Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 60 of 234

Jul 13, 2018, 10:23 AM

Microsoft calls for government regulation of facial recognition technology

Microsoft is calling for increased government oversight on companies developing facial recognition technology, at a time when public concern about… Read More

Jul 12, 2018, 4:09 PM

TLDR: Microsoft vs. Slack, high-tech Nike store, Elon Musk wants to help Flint

Today’s featured stories Microsoft unveils free version of Teams productivity tool, upping the ante against rival Slack ‘Not like Amazon… Read More

Jul 12, 2018, 11:55 AM

Top Microsoft chip researcher shifts to mysterious new Azure hardware division

When Microsoft shuffled the deck of cards that makes up its Azure cloud computing division a few months ago, it… Read More

Jul 12, 2018, 11:00 AM

As cloud competition heats up, Microsoft will pitch its partners on new Azure and Power BI features

Visiting Las Vegas in the middle of July seems like a questionable idea, but thousands of Microsoft partners will descend… Read More

Jul 12, 2018, 11:00 AM

New Microsoft 365 tools will tell users to stop emailing after-hours, enable live video events

At huge companies with people spread across different locations, employees aren’t always going to be in the same place, and… Read More

Jul 12, 2018, 11:00 AM

Microsoft unveils free version of Teams productivity tool, upping the ante against rival Slack

Microsoft today debuted a free version of Microsoft Teams, expanding the reach of the company’s Slack competitor beyond the Office… Read More

Jul 12, 2018, 3:00 AM

Hot cloud database startup Snowflake Computing, born on Amazon Web Services, adds support for Microsoft Azure

After establishing a foothold in the cloud-based data warehousing market on the infrastructure provided by Amazon Web Services, Snowflake Computing… Read More

Jul 11, 2018, 4:17 PM

TLDR: Anti-Amazon graffiti, see Times Square under water with HoloLens, needle-free blood sugar monitor for people with diabetes

Today’s featured stories Photos: Graffiti targeting Amazon and Jeff Bezos illustrates animosity toward tech giant in Seattle So much to… Read More

Jul 11, 2018, 11:00 AM

So much to sea in New York: Microsoft HoloLens a key part of art exhibit that ‘sinks’ Times Square

New York City’s Times Square is already a bustling and chaotic location when experienced in everyday reality. In augmented reality,… Read More

Jul 10, 2018, 4:43 PM

TLDR: Microsoft unveils Surface Go, Demi Lovato to headline Amazon concert, new record for same-day delivery in space

Today’s featured stories Microsoft unveils $399 ‘Surface Go’ with 10-inch display and USB-C port to take on lower-cost iPads and… Read More

Jul 10, 2018, 1:20 PM

Current and former Microsoft employees appeal class-action denial in gender discrimination lawsuit

Updated at 3:20 p.m. with new details on ruling and appeal. Current and former technical employees at Microsoft are not… Read More

Jul 9, 2018, 6:00 PM

Microsoft unveils $399 ‘Surface Go’ with 10-inch display and USB-C port to take on lower-cost iPads and Google Chromebooks

Microsoft Surface devices primarily target high-powered creative types at a substantial price point, but the tech giant is looking to… Read More

Jul 9, 2018, 4:22 PM

TLDR: Rumored Surface smartphone, Lime scooters in Uber app, dorm-style housing for adults

Today’s featured stories Windows Phone fans lobby Microsoft not to kill rumored Surface dual-screen device aka Andromeda With $335M in… Read More

Jul 9, 2018, 9:22 AM

Windows Phone fans lobby Microsoft not to kill rumored Surface dual-screen device aka Andromeda

There’s still a rabid community of Windows Phone fanatics out there, and they really want to see a new smartphone… Read More

Jul 8, 2018, 7:00 AM

A longtime Windows Phone fan tries out the Microsoft Launcher app for Android

I’m still sad Windows Phone isn’t really a thing anymore, and I imagine Microsoft is, too. After largely retreating from… Read More

Jul 6, 2018, 8:00 AM

Microsoft Azure CTO: AI and machine learning “are going to transform every industry”

Now that the basic appeal of cloud computing has been established — compute and storage resources managed by your vendor… Read More

Jul 5, 2018, 3:50 PM

TLDR Editor’s Picks: The state of the tech economy, from Seattle to Wall Street and beyond

This week on TLDR, we’re looking back at some of the top stories of 2018 so far. Today: the ups… Read More

Jul 5, 2018, 12:00 PM

Dark mode for Microsoft’s Outlook.com is on the way

Many Microsoft products have long supported a “dark mode” to make late night work easier on the eyes, though that… Read More

Jul 3, 2018, 2:30 PM

‘Everybody is a gamer’: Inside the first-ever Xbox video game competition at the Special Olympics

Tim Dempsey and Nicholas Rasmussen didn’t even know each other until a few months ago. Now they’re good buddies and… Read More

Jul 3, 2018, 11:22 AM

Microsoft’s massive campus refresh starts later this year, as tech giant picks architects and contractors for the job

Microsoft is one step closer to getting underway with the sweeping refresh of its Redmond, Wash. headquarters campus, with construction… Read More

Jun 29, 2018, 12:09 PM

Resilience and risk-taking: How the immigration experience shapes the path of foreign-born entrepreneurs

First- and second-generation immigrants make up only 27 percent of the U.S. population, yet more than half of the most… Read More

Jun 29, 2018, 10:49 AM

‘Defining moment’ for Seattle as Microsoft, Amazon, others support Special Olympics USA Games

Seattle-area tech companies are making a statement about building an inclusive workforce as the city hosts one of the largest… Read More

Jun 28, 2018, 12:11 PM

Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and tech’s battle for the hearts and classrooms of teachers

If the ISTE 2018 exhibit hall was a high school, then Google and Microsoft were the enthusiastically competitive drama and… Read More

Jun 28, 2018, 8:45 AM

LinkedIn taps Microsoft’s language skills for new translation tool within main feed

LinkedIn has added a new feature that allows immediate translation of posts in its news feed. Now, below a post… Read More

Jun 27, 2018, 11:53 PM

Google Cloud CEO wanted to buy GitHub, hopes Microsoft really keeps it neutral; Azure CTO vows not to mess with it

Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene was interested in buying GitHub, but she isn’t ready to buy Microsoft’s promise to keep… Read More

Jun 27, 2018, 4:38 PM

David vs. Goliath in the cloud: Do investors see an opening for startups to take on AWS and Azure?

Cloud computing is big business dominated by the world’s largest tech companies. Three of the four most valuable tech companies… Read More

Jun 27, 2018, 4:19 PM

Venture capitalists ‘love’ Microsoft’s buy of GitHub, call it a ‘super smart’ move to win developers and compete against AWS

Microsoft’s $7.5 billion purchase of GitHub is a whopper by nearly every standard — creating a path into 28 million… Read More

Jun 27, 2018, 10:31 AM

Microsoft

Microsoft calls for government regulation of facial recognition technology

TLDR: Microsoft vs. Slack, high-tech Nike store, Elon Musk wants to help Flint

Top Microsoft chip researcher shifts to mysterious new Azure hardware division

As cloud competition heats up, Microsoft will pitch its partners on new Azure and Power BI features

New Microsoft 365 tools will tell users to stop emailing after-hours, enable live video events

Microsoft unveils free version of Teams productivity tool, upping the ante against rival Slack

Hot cloud database startup Snowflake Computing, born on Amazon Web Services, adds support for Microsoft Azure

TLDR: Anti-Amazon graffiti, see Times Square under water with HoloLens, needle-free blood sugar monitor for people with diabetes

So much to sea in New York: Microsoft HoloLens a key part of art exhibit that ‘sinks’ Times Square

TLDR: Microsoft unveils Surface Go, Demi Lovato to headline Amazon concert, new record for same-day delivery in space

Current and former Microsoft employees appeal class-action denial in gender discrimination lawsuit

Microsoft unveils $399 ‘Surface Go’ with 10-inch display and USB-C port to take on lower-cost iPads and Google Chromebooks

TLDR: Rumored Surface smartphone, Lime scooters in Uber app, dorm-style housing for adults

Windows Phone fans lobby Microsoft not to kill rumored Surface dual-screen device aka Andromeda

A longtime Windows Phone fan tries out the Microsoft Launcher app for Android

TLDR Editor’s Picks: The state of the tech economy, from Seattle to Wall Street and beyond

Dark mode for Microsoft’s Outlook.com is on the way

‘Everybody is a gamer’: Inside the first-ever Xbox video game competition at the Special Olympics

Microsoft’s massive campus refresh starts later this year, as tech giant picks architects and contractors for the job

Resilience and risk-taking: How the immigration experience shapes the path of foreign-born entrepreneurs

‘Defining moment’ for Seattle as Microsoft, Amazon, others support Special Olympics USA Games

Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and tech’s battle for the hearts and classrooms of teachers

LinkedIn taps Microsoft’s language skills for new translation tool within main feed

Google Cloud CEO wanted to buy GitHub, hopes Microsoft really keeps it neutral; Azure CTO vows not to mess with it

David vs. Goliath in the cloud: Do investors see an opening for startups to take on AWS and Azure?

Venture capitalists ‘love’ Microsoft’s buy of GitHub, call it a ‘super smart’ move to win developers and compete against AWS

Microsoft Azure CTO: 2018 is the year blockchain becomes a real thing

Microsoft establishes formal healthcare group, hires two new health leaders