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Microsoft

Nov 18, 2019, 10:13 AM

Microsoft taps Eric Holder to audit Israeli partner in demonstration of tech’s struggle to self-regulate

Microsoft’s decision to retain former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate how one of its partner companies uses facial… Read More

Nov 18, 2019, 5:29 AM

Logitech teams up with Microsoft for new low-cost Xbox Adaptive Controller accessory kit

Electronics accessory manufacturer Logitech today unveiled a new low-cost button kit for Microsoft’s Xbox Adaptive Controller that aims to help… Read More

Nov 16, 2019, 9:20 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Amazon protests JEDI deal; Cortana reads email; Cosmic Crisp first taste

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Amazon is formally protesting a decision by the U.S. Department of Defense to award… Read More

Nov 14, 2019, 2:35 PM

Microsoft will bring Project xCloud game streaming service to Windows 10 PCs

Microsoft said it will bring its new cloud-based game streaming service to Windows 10 PCs, as part of a flurry… Read More

Nov 14, 2019, 7:46 AM

Together again? Microsoft and Salesforce deepen cloud partnership despite years of rivalry and rifts

Microsoft and Salesforce are strengthening their relationship, putting aside a complicated history for a new cloud partnership. Salesforce will move… Read More

Nov 13, 2019, 9:07 AM

Microsoft AI chief Harry Shum to depart in February after 23 years at the tech giant

Microsoft AI chief Harry Shum is leaving after 23 years at the Redmond, Wash. tech giant in a big departure… Read More

Nov 13, 2019, 5:28 AM

Minecraft Earth goes national: Microsoft’s augmented reality game now live across U.S.

Minecraft Earth, Microsoft’s take on the smartphone-enabled augmented reality gaming craze, made its U.S. debut after months of testing. Microsoft… Read More

Nov 12, 2019, 10:37 AM

Supreme Court hears Microsoft case challenging Trump’s decision to terminate DACA

Nineteen Microsoft employees traveled to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday for a hearing in a critical immigration case that… Read More

Nov 11, 2019, 3:05 PM

Microsoft backs California data privacy law taking effect next year

Microsoft plans to make changes required by California’s new data privacy law available to all its U.S. customers, the company… Read More

Nov 10, 2019, 9:49 AM

Review: Microsoft Cortana reading email aloud on an iPhone is surprisingly useful, to a point

Grab your headphones, press play, and groove to the sound of your email inbox. It might sound a little weird,… Read More

Nov 8, 2019, 10:13 AM

Microsoft goes to bat for Dreamer employees as Supreme Court prepares to hear DACA case

There’s the service and security engineer — brought to the U.S. from Mexico when she was four years old —… Read More

Nov 7, 2019, 12:45 PM

Looming cuts to transit cast doubt on Microsoft’s vision for Seattle-Vancouver high-speed rail

Microsoft’s aspiration to build one of America’s first high-speed rail lines in the Pacific Northwest hit a speed bump this… Read More

Scott Guthrie
Nov 7, 2019, 8:32 AM

Facebook reportedly ‘heavily recruited’ Microsoft cloud chief Scott Guthrie — to no avail

Facebook really wanted to hire Scott Guthrie. That’s one revelation from the internal Facebook documents leaked by NBC this week. Mashable… Read More

Nov 7, 2019, 7:52 AM

Satya Nadella and other Sounders owners on how they’ve applied lessons from sports to business

The lessons from sports that can be applied to business and life are endless. Teamwork, grit, determination, leadership, planning, overcoming… Read More

Nov 6, 2019, 12:44 PM

Watch: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Elizabeth Warren, billionaires, antitrust and space exploration

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates sat down for a candid and wide-ranging fireside chat Wednesday as part of the New York… Read More

Nov 6, 2019, 10:13 AM

How Nokia’s former CEO landed at a Seattle startup, rejoining Microsoft vet who led Nokia integration

Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s smartphone business didn’t turn out like either company had hoped, but five years later, some of… Read More

Apple orchard sensor installation
Nov 6, 2019, 6:00 AM

Planting the seeds of digital agriculture: Startup bets the farm on Microsoft’s new ag tech platform

Microsoft’s cloud-based platform for data-driven farming, Azure FarmBeats, had its official coming-out party this week at the company’s annual Ignite… Read More

Nov 5, 2019, 10:36 AM

How Microsoft is approaching the Seattle region’s affordable housing crisis

When several Seattle business leaders decided to take on the region’s confounding housing crisis, they did their due diligence. Microsoft… Read More

Nov 5, 2019, 8:02 AM

Surface Pro X reviews: An intriguing, yet flawed, step in Microsoft’s battle with Apple’s iPad

Microsoft’s hardware division aims to shake up the notion of the two-in-one device with the Surface Pro X. Instead of… Read More

Nov 5, 2019, 6:04 AM

Microsoft and Nokia reunite for new alliance, 5 years after failed $7B smartphone megadeal

It’s been more than five years since Microsoft’s $7 billion ill-fated acquisition of Nokia’s smartphone business, and now the companies… Read More

Nov 4, 2019, 9:36 AM

Microsoft experimented with a 4-day work week in Japan — and saw a big jump in productivity

We all know those people who wear a 60-hour work week like it’s some sort of productivity badge of honor.… Read More

Nov 4, 2019, 7:48 AM

Future of storage? How Microsoft put the original ‘Superman’ movie on a piece of quartz glass

Is the future of digital storage … glass? Microsoft showed off the latest proof of concept for “Project Silica” at… Read More

Nov 4, 2019, 7:22 AM

Microsoft unveils new Office mobile app that brings together Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Microsoft is bringing some of its most popular tools under one umbrella with a new Office mobile app. Microsoft is… Read More

Nov 4, 2019, 6:00 AM

Remember Yammer? Microsoft overhauls business social network, integrates with Teams and Outlook

Though many observers may have forgotten about Yammer, the business-oriented social network Microsoft acquired in 2012 for $1.2 billion, the… Read More

Nov 4, 2019, 6:00 AM

Microsoft’s Cortana can now read emails out loud and run through your daily schedule

Microsoft is doubling down on Cortana as a virtual secretary, giving the digital assistant a host of new capabilities to… Read More

Nov 4, 2019, 6:00 AM

Microsoft’s updated Edge browser, running on Chromium, gets a release date and a refreshed logo

The next generation of Microsoft’s Edge browser will be available to all in January. Microsoft has been rebuilding Edge on… Read More

Nov 4, 2019, 6:00 AM

Microsoft unveils Azure Arc, aiming to fend off Google and Amazon with new hybrid cloud tech

Microsoft has long made hybrid technologies a core part of its Azure platform, letting customers run cloud technologies on their… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Build 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)
Nov 1, 2019, 11:44 AM

Satya Nadella: Staying out of politics, focusing on tech, helped Microsoft win Pentagon cloud contract

Microsoft’s surprise victory last week in a protracted competition to build the Pentagon’s war cloud has some critics asking whether… Read More

Nov 1, 2019, 11:04 AM

Q&A: Satya Nadella on Microsoft’s new world view, dual-screen devices and Pentagon cloud deal

A lot has changed in the world, in tech and at Microsoft since Satya Nadella published his book, “Hit Refresh,”… Read More

Oct 31, 2019, 12:00 PM

First look: Microsoft’s new Industry Experience Center aspires to be a crucible of tech innovation

REDMOND, Wash. — We’re standing inside what appears to be a normal living room, with a couch and a large-screen… Read More

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