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Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board, to focus on philanthropy
Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates, who made the company one of the world’s most valuable technology firms, stepped down from the board on ... World News -
Amazon files suit contesting Pentagon’s $10 bln cloud contract to Microsoft
Amazon.com Inc on Friday filed a lawsuit in the US Court of Federal Claims contesting the Pentagon’s award of an up to $10 billion cloud ... Technology -
Microsoft granted license to export ‘mass market’ software to Huawei
Microsoft Corp on Thursday said it has been granted a license to export software to Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. “On November 20, ... Technology -
Pentagon says awarding $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft
The Pentagon has awarded Microsoft a $10 billion cloud computing contract called JEDI. The contentious bidding process for the contract pitted ... Technology -
Microsoft: Cyber activity by threat group likely linked to Iranian government
US technology company Microsoft said on Thursday that hackers linked to the Iranian government have recently targeted a US presidential campaign, US ... Gulf -
Twin-screen duo puts Microsoft back in smartphone game
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled new Surface tablet devices with twin-screens that open like books, including a notepad-sized version that will put it ... Technology -
Samsung unveils premium-priced Galaxy Note 10
Samsung on Wednesday unveiled a new-generation Galaxy Note large-screen handset starting at $950 and said it will work closer with Microsoft so that ... Technology -
Microsoft pays $25 million to settle corruption charges
Microsoft is paying more than $25 million to settle federal corruption charges involving a bribery scheme in its Hungary office and three other ... Technology -
Microsoft beats estimates, powered by growing cloud profits
Microsoft Corp on Thursday beat analysts’ estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit, powered by continued sales increases from its cloud ... Technology -
Gates: Microsoft missed mobile dominance by ‘tiny’ margin
Microsoft missed its chance to be the dominant firm in mobile technology because it was “distracted” during a lengthy antitrust battle ... Technology -
China calls in foreign tech firms after Huawei sales ban
China summoned global technology companies for talks last week following last month’s US ban on selling technology to China’s Huawei ... Technology -
Microsoft offers software tools to secure elections
Microsoft is announcing an ambitious effort intended to make US voting more secure and verifiable.The company will offer free open-source software ... Digital -
Microsoft tops trillion-dollar mark for the first time
Microsoft hit the trillion-dollar value mark Thursday for the first time, becoming the third technology giant to reach the symbolic milestone.Shares ... Technology -
Microsoft seizes 99 domains operated by Iranian state hackers
Microsoft said it seized 99 websites used by Iranian hackers to steal sensitive information and launch other cyber attacks.The company said the group, ... Digital -
Amazon becomes the most valuable US firm amid market turmoil
Amazon has eclipsed Microsoft as the most valuable publicly traded company in the US as a see-sawing stock market continues to reshuffle corporate ... Financial Markets -
Russian hackers target US political institutions, Microsoft says
Fake versions of several US political institutions’ websites were made to trick people with a goal of hacking into their computers by a group ... World News -
US tech giants plan to fight India’s data localization plans
US technology giants plan to intensify lobbying efforts against stringent Indian data localization requirements, which they say will undermine their ... Technology -
Big tech firms agree on ‘data portability’ plan
Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter unveiled plans on Friday to make it easier for users to take their personal data and leave one online service ... Technology -
Microsoft profit climbs 10pct as cloud grows
Microsoft on Thursday said its revenue and profit climbed in the recently ended quarter as its bets on cloud computing services and artificial ... Technology -
Walmart, Microsoft team up to take on Amazon
Walmart said Tuesday it was entering into a strategic partnership with Microsoft on “digital transformation” for the onetime retail ... Technology -
WATCH: Learning computer programming, with no teachers and no tuition
Aspiring software engineers Kevin Yook and Becky Chen are hunched over a computer screen, fervently discussing lines of code indecipherable to the ... Art and culture -
The significance of Seattle, the Saudi Crown Prince’s fourth US stop
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Seattle on Friday, where he is set to spend a few days discussing joint partnerships between the ... Variety -
Saudi Crown Prince meets with Microsoft President Satya Nadella
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to exchange talks on cooperating on training and ... Technology -
Sabeer Bhatia’s journey from $400 mln Microsoft deal to IoT for agriculture
Sabeer Bhatia’s rise to prominence is part of “technopreneur” folklore. At age 19, he arrived in Los Angeles with $250 in his pocket ... Technology -
Blackboard used as PC substitute in Ghana school sparks Saudi donations campaign
Following the spread of a photo of a Ghanaian man using only a blackboard and chalk to provide his students with a detailed illustration of Microsoft ... Variety -
Amazon Chief Jeff Bezos tops Forbes world’s rich list as Trump wealth drops
Amazon chief Jeff Bezos is now the world’s richest person, having snatched the top spot from Microsoft founder Bill Gates who slips to second ... Economy -
Microsoft founder Gates dedicates $100 mln fund to fight Alzheimer’s
Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is to invest $50 million in the Dementia Discovery Fund, a venture capital fund that brings together ... Healthy Living -
Windows 10 update set for October release
Microsoft on Friday announced that a major update to its Windows operating system will be released globally on October 17. Release of Windows 10 ... Technology -
New grounds broken by Microsoft and Amazon on AI voice wars
Amazon.com and Microsoft Corp have joined forces to let their voice-controlled virtual assistants talk to each other, offering users the ability to ... Technology -
Kaspersky Lab to withdraw Microsoft antitrust complaints
Moscow-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab said on Wednesday it would withdraw antitrust complaints made in Europe against Microsoft after the US ... Technology