws about… Read More

Mar 11, 2020, 5:07 PM

Microsoft taps Eric Horvitz as first chief scientific officer; Peter Lee takes over Microsoft Research

Microsoft today named its first chief scientific officer, promoting longtime research leader and technical fellow Eric Horvitz to the newly… Read More

Mar 11, 2020, 11:41 AM

How an unpatched Microsoft vulnerability leaked inadvertently, and what it means for Windows Server security

As Seattle and Silicon Valley grapple with the impact of the novel coronavirus, Microsoft fixed a large batch of vulnerabilities… Read More

Mar 10, 2020, 11:24 AM

Microsoft helps take control of Necurs, a ‘prolific’ botnet that infected 9M computers worldwide

Microsoft worked with partners across 35 countries to disrupt Necurs, one of “the world’s most prolific botnets” that infected more… Read More

Mar 9, 2020, 1:57 PM

Shares of Seattle tech companies sink as stock market sees worst drop since 2008

Fears over the novel coronavirus outbreak and an oil price war led to the worst day for U.S. stocks since… Read More

Mar 9, 2020, 8:49 AM

Microsoft, Amazon and others form $2.5M coronavirus response fund

Microsoft, Amazon, and other Seattle-area companies are partnering with nonprofits and governments to launch a relief fund in response to… Read More

Mar 7, 2020, 8:23 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Seattle struggles with coronavirus; Microsoft renews NFL deal

Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. Seattle became ground zero in the U.S. coronavirus outbreak… Read More

Mar 6, 2020, 4:20 PM

Amazon: Pentagon should have tossed Microsoft’s JEDI bid over ‘noncompliant storage solution’

Amazon claims that Microsoft’s winning bid for the Pentagon’s coveted $10 billion cloud computing contract should have been disqualified after… Read More

Mar 6, 2020, 4:45 AM

Two Microsoft employees test positive for coronavirus

Two Microsoft workers based in the Seattle area have contracted the novel coronavirus, the company said. One of the employees… Read More

Mar 4, 2020, 5:25 PM

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

Mar 3, 2020, 1:02 PM

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

Mar 3, 2020, 9:00 AM

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

Mar 2, 2020, 2:21 PM

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

Feb 28, 2020, 1:05 PM

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

Feb 27, 2020, 12:57 PM

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

Feb 27, 2020, 10:47 AM

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

Feb 27, 2020, 10:38 AM

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