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Microsoft says U.S. should copy Australian law targeting Google and Facebook over news content

Microsoft likes Australia’s plan to make Google and Facebook pay local publishers for content included in search results or news… Read More

Microsoft: PAC won’t donate in 2022 cycle to politicians who sought to overturn election

Microsoft says its Political Action Committee (PAC) will suspend contributions for the 2022 election cycle to all members of Congress… Read More

As Google fights with Australia, Microsoft promotes Bing and says it wouldn’t threaten to leave country

Microsoft is wading into a dispute between Google and the Australian government by asserting that it would never threaten to… Read More

Dustup over Microsoft PAC’s contributions brings calls for company to lead political reform

[Editor’s Note: Microsoft underwrites GeekWire’s independent coverage of civic issues. Read more about underwriting on GeekWire here.] Advocates urged Microsoft… Read More

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

Joe Biden’s campaign funding ‘bundlers’ include some top names in Seattle tech

Former vice president Joe Biden on Saturday released a list of 820 key fundraisers who’ve helped juice the candidate’s war… Read More

Microsoft president reportedly took aim at Apple in private interview with House antitrust committee

Microsoft President Brad Smith advised a House antitrust subcommittee on competition in the tech industry during a private interview, The… Read More

Q&A: Microsoft’s Brad Smith on job training initiative, philanthropy and Facebook

Microsoft is on an extraordinary philanthropic marathon, announcing a new plan Tuesday to train 25 million people around the globe… Read More

Apple wins early support from its ‘friends at Microsoft’ in transition to new Mac processors

Apple confirmed plans to shift its Mac lineup to its own processors, moving its notebook and desktop computers away from… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: The case against Apple’s App Store; IPOs go crazy; quest for a better email inbox

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week. Not everyone loves Apple’s App Store, it seems. This… Read More

Microsoft president calls for antitrust scrutiny of app stores: ‘The time has come’

Microsoft President Brad Smith wants more scrutiny on app store policies imposed by its competitors such as Apple and Google.… Read More

Microsoft promises not to sell facial recognition tech to police before Congress passes regulations

Microsoft pledged not to sell facial recognition software to police on Thursday, following similar announcements from Amazon and IBM that… Read More

Microsoft launches Open Data Campaign to narrow ‘data divide’ as information is consolidated

The U.S., China, and about 100 companies are poised to capture the majority of the world’s data, according to Microsoft.… Read More

As coronavirus consumes world, Microsoft unveils biodiversity initiative to address challenges that will outlast COVID-19

Microsoft today announced a new environmental initiative focused on biodiversity, seeking to address the growing but often overlooked threat of… Read More

Microsoft president calls Washington state’s new facial recognition law ‘a significant breakthrough’

Microsoft President Brad Smith took a break from responding to the COVID-19 outbreak Tuesday to praise Washington state’s landmark facial… Read More

Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for AI regulation at Davos

Microsoft President Brad Smith said Tuesday that the time to regulate artificial intelligence is now, speaking at the annual gathering… Read More

Microsoft president talks ‘tech Cold War’ with China, which accounts for 2% of company’s revenue

Microsoft President Brad Smith speculated last month that the U.S. and China were on the verge of a “Tech Cold… Read More

A Tech Cold War? Microsoft policy leaders predict the future, preparing for a wild decade ahead

It’s only been a few weeks since Microsoft President Brad Smith completed his book tour, in which he reflected on… Read More

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

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

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

Overheard at the GeekWire Summit: Speakers talk AI, privacy, basketball, aging, unicorns and more

Steve Ballmer came out of his chair over his enthusiasm for new Microsoft devices. Brad Smith took a more measured,… Read More

Microsoft’s Brad Smith cites Boeing crisis as cautionary tale for intelligent machines, calls for AI kill switch

For decades, sci-fi movies have predicted a future in which humans lose control of intelligent machines and chaos ensues. Those… Read More

Republican Senators call Huawei a ‘real and urgent’ threat in new letter to Microsoft exec

A group of Republican Senators said Huawei presents a “real and urgent” security threat in a letter to Microsoft President… Read More

A former Microsoft security expert reviews Brad Smith’s ‘Tools and Weapons’ book

Brad Smith makes one hell of a convincing argument. How else can you explain the following from Bill Gates’ foreword… Read More

Why Microsoft won’t unplug government agencies despite opposition to Trump policies

A new wave of employee activism is forcing tech companies to rethink — and in several cases cancel — contracts… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Microsoft president talks new book; Love Notes to Newton; and more

— Microsoft President Brad Smith thinks the tech industry needs to be careful about new advances and think mindfully about… Read More

Shake it off, Microsoft: Brad Smith book recounts run-in with pop star over failed chatbot ‘Tay’

Nothing like an email from Taylor Swift’s lawyers to get your attention during vacation. That was the case for Microsoft… Read More

‘Why won’t Microsoft spy for the US?’ Trump adviser’s query, recounted in exec’s book, shows need for global norms in tech

“As an American company, why won’t you agree to help the US government spy on people in other countries?” An… Read More

Microsoft President Brad Smith pushes back on Trump administration’s Huawei ban

Microsoft President Brad Smith wants to see more evidence behind the Trump administration’s reasoning for cutting off Chinese tech giant… Read More