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Report: Microsoft to Face EU Antitrust Investigation of Office

Reuters reports that EU antitrust regulators will soon launch a formal antitrust investigation of Microsoft…

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Xbox Exec Thought Microsoft Could “Go Spend Sony Out of Business”

Head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty said in an email from 2019 that Microsoft…

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Satya Nadella Talks Microsoft and AI

In an interview with Freakonomics Radio, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discusses Microsoft sudden dash to…

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The FTC Doesn’t Understand Its Role in Antitrust (Premium)

I've already made the case for why the U.S Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is wrong…

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Microsoft Store Now Offers Replacement Components for Surface Devices

Starting today, Microsoft is now offering replacement components for Surface devices in its Microsoft Store…

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Ruling Speeds the Resolution of Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard

A federal court ruling will allow Microsoft and Activision Blizzard to argue their case in…

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Online Identities, Passwords, and Passkeys, Oh My (Premium)

I've been using a Google Workspace [email protected] my primary online identity since before we launched…

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Adobe, Microsoft Make Separate Generative AI Pledges

Adobe and Microsoft have separately announced that they will help protect users of their generative…

Developer keynote speakers from Apple WWDC, Google I/O, and Microsoft Build 2023
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Developer Story (Premium)

Apple's developer story contrasts sharply with the visions and solutions offered by Google and Microsoft.…

FTC Fines Microsoft $20 Million for Illegally Collecting Kids’ Xbox Data

The US FTC has fined Microsoft $20 million for illegally collecting personal information from kids…

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What Happened? (Premium)

Yesterday's Build 2023 keynote appearance by Windows lead Panos Panay was surprisingly flat, but it…

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Microsoft Appeals UK Decision in Activision Blizzard Acquisition

One month after the UK CMA stunned the world by blocking Microsoft's acquisition of Activision…

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Build 2023: Microsoft Again Makes the Case for Windows to Developers

For the past several years, Microsoft has done what it can to make Windows the…

Build 2023: Microsoft Unleashes an AI Tsunami for Developers, Customers

Not surprisingly, AI is the focus on this year's Build conference, and Microsoft has a…

Microsoft Wins Legal Victory in So-Called Gamers’ Lawsuit

Among the least daunting of Microsoft's challenges in acquiring Activision Blizzard is a spurious "gamers'…

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Microsoft, AI, and Ethics (Premium)

On the eve of Build 2023, it's perhaps useful to examine the ethics of Microsoft's…

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