Our coverage on all things Microsoft. Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975, Microsoft is one of the world’s leading software and hardware companies. As of today, Microsoft distributes, licenses and supports a wide range of products related to consumer electronics and personal computers among which Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, as well as the video game console series Xbox.
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Washington state passes Microsoft-approved facial recognition laws
Washington state has adopted sweeping facial recognition laws seen as a national model, much to the pleasure of Microsoft ...
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Microsoft will make all its 2020 events 'digital-first'
We're living in strange times. Yeah, it's getting pretty old to say that, but it's hard to ignore the way the coronavirus ...
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Grammarly now works with Microsoft Word for Mac and Word Online
Just a short while after Microsoft announced a Grammarly competitor called Editor, Grammarly announced its writing tool ...
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The world is relying on Big Tech to fight COVID-19 — can they handle it?
As we grip with the realities of the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, an unsettling realisation has begun to coalesce: The ...
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Microsoft could lose its $10B US gov 'war cloud' contract to Amazon
The US Defense Department says it will reconsider awarding Microsoft its lucrative $10 bilion JEDI cloud computing contract. ...
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Amazon, Netflix, and Facebook: Say hello to ‘stay-at-home’ tech stocks
The threat of the coronavirus has suddely changed consumer habits, and traders are looking to make gains with 'stay-at-home' ...
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Microsoft takes on Grammarly with new Editor extension for Chrome and Edge
Today, Microsoft announced it was rebranding Office 365 as Microsoft 365 as it sought to expand its feature set beyond work ...
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Microsoft rebrands Office 365 as it adds features for beyond work hours
At a virtual event today, Microsoft announced it is expanding and rebranding its Office 365 subscription service into a new ...
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Slack wants to let you call Microsoft Teams users (yes, you read that right)
According to a report by CNBC, Slack is working on a method of letting you call people using Microsoft Teams. You know, its ...
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Microsoft teases Windows 10 design changes as OS hits 1B devices
When Microsoft announced Windows 10 way back in 2015, expected the OS to be on 1 billion devices within 3 years. That did ...
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Microsoft Teams can now suppress background noise during video calls
The ongoing coronavirus outbreak has more people working from home lately, and that means more folks using group communication ...
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Microsoft shifts Build conference online amid coronavirus spread
The dangerous coronavirus has caused another event to move to an online-only format. After Google and Facebook canceling ...
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Microsoft launches a coronavirus tracker dashboard on Bing
As the world grapples with the continuous spread of coronavirus, more companies are making tools to keep people informed ...
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Microsoft is holding an Office-related event on March 30 (online, of course)
Today, Microsoft sent journalists invites for a digital event taking place on March 30. In this age of coronavirus, Microsoft ...
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What the world’s biggest tech companies are doing to fight coronavirus
Coronavirus is having a ripple effect on every part of the world. Here's what the biggest tech companies are doing to help. ...
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Microsoft spills the beans on everything about the Series X (except the price)
Microsoft just revealed a treasure trove of info on its new console, the Xbox Series X. We know almost everything about it ...
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Bill Gates steps down from the Microsoft board of directors
After 45 years with the company, Bill Gates is taking his most backseat role yet. He's stepping down from the board to focus ...
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Every single tech stock in the S&P 500 index got rekt on Monday
Stock markets around the world suffered a dark day on Monday, the worst since the 2008 financial crisis, with tech stocks ...
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Vatican's AI ethics plan lacks the legal restrictions it needs to be effective
Microsoft and IBM have added a divine touch to their AI ethics efforts by signing a new pledge endorsed by his holiness ...
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Microsoft's Surface Duo is reportedly launching months earlier than expected
As a tech reporter, I'm used to seeing companies announce a product early only to delay it by months come release time. So ...
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How to find the secret surfing game in Microsoft Edge
Microsoft is putting a secret surf game in its Edge browser. Here's how you can find it, access the different modes, and ...
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants to use diversity to remove bias in AI
Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella, said that it's important to have a team of people with a diverse background to reduce bias ...
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Microsoft finally shows us the Xbox Series X's guts
Microsoft reveals details about the Xbox Series X's hardware, which is looking pretty impressive. But it still hasn't revealed ...
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Microsoft is rolling out beautiful new Windows 10 icons
In November of 2018, Microsoft revealed a revamped set of Office icons it had created under it's fresh new Fluent Design ...
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Microsoft is bringing its Defender security software to iOS and Android
In the past couple of years, Microsoft has made some solid apps for iOS and Android. Now, the company is planning to bring ...
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Microsoft brings combined Word, Excel, and PowerPoint app to iOS
It was just a couple of days ago that Microsoft publicly introduced its super-handy combined Office app to the Google Play ...
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GitHub COO on launching in India and collaborating with governments to support the dev community
GitHub launched its subsidiary in India last week to support a thriving developer community in the country. As part of the ...
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Buffett dumps $800M worth of Apple stock, invests in biotech and groceries
Berkshire Hathaway still owns more than 5% of Apple, despite unloading almost a billion dollars worth of stock in the last ...
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Microsoft just combined Word, Excel, and PowerPoint into a single handy Android app
Most of us have more apps than we need on our phones, so I've always been a little annoyed that reading Microsoft Word, Excel, ...
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Report: Microsoft's Surface Book 3 will arrive this spring
The Surface Book 3 hasn't been updated since November 2017. Rumor has it Microsoft is ready to show off the latest version ...
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Amazon stalls Microsoft's $10B 'war cloud' contract with the US gov
A federal judge has made Amazon pretty happy by placing a temporary injunction on the $10 billion JEDI deal awarded to Microsoft ...
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15 hedge fund managers earned $12B last year — thanks to bullish tech stocks
Five hedge fund managers earned more than $1 billion each last year, and they did it (partly) by investing in big players ...
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Project xCloud gets a test run on iPhones (but don’t get too excited)
Microsoft today revealed it's releasing a Testflight preview of Project xCloud for iOS users, meaning the service is finally ...
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Video shows the Surface Duo in the wild
Microsoft unveiled the Surface Duo in October to huge fanfare, but unlike most of the devices at its event, journalists didn't ...
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Xbox exec insists that Microsoft is no longer competing with Sony and Nintendo
Xbox head Phil Spencer said the company's two (former?) rivals aren't really part of its designs for the future, and are ...
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In defense of Kodak and its ‘failure’ to innovate
Kodak has been the ultimate bogeyman of MBA programs due to its collosal mistake of not pivoting to digital, but is that ...
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Moonday Mornings: Twitter adds custom Bitcoin emoji
Hello Forkers, welcome to Moonday Mornings! Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines ...
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Microsoft is offering up to $20,000 to researchers who find bugs in Xbox
Microsoft is handing out up to $20,000 to security researchers who can unearth vulnerabilities in Xbox. The Windows-maker ...
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The Nintendo Switch has probably outsold the Xbox One
Nintendo reports the Switch has surpassed 50 million units sold. That means it's likely lapped the Xbox One, which has lagged ...
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Apple, Facebook, and Warren Buffett: Here's the top 25 stocks for millennials
The average millennial investor is buying up tech stocks, but Tesla surprisingly isn't the most popular stock among thirty-somethings. ...
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Bill Gates owns a lot more Apple stock than you might think
How many dollars worth of Apple stock does he actually control through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust’s stake ...
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Report: Cloudflare provided CDN services to sites hosting exploitative child content
For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual ...
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Xbox Series X photos allegedly leak on Twitter
We might have finally gotten our first look at the next-generation Xbox Series X -- via a leak on Twitter. And it looks about ...
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Microsoft’s camera-based AI app solves your math problems
Microsoft has made several quirky and useful apps that can help you with daily problems and its new app seeks to help you ...
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LinkedIn: Blockchain beats AI and cloud computing for hottest skill in 2020
If you're a dev with blockchain skills in 2020, you're absolutely in hot demand. Take that, artificial intelligence programmers! ...
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The Xbox Series X won't have exclusive games at launch
An Xbox exec revealed today in an interview that the Series X, Microsoft's next-gen offering, won't have exclusive games ...
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Samsung and Microsoft launch a rugged walkie-talkie phone for $500
Samsung announced yesterday it's teaming up with Microsoft to bring a phone with walkie-talkie functionality, intended for ...
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Report: Skype audio recordings were reviewed in China with 'no security'
In the latest in a sadly lengthy series of companies misappropriating their capacity to listen to you, a new report reveals ...
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Microsoft's new message scanning tool can help identify sexual predators in chatrooms
For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual ...
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AMD cops to using a phony render of the Xbox Series X in its CES keynote
AMD gets egg on its face during its conference at the Consumer Electronics Show, as it showed off a beautiful render of a ...
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Here's what AI experts think will happen in 2020
It's been another great year for robots. We didn't quite figure out how to imbue them with human-level intelligence, but ...
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5 ways laptops should evolve over the next decade
Laptops have changed a lot in over the course of the past decade. The MacBook Air was once revolutionary, now it's just another ...
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2010 – 2019: The rise of deep learning
No other technology was more important over the past decade than artificial intelligence. Stanford's Andrew Ng called it ...
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2019 in gaming: Subscription services, controversy, store wars, and tragedy
Another year passes into time's dustbin -- and what a year it's been. For gamers, the year's been rife with controversies ...
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The Xbox Series X is backwards compatible. What about the PS5?
The Xbox Series X, Microsoft's entrant in the next-gen console war, will have thousands of games at launch thanks to the ...
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Microsoft wants devs to submit Chromium Edge add-ons ahead of its launch
Microsoft is now accepting developers' submissions of add-ons for its upcoming Chromium-based Edge browser, so as to extend ...
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Review: The Outer Worlds is an excellent RPG for classic sci-fi fans
When I first heard about The Outer Worlds I was overjoyed. Developer Obsidian Entertainment is among the most accomplished, ...
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[Best of 2019] 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 ...
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[Best of 2019] We finally know where Rick (from Rick and Morty) stands on the Intel vs AMD debate
The latest episode of Adult Swim's "Rick and Morty" gives us a gimplse at Rick's computer system — and it seems it's powered ...
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Everything we know about the Xbox Series X so far
Microsoft surprised the heck out of everyone when it revealed the name and look of its next-generation console at the Game ...
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Microsoft reveals the Xbox Series X, its next-gen console
Microsoft's Xbox Series X boasts powerful hardware for gaming in 8K, and up to 120fps - and it's coming as soon as next year. ...
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Microsoft redesigns over 100 icons, including the Windows logo
Microsoft announced its new Fluent Design system way back in 2017, but it's only recently that we've begun to see the new ...
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Microsoft will shut down Wunderlist on May 6, 2020
It's been a long time coming, but Microsoft is finally preparing to shut down Wunderlist. Over four years after the company ...
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Microsoft may release two Xbox consoles next year
A new reports suggests that, contrary to what Microsoft employees have been saying for months, there are two Xbox models ...
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Microsoft reveals how it caught mutating Monero mining malware with machine learning
Microsoft's antivirus division recently opened the bonnet on a mutating cryptocurrency miner and revealed how machine learning ...
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Xbox's Project Scarlett won't do VR because 'no one's asking for it'
Phil Spencer, Xbox head honcho, said in a recent interview that Microsoft has no plans to push Xbox Scarlett into the virtual ...
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Microsoft wants Xbox Scarlett to support cross-gen Play Anywhere
Xbox head Phil Spencer revealed at last week's X019 fan event that Microsoft intends for the Scarlett to support the Xbox ...
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Microsoft's killing the Cortana app in most markets next year
The latest blow to the world's greatest Halo shout-out, Microsoft revealed via support pages that it'll soon be shutting ...
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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 ...
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Microsoft wants to bring 64-bit apps to ARM laptops too
Microsoft has been pushing ARM compatibility in Windows hard the last few years. Case in point: The Surface Pro X - the company's fanciest new product of the year - runs on a custom ARM chip. But the architecture so common in our mobile devices has always been beleaguered by one issue ...
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Microsoft pledges to honor California's CCPA privacy law across the US
Microsoft has pledged to honor California's landmark digital privacy law — the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) — ...
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Apple's AR headset will reportedly arrive in 2022, its glasses in 2023
We've been hearing rumors Apple is working on some sort of augmented reality headset for ages, but today a report from The ...
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The Surface Pro X might be the most repairable tablet ever
Microsoft's been on something of a creative roll lately, but I'm not just talking about its influx of new hardware and crazy ...
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Microsoft is testing a smartphone-based AI system for driving license tests in India
Microsoft has partnered with a Regional Transport Office in the northern city of Dehradun India to roll out a smartphone-based system ...
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Scammers are now faking voicemail notifications to steal Office 365 login credentials
McAfee researchers have found a new phishing campaign that leverages fake voicemail messages to trick victims into stealing ...
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At just $700, LG's G8X is the cheapest high-end folding phone by far
While Samsung is busy making folding phones that scratch with a fingernail and Microsoft prepares a dual-screen phone that ...
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Microsoft rolls out first preview of Xbox-to-Android streaming
Microsoft today rolled the first preview of its Xbox Console streaming feature, meaning you can stream games from your Xbox ...
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Microsoft: Russian hackers are trying to derail the 2020 Summer Olympics
Fancy Bear has targeted at least 16 national and international sporting and anti-doping organizations ahead of 2020 Summer ...
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Amazon prepares to strike back after Microsoft wins $10B JEDI contract
Microsoft's been awarded the controversial Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract, a $10 billion planned ...
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Microsoft sweetens All Access with an Xbox Scarlett upgrade
Microsoft has upped its bid for console buyers' attention by adding a future upgrade to Xbox All Access. Now, not only can ...
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Microsoft is hawking controller clips for phones to prep you for Project xCloud
Ahead of the launch of its Project xCloud game streaming service, Microsoft has begun talking up a gaming accessory for smartphones. ...
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Amazon joins Facebook and Microsoft to fight deepfakes
Deepfakes have come across as serious problems this year and big companies are now paying attention. Amazon announced today ...
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Microsoft's open-source election software now has a bug bounty program
Microsoft has announced a bug bounty program for its open-source election software ElectionGuard with an aim to bolster election ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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Full moon patents: Self-repairing windshields and anti-jet lag headsets
Disney, Boeing, Microsoft, Amazon, and Ford have been busy.
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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) ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 -- ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Microsoft announces cloud gaming partnership with Sony
Microsoft and Sony, makers of the eternally-competing Xbox and PlayStation consoles, respectively, today announced they were ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Windows 10 gets a legit Linux kernel and a souped-up terminal app
Oh Satya, you are spoiling us.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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Microsoft just open-sourced the iconic Windows Calculator
Can you think of a more iconic piece of software?
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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New blockchain center opens in New York amid cryptocurrency market woes
The city of New York has a new Blockchain Center.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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: ...
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Microsoft Teams is growing ridiculously fast
Microsoft Teams will be the second-biggest chat app by 2020
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Mozilla is deeply concerned about Microsoft killing EdgeHTML
Monopolies are bad.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Skype finally gets call recording feature
Only 15 years after it was launched
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The $24 billion chatbot industry sucks because it needs better AI
In 2014, WIRED would profile a “boring” company called Slack beginning a media and venture-based obsession with bringing ...
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Experts throw shade on Australia's $750M investment in IBM blockchain tech
The Australian government has awarded IBM with a lucrative $750 million contract to develop blockchain and other related ...
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The Surface Book has an amazing feature no one's talking about: User upgradability
The Surface Book has one cool feature no-one is talking about: you can upgrade it to perform better by simply switching the ...
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Tempted to try Windows 10? New 'emulator' let's you do it without installing the OS
If you're an OS X user that's curious about Windows 10 -- or perhaps you're a Windows 7 or 8 user that keeps swatting away ...
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Age of Mythology just got its first new expansion in 13 years
One of the best real-time strategy games ever just got a big update.
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The ways people described computers in the 1990s are hilarious
In the 1990s, the internet was a hard-to-explain concept to people. Even though it's commonplace now, the idea of electronic ...
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Learn to crunch numbers with Microsoft’s best programs for under $30
Data analysis isn’t magic. And while it’s definitely not simple, those numbers are tameable...as you can learn with the ...
