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TikTok rejects Microsoft buyout offer, Oracle sole remaining bidder
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...
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Microsoft 365 apps to end Internet Explorer support in 2021
Internet Explorer debuted in 1995 as part of Windows 95 and became an instant hit.
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Microsoft faces complex technical challenges in TikTok carveout
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.
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Trump's bid for a piece of Microsoft-TikTok deal could spur legal action
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.
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Trump: US should get 'substantial portion' of TikTok operations sale price
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.
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TikTok parent working flat out for 'best outcome' - report
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.
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Trump gives Microsoft 45 days to clinch TikTok deal
Trump said on Friday he was planning to ban TikTok amid concerns that its Chinese ownership represents a national security risk.
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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, executive vice president of IBM and one of the signatories.
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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.
