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Pope to endorse principles on AI ethics with Microsoft, IBM
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,...
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Microsoft unveils Xbox Series X as console war heats up
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.
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Web inventor Berners-Lee launches plan to stop internet abuse
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.
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Amazon challenges Pentagon's $10-billion cloud award to Microsoft
President Donald Trump has long criticised Amazon and its founder Jeff Bezos.
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Virus-packed laptop sells as artwork for over $1.3m
The six trojans, worms and malware loaded on it have caused at least $95 billion in damage around the world, according to Chinese artist Guo O Dong.
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Tech giants vow to step up fight against online extremism
Executives from Google, Twitter, Facebook and Microsoft met with the leaders of France, New Zealand and other countries in Paris to unveil the "Christchurch Call" of voluntary commitments for online platforms.
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Microsoft hails revamped goggles as more immersive and easy to wear
Slipping on the carbon fibre goggles is as 'simple as putting on your favourite hat,' Microsoft developer Alex Kipman told a launch event at the mobile industry’s biggest trade fair in Barcelona.
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Big week for Big Tech as quarterly earnings loom
Big Tech firms face a critical test in the coming days with quarterly updates that may offer clues on whether the world’s largest companies are seeing growth or retrenchment ahead.
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Microsoft 'waiting to find out' why Bing went offline in China
The US firm's Chinese website, cn.bing.com, was accessible again late Thursday, one day after it suddenly went offline, temporarily taking away the most prominent foreign search engine in China.
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Microsoft's Bing blocked in China: FT report
China Unicom, one of China's major state-owned telecommunication companies, confirmed the government had ordered a block on Bing, the FT said citing a source.
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Video game action heads for the cloud
Video game titan EA this week laid out a vision of streaming video games enhanced with artificial intelligence to create 'living, breathing worlds that constantly evolve.'
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Russian hackers targeted US conservative think-tanks, says Microsoft
The software giant said it thwarted the attempts last week by taking control of sites that hackers had designed to mimic the pages of The International Republican Institute and The Hudson Institute.
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Microsoft says security patches slowing down PCs, servers
Microsoft also said that security updates froze some computers using chipsets from Intel rival AMD, dragging AMD’s shares down nearly 4%
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Kaspersky Lab to withdraw Microsoft antitrust complaints
Kaspersky Lab accused Microsoft of abusing its dominance in the PC market to unfairly harm third-party antivirus providers.
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How the last 10 years of business changed everything
Businesses today need to move fast not just to gain advantage over their rivals but in a bid for survival.
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US tech firms file legal brief opposing Trump's immigration ban
Trump's temporary immigration ban, the most contentious policy move of his first two weeks in offices, faces crucial legal hurdles.
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Microsoft's market value tops $500 billion again after 17 years
Microsoft Corp's market capitalization topped $500 billion for the first time since 2000 on Friday.
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Microsoft says Russia-linked hackers exploiting Windows flaw
The software maker said in an advisory on its website there had been a small number of attacks using "spear phishing" emails.
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Microsoft launches first desktop, Windows update with 3D features
Sales for Microsoft's computing business have declined since 2015.
