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Microsoft, AICTE collaborate to skill students, educators
New Delhi: The All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE) has partnered with Microsoft to provide uninterrupted online learning to millions of students across the country and empower them with…
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Microsoft and Telstra partner to harness next-gen Cloud, IoT
San Francisco: Microsoft and Australias leading telecommunications company Telstra have extended their long-standing strategic partnership to harness new-age Internet of Things (IoT), Edge, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital twin technologies. Telstra…
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Oracle wins deal for TikTok US biz, Microsoft’s bid rejected
San Francisco: Bytedance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has chosen Cloud major Oracle over Microsoft to run its US operations as a ‘trusted tech partner’, multiple media reports revealed on Monday…
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Microsoft made hacking claims with TikTok deal in mind: Global Times
Beijing: After Microsoft said that hackers with ties to China, Russia and Iran are trying to snoop on people with the upcoming US presidential election, Chinese experts said that the…
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World
Charges, sanctions revive the specter of Russian interference
Washington: The Trump administration on Thursday charged a Russian national in a sweeping plot to sow distrust in the American political process and imposed sanctions against a Russia-linked Ukrainian lawmaker accused…
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Xbox Series X and S prices leaked, launch likely on Nov 10
San Francisco: Many gaming enthusiasts are finally heaving some sigh of relief as the latest leaks appear to confirm the prices of Microsoft’s much touted next-gen Xbox consoles, Xbox Series…
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Business
Walmart teams up with Microsoft for a deal to acquire TikTok
Washington: US retail giant Walmart has confirmed on Thursday (August 27) that it is teaming with Microsoft to strike a deal in acquiring TikTok’s US operations from Chinese owner ByteDance.…
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Microsoft adds English (India) and Hindi to its text language
Hyderabad: Microsoft India announced the addition of English (India) and Hindi to its Neural Text to Speech (Neural TTS) service language set. The two Indian languages are among the 15…
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Microsoft 365 apps to end Internet Explorer support next year
New Delhi: Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support Internet Explorer 11 (IE 11) by August 17 next year, the company has announced as it pushes people to install…
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Trump orders ByteDance to sell TikTok’s US biz in 90 days
Washington: US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to direct China-based ByteDance to sell its TikTok business in the US within 90 days. “There is credible evidence that leads…
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Microsoft Xbox Series X launch confirmed for November
San Francisco: The Xbox Series X, Microsofts next-generation game console, is set to make its official appearance in November, although there is no information on pricing yet. The Xbox Series X…
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Microsoft xCloud game streaming beta coming for users
San Francisco, Aug 11 : Microsoft is testing Project xCloud game streaming service for some time and the company has now announced to launch a new version of the Xbox…
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Microsoft to infuse $100 million in desi app ShareChat
New Delhi: Amid all the brouhaha over the Microsoft-TikTok deal talks, the Satya Nadella-run enterprise is all set to invest about $100 million in the home-grown regional language social media app…
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The US should get a large share of TikTok sale proceeds: Trump
New York: US President Donald Trump has said that the country should get a large percentage of the proceeds if part of the short video-sharing platform TikTok’s business is bought by…
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Microsoft Teams allows 20K participants, Cloud-based phone calling
New Delhi: Microsoft has announced that its video meet app will now limit the size of interactive meetings to 1,000 participants, with a seamless shift to a ‘view only mode…
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Microsoft to kill Cortana apps on iOS, Android in 2021
San Francisco: Microsoft has announced that it will discontinue the Cortana apps available on several platforms including Android, iOS and Harman Kardon Invoke speakers, along with first-gen Surface headphones, starting in…
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World
Microsoft confirms talks seeking to buy US arm of TikTok
New York: Microsoft confirmed Sunday it is in talks with Chinese company ByteDance to acquire the US arm of its popular video app TikTok and has discussed with President Donald…
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Will keep exploring TikTok purchase, says Microsoft
Washington D.C.: Microsoft is set to move quickly to pursue discussions with TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, in a matter of weeks, and in any event completing these discussions no later…
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World
Microsoft in advanced talks to buy TikTok’s US business
New York: Microsoft is in advanced talks to buy the US operations of TikTok, the popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns,…
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Microsoft tests hydrogen fuel cells to backup its Azure Cloud
New Delhi: Lowing its dependency on diesel-powered backup generators, Microsoft is testing hydrogen fuel cells for backup power at its data centres and the initial results are encouraging. In a worldwide…
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News
Hybrid new normal of work brings new challenges: Microsoft
New Delhi: As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to transform our daily lives, the Asia-Pacific region has accelerated an increase in overall technology adoption, realising a hybrid new normal of work…
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A hybrid new standard of work brings new challenges: Microsoft
New Delhi: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to transform our daily lives, the Asia-Pacific region has accelerated an increase in overall technology adoption, realizing a hybrid new normal of work that…
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Technology
Microsoft to shift Minecraft workloads of AWS Cloud to Azure
San Francisco: Popular video game Minecraft, which has over 126 million monthly users globally will stop using Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud and will shift its workloads to Azure Cloud from…
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Security flaw found in Windows DNS, Microsoft releases a patch.
New Delhi: Microsoft has released a patch after researchers from cybersecurity firm Check Point identified a critical security flaw in Windows DNS, the implementation of domain name system (DNS) services provided…
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Microsoft introduces new security technology to prevent data corruption
San Francisco: Microsoft has introduced a new platform security technology to prevent data corruption techniques being adopted by cybercriminals to target system security policy and tamper with data structures on Windows…
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Windows users annoyed at being forced to install Chromium Edge browser
New Delhi: Microsoft is apparently forcing Windows users to upgrade to its new Chromium Edge browser via automatic update and most of them are not just happy with the intrusion. Not…
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Microsoft acknowledges mails getting deleted from Windows 10 app
Washington: Gmail account holders using Windows 10 computing device and Microsoft’s Mail Application are in serious trouble as their mails are either getting deleted or shifted towards Spam folder. Once…
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Microsoft working on Android 11 update for Surface Duo: Report
San Francisco, June 21 (IANS) Microsoft is reportedly planning to launch its foldable smartphone Surface Duo in late July with Android 10 and would later update it to Android 11. Microsoft…
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World
Microsoft joins Amazon, IBM in pausing face scans for police
Washington: Microsoft has become the third big tech company this week to say it won’t sell its facial recognition software to police, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM. Microsoft’s…
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Microsoft employees urge Nadella to cancel contracts with police
SEATTLE: Several Microsoft employees have written a letter to CEO Satya Nadella, urging the company to cancel contracts with the Seattle Police Department (SPD) and other law enforcement agencies in…
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