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• Study: Facial recognition AI's alright, if you're cisgender and white

  I'm a cisgender white male. I can unlock my phone, sign into my bank account, and breeze through border patrol check points ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Microsoft rolls out a public preview of Project xCloud

  Microsoft is sending out invites to users who sign up for the Project xCloud preview. After months of waiting, Microsoft's ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• GitHub acquires Semmle to help developers spot security vulnerabilities

  Software hosting service GitHub has acquired Semmle, a code analysis platform that helps developers discover security vulnerabilities ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Microsoft brought book burning into the digital age — and you should be worried

  Microsoft's move, combined with Apple retiring iTunes, could result in consumers having their purchased content completely ...

  • Dave Davis

• CHEAP: Hurry, get $1,650 (!!!) off this 1TB Surface Laptop with an i7 CPU & 16GB RAM

  Don't rush into buying the new Surface Laptop 3 yet — its first-gen sibling is dirt-cheap now, and it's packing an i7 CPU, ...

  • Mix

• GitHub renews controversial $200,000 contract with ICE

  In a leaked memo, GitHub has revealed it will renew a $200,000 contract with ICE, despite disagreements with Trump's administration. ...

  • Mix

• I, an Apple fan, don't know how to feel about Microsoft's new Surface devices

  After Microsoft unveiled a whole load of interesting gear at its Surface event, an Apple fan tries to understand if this ...

  • Callum Booth

• Hands-on: Microsoft's Surface Buds are far more comfortable than they look

  The $249 Surface Earbuds will be divisive. But if the looks work do for you - I mean, I still think they look better than ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Surface Duo, Neo, and everything else at Microsoft's packed hardware event

  Here's a quick rundown of Microsoft's exciting new hardware for the coming year, including Surface laptops, earbuds, a foldable ...

  • Napier Lopez

• It's real: Microsoft announces the Surface Duo, a dual-screen Android phone

  Microsoft announced a bunch of stuff at its event including a dual-screen device running new Windows 10X, the Surface earbuds, ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Microsoft announces the Surface Neo, the dual-screen PC of the future

  At long last: Microsoft has announced its long-rumored dual-screen device. Say hello to the Surface Neo. It won't arrive ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Microsoft announces $249 Surface Earbuds with tight Office integration

  At its New York Surface event today, Microsoft announced the Surface Earbuds. It's a device that for once wasn't leaked weeks ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Microsoft announces Surface Laptop 3 with 15-inch screen

  Microsoft announced its new Surface laptop 3 today at its Surface event today. It comes in two screen sizes of PixelSense ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Microsoft teases Windows 10X, optimized for dual screens

  Microsoft revealed a new expression of Windows 10 at today's Surface event, called Windows 10X. This new version of Windows is ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Microsoft reveals the Surface Pro 7 with USB-C

  Microsoft today revealed the new Surface Pro 7 laptop, the latest in its series of Pro laptops. While it was somewhat upstaged ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Microsoft's ARM-powered Surface Pro X takes on the iPad Pro

  Microsoft announced its ARM-powered Surface Pro laptop today with a 13-inch display at its surface event. The device is ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Where to watch Microsoft reveal its new Surface devices

  Microsoft is planning to announce new hardware tomorrow, and all signs suggest it'll be one of the company's biggest Surface ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Look away if you don’t want to see leaked photos of Microsoft’s new Surface gear

  Microsoft's Surface event is fast approaching, but it looks like the majority of the new gear has launched. And we have the ...

  • Callum Booth

• Microsoft now lets you control your Xbox with the Google Assistant

  Microsoft today revealed it's collaborating with Google to bring the Xbox Action to the Assistant -- meaning you'll soon ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Microsoft issues emergency Windows patch to address Internet Explorer zero-day flaw

  Microsoft has issued an emergency out-of-band security update to address two critical vulnerabilities impacting Internet ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Microsoft pledges to fight climate change with carbon neutral Xbox

  Microsoft is joining Sony on the efforts to combat climate change by switching things up on the console front. In the former's ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Google plans to give you more control over 'Hey Google' sensitivity

  "Hey Google, what's the weather like?" "OKAY Google, what's the weather like?" "YO GOOGLE ARE YOU LISTENING?" If ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Microsoft's new font for devs is very aesthetically pleasing (and free)

  Microsoft has crafted a new font specifically built with developers in mind. It's called Cascadia Code, and you can already ...

  • Mix

• GitHub acquires Pull Panda and makes its code review tools available for free

  Exactly one year after buying GitHub for $7.5 billion, Microsoft has now purchased Pull Panda to beef up the software development ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Microsoft will livestream its October 2 Surface event, suggesting big reveals

  In late August, we learned Microsoft was planning its next Surface event for October 2nd - although the fact that it was ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Apple denies favoring its own apps in App Store search results (Updated)

  A new investigation by The Wall Street Journal has revealed that the company's own mobile apps are often first in App Store ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Microsoft unveils new To Do as Wunderlist founder mourns its imminent death

  Microsoft today revealed an update for its To-Do app, now simply called To Do, that makes the app much more useful and pleasant ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Samsung says Galaxy Fold will run 'hundreds' of optimized apps at launch

  Samsung's Galaxy Fold was delayed so much we were beginning to think it wouldn't even come out this year. Luckily that all ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Microsoft president sides with Huawei in battle with US

  While Huawei is still battling with the US ban, it has found some comforting words from its long term ally, Microsoft. The ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Gears 5 is the latest blockbuster game to welcome the LGBTQ+ gaming community

  Gears 5 is almost here, it's welcoming to queers, and the fact that it's just one of many AAA gaming titles featuring in-game ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 will reportedly go on sale for $3,500 next month (Update: later this year)

  Update (30/08/2019): A Mircosoft spokesperson said in a statement the company plans to ship the HoloLens 2 by the end of ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Microsoft to announce new Surface devices on October 2

  It's that time of year again: Microsoft has new Surface devices to announce. The company today sent out invites for its next ...

  • Napier Lopez

• How to try Microsoft's Chromium-powered Edge Beta

  Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Full moon patents: Self-repairing windshields and anti-jet lag headsets

  Disney, Boeing, Microsoft, Amazon, and Ford have been busy.

  • Dhiraj Jindal

• Microsoft is listening to you via your Xbox One (Update: not anymore)

  Update (August 22, 2019): In a story published on August 21, Microsoft told Vice it's stopped listening to recordings from ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• NSO Group's WhatsApp spyware can now snoop on your Facebook, Google, and iCloud data too

  Israeli company NSO Group has developed new technology that can clandestinely steal a user's data from Apple, Google, Facebook, ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Sony's acquisition of Insomniac mirrors Microsoft's aggressive expansion

  Sony's absorbed its perennial partner, Insomniac Games -- probably to protect it from Microsoft, which has acquired multiple ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Sony boss wants to bring first-party PlayStation titles to PC

  Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) boss Shawn Layden yesterday alluded to the possibility that first-party PlayStation ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is arriving on November 14 in 4K

  Microsoft has announced that Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition will launch on November 14 across Microsoft Store, Xbox ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Vitalik Buterin: Using Ethereum is expensive, and its blockchain is 'almost full'

  Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has reiterated warnings that his blockchain has significant scalability problems, and ...

  • David Canellis

• NotJordanPeterson lets you generate uncannily realistic Jordan Peterson sound bites

  NotJordanPeterson is a mind-boggling voice AI that lets you say anything you'd like in the voice of Canadian psychologist ...

  • Mix

• Video

  Minecraft with ray tracing looks so good I actually want to play it

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Xbox confirms Project Scarlett is the only console it has in the works

  Xbox chief Phil Spencer confirms the company isn't working on a cloud gaming console -- and not to expect one any time in ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• PSA: Update your Windows machine now to fix 29 Critical security vulnerabilities

  Microsoft has patched four serious vulnerabilities that could allow a malicious actor to remotely take control of Windows ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Microsoft Edge can now read aloud websites with human-like voices

  Microsoft's Edge browser has a neat feature you might not have been aware of: it can read websites out loud for you. Handy ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo join forces against lootboxes

  The three big console makers have just pledged to put an end to the "gambling" aspect of lootboxes, meaning the gaming industry ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Step up your note-taking game with these easy to use apps

  Here are some of the best note-taking apps and tools: use them and you'll spend more time working on your ideas than waiting ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Microsoft: Russian government hackers are targeting IoT devices

  Microsoft today warned that Russian government hackers have been using video decoders, printers, and internet of things devices ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Mixer is taking heat over its oddly conservative dress code

  Microsoft-owned streaming service Mixer is catching some heat over its rules concerning appropriate clothes, which seem to ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Streaming superstar Ninja leaves Twitch for Microsoft's Mixer

  The world's biggest game streamer, Fortnite golden boy Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, today revealed his leaping off his heretofore-unstoppable ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• We have some questions about Microsoft's 'Mac Book' advert

  Microsoft released a new advert for its Surface 2 laptop and... it's... really... something. So, say hello to Mac Book. And ...

  • Callum Booth

• Explosive Switch and PS4 sales show third-party exclusives are king

  The PlayStation 4 and Switch sales are through the roof, most likely thanks to their excellent exclusives. Hopefuly the next ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Microsoft removes Cortana from the Xbox One in latest update

  Microsoft is retooling the Xbox Home page yet again, and this time, in addition to "streamlining" the interface, they're ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• The AI community's reaction to Microsoft's $1BN 'investment' in OpenAI is priceless

  Microsoft recently announced plans to invest $1 billion in OpenAI, an AI startup co-founded by Elon Musk (no longer involved) ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Microsoft sinks $1B into OpenAI to build 'supercomputer AI' for Azure

  Microsoft has invested $1 billion in Elon Musk-founded company OpenAI in an effort build supercomputer AI technologies for ...

  • Mix

• Consoles aren't selling because the next-gen is coming

  Sales of current-generation consoles are starting to drop dramatically -- most likely because the next generation is on the ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Google and Facebook are tracking your porn preferences – even in incognito mode

  It turns out Google and Facebook are tracking your porn consumption habits – and even incognito mode can't save you from ...

  • Mix

• Full moon patents: Disney's immersive VR and Microsoft's next-gen virtual assistant

  Disney's working on adding another dimension to VR experiences, and Microsoft is thinking about a virtual assistant that ...

  • Dhiraj Jindal

• RIP Backgammon -- Microsoft to shutter its Internet Games service by next year

  Pour one out for a casual gaming staple. Microsoft announced it'll be shuttering its Internet Games service for Windows XP, ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Microsoft may still have a streaming-only console on the drawing board

  Microsoft's new baby, the console codenamed Project Scarlett, is currently getting the lion's share of attention. Despite ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Review: Microsoft's Windows 1.11 is an Upside Down mess

  Microsoft today announced that it was the year 1985. We checked the Microsoft store to confirm this and, as Windows 1.11 ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Is Microsoft teasing a Netflix tie-in? Stranger Things have happened

  Microsoft yesterday took to Twitter and Instagram to tease social media denizens with a cryptic Windows 1.0 video. After ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Console makers warn Trump that tariffs could cost US gamers up to $840M

  Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft collaborated on an open letter warning the Trump administration console tariffs could make ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Microsoft's mysterious dual-screen Surface will reportedly run Android apps

  The rumor mill has long suggested Microsoft is working on a dual-screen Surface, but we've seen little in the way of specifics. ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Xbox head thinks E3 is about boosting gaming's reputation -- it's not

  Xbox's Phil Spencer says gaming companies should stand together to change public perception of gamers -- except that's never ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Microsoft's Project Scarlett might be the most backwards-compatible console ever

  In the midst of the rest of the news from E3, Microsoft quietly revealed it'd no longer be adding older games to its Backwards ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Sony's already won the next console war thanks to PSVR

  Sony skipped gaming's biggest event, E3, this year and Microsoft pounced. Xbox stormed the stage with a veritable bevvy of ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Microsoft bundles Xbox Game Pass and Live Gold in a $15 monthly plan

  Microsoft officially launches Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $14.99, almost two months after it was unveiled as a beta.

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Microsoft's next Xbox is coming in 2020 with 8K graphics and SSD storage

  At its E3 briefing today, Microsoft announced Project Scarlett, the working name for its next-generation Xbox game console. ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Here's what the Vatican, US Evangelicals, and Satanists say about AI

  The religious have been contemplating the existential threat of artificial intelligence for millennia. Long before Alexa ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Microsoft seems very proud of its smart contract auditing tools for blockchain

  Microsoft is very proud of its Azure Blockchain-powered smart contract auditing tools for Ethereum which supposedly make ...

  • Mix

• Microsoft stops asking you to change your Windows 10 password every 60 days

  Microsoft has finally removed its 60-day password expiration policy from its Windows 10 security baseline. So no need to ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Microsoft courts Steam’s audience with Xbox Game Pass on PC

  Okay, Microsoft, what bad karma are you trying to negate? The company is not only bringing several of its games to Steam, ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Microsoft hints towards a new 'modern OS' with seamless updates

  Microsoft's Nick Parker, hinted yesterday towards a new 'modern OS' with seamless updates at the Computex trade show in ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Microsoft brings back the legendary IntelliMouse Explorer, now with a proper gaming sensor

  When Microsoft brought back the IntelliMouse Explorer - one of the most iconic mice ever made - I lamented the fact the company ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Moonday Mornings: Microsoft helped Louis Vuitton put overpriced rags on the blockchain

  Louis Vuitton is launching a blockchain pilot, ConsenSys says the industry is boombing, and other cryptocurrency news you ...

  • Mix

• GitHub rolls out Patreon-esque feature to let you tip open source developers

  GitHub Sponsors, a Patreon-like funding model, is the means to financially support developers through recurring monthly payments. ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Sony blindsides PS5 team with news of Microsoft partnership

  The team-up announced last week between gaming's eternal blood rivals, Microsoft and Sony, came as a surprise to many -- ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Microsoft unveils Minecraft Earth, the new AR hotness

  In celebration of Minecraft's tenth anniversary, Microsoft played its Pokemon GO card and released an augmented reality phone ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Microsoft's AI hallucinates unique whisky flavors

  When whisky is made in Scotland it's called scotch. When it's made in Kentucky it's called whiskey – the Irish also add ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Microsoft announces cloud gaming partnership with Sony

  Microsoft and Sony, makers of the eternally-competing Xbox and PlayStation consoles, respectively, today announced they were ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Designing products for people with disabilities has never been so important

  Google and Microsoft have designed a variety of assistive tools and services that allows differently abled people lead a ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• The most compelling tech tools to assist the visually impaired

  In celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, here's a look at some of the most innovative apps and solutions helping ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Skype didn't deliver on P2P's promise, but Estonia has

  Skype was one of the bright lights of the P2P internet era, but failed to live up to its promise. It did make a difference ...

  • Callum Booth

• Passwordless web gets a boost from Windows Hello FIDO2 certification

  Microsoft announces that Windows Hello, a passwordless authentication method for Windows 10 users, is now a FIDO2 certified ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Windows 10 gets a legit Linux kernel and a souped-up terminal app

  Oh Satya, you are spoiling us.

  • Matthew Hughes

• Microsoft files patent for controller with Braille readout

  Microsoft has apparently applied for a patent for a new Xbox controller with the ability to show visually-impaired gamers ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Microsoft releases Visual Studio dev kit for Ethereum dapps

  Microsoft is further broadening its suite of enterprise-grade blockchain tools with the launch of a dapp development kit ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Microsoft teams up with JP Morgan to shill enterprise blockchains

  Microsoft and American banking giant JP Morgan are teaming up to make it easier to put enterprise businesses on the blockchain. ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Xbox enshrines wholesome 'trash talk' in its community standards

  Microsoft changed the wording of its standards, explicitly banning offensive trash talk on its services and offering less ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• This ad agency is creating fake worlds to sell real products

  We took a deep dive into the creative process behind the wildly surreal marketing campaigns W+K's Department of New Realities ...

  • Mix

• Microsoft's cheaper, disc-less Xbox One S sounds like a good buy in 2019

  Microsoft has just unveiled the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition, a new version of its gaming console that doesn't include ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Why corporate acquisitions could be good for the open source community

  Open source is all over the media, IBM announced its acquisition of Red Hat, one of the largest in tech history, for $34 ...

  • Pedro Anderson

• 40 years of console wars, spellbindingly charted for your viewing pleasure

  We've taken data from the last 40 years of video game console sales and put them into a charming animated graph, just for ...

  • Callum Booth

• Windows 10 now lets you pull out USB drives without 'safely removing' them

  For years you might have been clicking on safely remove hardware to remove your USB drive, no more. Micrsoft's new policy ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• You can now try Microsoft's Chromium-powered version of Edge

  Back in December, Microsoft surprised everyone - those who hadn't been following the rumors, anyway - by announcing it was ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Windows 10's next update will give you more freedom to upgrade when you want

  It's a good idea to update your computer. Updates keep you safe from ever-evolving malware and sometimes include cool new ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Microsoft's Bing blocked 5,000,000 cryptocurrency ads in 2018

  Microsoft's Bing has boasted it successfully blocked more than 5 million cryptocurrency-related ads, after it imposed a strict ...

  • David Canellis

• Xbox Live comes to Nintendo Switch, starting with Cuphead

  Cuphead is the latest hit indie game to make its way to Nintendo's Switch -- and it's bringing Xbox Live with it, piggyback-style. ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Microsoft brings Halo to Steam, pigs fly

  Microsoft today announced it's bringing the Halo Master Chief Collection to the PC -- and not just to its own store. Instead, ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Google’s gamepad patent hints at its plans for Project Stream

  Yanko Design has discovered a patent detailing a controller that Google designed; it could give us some clues about what ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Microsoft just open-sourced the iconic Windows Calculator

  Can you think of a more iconic piece of software?

  • Matthew Hughes

• Why online service providers shouldn’t partner with big tech

  Hosting providers like GoDaddy, 1&1 Ionos, and even Wix and Squarespace, started out offering a single service to business ...

  • Dvir Ben-Aroya

• Inside NEO’s plans to get Microsoft .NET devs to build apps on its blockchain

  We spoke with NEO insiders to find out about NEO 3.0, and understand its plans to decentralize the blockchain (and get Microsoft ...

  • David Canellis

• Full moon patents: Disney’s acrobatic robots and Ford’s drive-by drone deliveries

  Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series ...

  • Dhiraj Jindal

• Crackdown 3 is like a sugary treat with no filling

  Crackdown 3 is one of the brightest, most addictive games to come out so far this year. It may be shallow, but it's a lot ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Intel takes on IBM and Microsoft with its own ‘off-the-shelf’ blockchain packages

  Intel is expanding its blockchain offering even further to make it easier for businesses to get into the blockchain game. ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Apex Legends’ chat options provide a roadmap for voiceless accessibility

  Accessibility in games is more important now than ever, thanks to changing legislation in the US and increased awareness ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• How to blur your background on Skype video calls

  Microsoft just added a 'Blur my background' feature to Skype's video calling functionality. Here's how to use it and avoid ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• I was wrong about retro consoles – they're a huge success

  The numbers for 2018 are coming in, and it appears the video game industry is getting along just fine. The year turned out ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Microsoft doubles down on education with cheap laptops and a $40 Surface pen

  Microsoft may be king when it comes to mainstream PCs, but it's no secret Google has built a commanding lead selling devices ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Recycling the world’s plastic garbage could buy you the NFL, Apple and Microsoft

  This year, I served on the judging panel for The Royal Statistical Society’s International Statistic of the Year. On ...

  • The Conversation

• Microsoft is euthanizing Windows 10 Mobile in 2019

  Just a few days after announcing it would stop supporting Windows 7 soon, Microsoft is sounding the death knell for another ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Windows 10's search bar and Cortana split up on good terms

  Since Windows 10's inception Cortana has been directly integrated into the search bar. The idea was that it would make it ...

  • Napier Lopez

• After four years, Microsoft may unveil HoloLens 2 next month

  Mobile World Congress - the world's biggest expo focused on smartphones and mobile devices - starts February 24, and it seems ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Goodbye old friend: Microsoft to end support for Windows 7 in one year

  It's not surprising to see PC users running an old version of Windows. Whether they refuse to switch to Windows 10's service ...

  • Napier Lopez

• New blockchain center opens in New York amid cryptocurrency market woes

  The city of New York has a new Blockchain Center.

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Microsoft Bing search surfaces and suggests images of child sexual abuse

  According to a report by TechCrunch and online safety firm AntiToxin Technologies, Microsoft’s Bing search engine surfaces ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• PSA: Windows 10 will soon 'reserve' 7GB of your system drive for updates

  Fair warning: next time Microsoft rolls out one of its big semi-annual Windows 10 updates, you'll probably lose a big chunk ...

  • Napier Lopez

• These are the coolest things we reviewed in 2018

  We review a lot of cool stuff at TNW. In fact, it's one of the best parts about working here -- instant access to some of ...

  • Bryan Clark

• TNW's favorite apps for Windows users in 2018

  Microsoft's app store for Windows has become a fairly impressive library of software for users, and we want our readers to ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• TNW's top 11 women making waves in STEM from 2018

  You've heard it a million times before — in the science, technology, engineering, and math industries, women are still ...

  • Cara Curtis

• 2018 proved that computer vision is the most powerful manifestation of AI

  You probably use computer vision every day and don't even think about it. Enjoy checking out the latest Snapchat filters? That's ...

  • Vivek Mohta

• The best and worst gaming stories of 2018

  2018 has been a year with some awesome games, and some not-so-awesome things happening in the gaming industry. Here are the ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Microsoft's Hummingbird app uses AI to deliver a personalized news feed

  Microsoft has quietly released an AI-based news app called Hummingbird on Google Play and Apple’s App Store. It's currently ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Microsoft launches its Clarity web analytics tool for A/B testing and visualizing user sessions

  To help webmasters understand how visitors interact with their sites, Microsoft has launched its new Clarity analytics tool ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Microsoft confirms Edge will support Chrome extensions with Chromium switch

  When Microsoft announced its Edge browser would be transitioning to the Chromium platform next year, I had one question: ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Microsoft Teams is growing ridiculously fast

  Microsoft Teams will be the second-biggest chat app by 2020

  • Matthew Hughes

• Microsoft Teams can now blur backgrounds during video calls, thanks to AI

  Microsoft Teams now has a Background Blur feature for its video calls, so you no longer have to worry about the messy room ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Microsoft Teams' new free plan looks like a better deal than Slack's

  It's not secret Slack has dominated workplace communication among tech companies the last few years, but Microsoft began ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Microsoft just made 60,000 of its patents open source

  In a move that might surprise a few people, Microsoft announced that it is joining (OIN) – and making its entire portfolio ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Mozilla is deeply concerned about Microsoft killing EdgeHTML

  Monopolies are bad.

  • Matthew Hughes

• France will tax tech giants in 2019 if EU doesn’t step up

  France hasn't given up on creating a tax on digital revenue to prevent the likes of Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• Mixer may have found the secret sauce for paying streamers full-time

  Mixer, Microsoft's game streaming service, has always played second fiddle to Twitch. But a new payment paradigm on Mixer ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Experts warn AI could hardwire sexism into our future

  From Apple's Siri to Amazon's Alexa, voice recognition and AI assistants are typically female by default. Technology isn't ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Microsoft is reportedly building a Chromium-based browser to replace Edge

  Microsoft is working on a replacement for its Edge browser - which is the default option in Windows 10 - that will use Google's ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• To achieve ethical AI, we need better training and boundaries

  Autonomous decision-making systems are in place already today, including ones that support life-critical scenarios and travel. ...

  • Nikita Lukianets

• Report: Microsoft’s enterprise products covertly gather personal data on users

  Microsoft collects and stores personal data about the behavior of individual users of its enterprise offerings on a large ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• Germany wants a global 'minimum tax' for tech giants' revenue

  Germany's finance minister, Olaf Scholz finally supports global minumum tax on tech giants. France and Germany push for the ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• How an employee screw-up made my company better at employee retention

  In order to keep a start-up company’s momentum going, you have to be proactive and creative in retaining employees -- since ...

  • Gil Dotan

• Microsoft debuts Project xCloud for streaming games to PCs and phones

  Microsoft today revealed Project xCloud, a game streaming service that would bring the company's games to multiple devices, ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Microsoft's new Surface Headphones have 13 levels of noise cancellation

  Microsoft had a jam-packed event today, announcing the Surface Studio 2, Surface Laptop 2, and Surface Pro 6. But it had ...

  • Napier Lopez

• AR's success depends on perfecting input methods

  There are challenges in inputting AR into an eyewear device and reworking the interaction between man and machine is only ...

  • Ari Grobman

• Full moon patents: Alphabet isn’t giving up on Google Glass

  Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series ...

  • Dhiraj Jindal

• Skype has yet another new design, but hasn't fixed its core problems

  Skype is walking back its controversial Snapchat-esque redesign, but Microsoft hasn't addressed any problems the app had ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Both Yahoo and AOL are scanning customer emails to attract advertisers

  Oath, the advertising arm of Verizon -- which owns both Yahoo and AOL -- has been pitching advertisers a service that would ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Microsoft announces All Access, a sweet Xbox financing plan with a not-so-sweet catch

  Xbox All Access is a new way for users to get their hands on a One S or One X for a low price, but it all depends on where ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Nintendo wants you to play with your friends

  With the upcoming releases of 'Super Smash Bros. Ultimate' and 'Super Mario Party,' Nintendo is making a big play for the ...

  • Callum Booth

• Microsoft reportedly wants to rent out Xboxes to gamers for a monthly fee

  Microsoft is prepping a subscription plan that will net US-based gamers an Xbox console, and access to Xbox Live and Xbox ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Thailand’s central bank will issue its own digital currency — but there’s a catch

  The central bank of Thailand has revealed details of its new digital currency, developed using ledger technology built by ...

  • David Canellis

• Big banks want to issue new blockchain bond on Ethereum, but there’s a catch

  Even the World Bank isn’t immune to the hype: it wants a bank in Australia to issue the first bond managed completely via ...

  • David Canellis

• No, Samsung will not be accepting cryptocurrency payments in the Baltics

  Samsung has denied rumors about partnership with blockchain startup CopPay, claiming it won't be accepting cryptocurrency ...

  • David Canellis

• Microsoft teases Xbox hardware reveal next month

  Microsoft today hinted it could be showing off some fun new hardware at a major gaming event next month and be still, my ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Skype finally gets call recording feature

  Only 15 years after it was launched

  • Callum Booth

• The $24 billion chatbot industry sucks because it needs better AI

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