The United States on Monday accused Beijing of carrying out the cyber attack on Microsoft and charged four Chinese nationals over the 'malicious' hack in March.
Microsoft said that as of June 15, 2022 Internet Explorer will be retired and no longer be supported by the company.
The latest news could have major repercussions for the tech founder who has cultivated an image as one of the world's most dedicated philanthropists.
This has raised questions over how they will split their $130 billion joint fortune and the direction of one of the world's most powerful charity organisations.
The measures are said to target paid and political advertising as well as content shared by users.
The US technology stalwart reported net income of $15.5 billion in the final three months of last year, a 33% jump from the same period in pre-pandemic 2019.
With pre-orders pointing to a record launch, market leader Sony is counting on big-ticket exclusive games like 'Spider-Man: Miles Morales' to keep the edge over its US challenger.
The PlayStation 5 will enter a head-to-head battle with rival Microsoft's new Xbox, released two days earlier, with both hoping to capture the market in the run-up to Christmas.
TikTok has been at the centre of a diplomatic storm between Washington and Beijing, and President Donald Trump has given Americans a deadline to stop doing business with TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance - effectively compelling a sale of the app to a US company.
Internet Explorer debuted in 1995 as part of Windows 95 and became an instant hit.
Trump has given Microsoft until Sept. 15 to put together a blueprint for an acquisition that safeguards the personal data of Americans stored on the short-video app, and he has issued an order to ban it if there is no deal by then.
US law states that presidential decisions blocking deals on national security grounds are not subject to judicial reviews. However, a legal challenge is possible under the fifth amendment of the US Constitution.
The turnaround came after Trump on Friday said he was planning to ban the Chinese-owned video app’s US operations as soon as Saturday after dismissing a possible sale to Microsoft.
TikTok, popular in the United States and widely used by young people who create, share and watch short videos on the platform - is the latest target in a wide-ranging trade war between Beijing and Washington.
Trump said on Friday he was planning to ban TikTok amid concerns that its Chinese ownership represents a national security risk.
The Vatican’s initiative grew out of concerns that Pope Francis raised about AI and its effect on society more than a year ago, according to John Kelly III, executive vice president of IBM and one of the signatories.
At a presentation late Thursday at The Game Awards 2019, Microsoft showed off the tower-like new console for the first time and also unveiled a new wireless controller.
Credited with laying the groundwork for the web - the universe of multimedia webpages accessible via the internet - in 1989, the computer scientist has since last year been developing the so-called Contract for the Web.
