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Microsoft Network Outage Impacts Teams, Outlook, XBox for Users Worldwide
Microsoft says it’s investigating problems with its online services including its Teams messaging platform and Outlook email system after users around the world reported outages.
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Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen's Art Collection Sells for Record $1.6 Billion
Works by artists including Cézanne, Seurat, and van Gogh sold for a record-breaking $1.6 billion
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Netflix Inches Closer to Ad-Backed Video Service With Microsoft Deal
Netflix has picked Microsoft to help deliver the commercials in a cheaper version of its video streaming service expected to launch later this year with a pledge to minimize the intrusions into personal privacy that often accompany digital ads.
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So Long, Internet Explorer. The Browser Retires Today
As of Wednesday, June 15, 2022, Microsoft will no longer support the once-dominant browser that legions of web surfers loved to hate and a few still claim to adore
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10 P.M. Is the New Hottest Time To Get Work Done
Microsoft’s Work Trend Index shows that people are in 252% more meetings per week compared to pre-pandemic, and there’s less time in the workday to get things done. Between that and flexible workdays to allow for childcare, many remote workers sign on late at night to get things done, says Dr. Shamsi Iqbal, principal researcher at Microsoft.
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These Corporations Have Pledged to Help Employees Obtain Abortions When States Restrict Them
Here’s where companies stand in helping employees navigate abortion restrictions.
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Russian Hacks Often Accompany Ukraine Attacks, Microsoft Says
Microsoft says cyberattacks by state-backed Russian hackers have destroyed data across dozens of organizations in Ukraine and produced a “chaotic information environment.”
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Microsoft Discloses Malware Attack on Ukraine Govt Networks
Microsoft says dozens of computer systems at an unspecified number of Ukrainian government agencies have been infected with destructive malware disguised as ransomware
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Russian-Backed Hackers Continue to Attack Cloud Services, Microsoft Says
Microsoft says the same Russia-backed hackers responsible for the 2020 SolarWinds breach continue to attack the global supply chain and have been targeting cloud service resellers and others
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Microsoft Shutting Down LinkedIn App in China Amid Scrutiny
Microsoft says it is shutting down its main LinkedIn app in China later this year following tighter government rules on internet companies
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Microsoft Exchange Hack Caused by China, US and Allies Say
The Biden administration is blaming China for a hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software that compromised tens of thousands of computers around the world earlier this year
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Microsoft Exec: Federal Law Enforcement's Secret Targeting of Americans' Data ‘Routine'
The relationship between law enforcement and Big Tech has drawn scrutiny recently after the revelation that federal prosecutors obtained phone records belonging to journalists and members of Congress
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Microsoft Says “Tank Man” Image Blocking Due to Human Error
Microsoft Corp. blamed “accidental human error” for its Bing search engine briefly not showing image results for the search term “tank man” on the anniversary of the bloody military crackdown in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989
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Microsoft Reportedly Investigated Gates Over Alleged Affair With Employee Before He Left Board
Board members at Microsoft Corp. made a decision in 2020 that it wasn’t appropriate for its co-founder Bill Gates to continue sitting on its board as they conducted a probe into the billionaire’s prior romantic relationship with a female Microsoft employee that was deemed inappropriate, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal
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Why a Decentralized Web Makes a Lot of Sense
The current structure of the Internet is not what the original designers intended. Here’s a few good reasons why going to a Decentralized web makes sense.
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Bill and Melinda Gates Say They Are Ending Their Marriage
The pair released a statement on Twitter saying they had made the decision to end their marriage after 27 years.
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These Are the Companies Taking a Stand on the U.S. Capitol Siege by Pulling Their Political Donations
A growing segment of corporate America’s biggest names have denounced last week’s storming of the U.S. Capitol by devotees of President Donald Trump who sought to overturn Joe Biden’s election as president, with many saying they will halt or suspend political donations.
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Microsoft Says Hackers Viewed Source Code, Didn't Change It
Microsoft said Thursday in a blog post that hackers tied to a massive intrusion of dozens of U.S. government agencies and private companies sneaked further into its systems than previously thought, although the intrusion doesn’t appear to have caused any additional harm
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Microsoft Attempts Takedown of Global Criminal Botnet
Microsoft says it has taken legal action seeking to disrupt a major cybercrime digital network that uses more than 1 million zombie computers to loot bank accounts and spread ransomware
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Now Boarding: A Trip Anywhere in Microsoft Flight Simulator's Virtual World
In addition to a wide variety of airplanes to pilot, the new Microsoft Flight Simulator offers what is generally agreed to be the most realistic and complete digital representation of the world that has ever been made available to the public, NBC News reports. It includes 1.5 billion rendered buildings and enough data to fill 1.7 million DVDs. For digital...