WIRED –TOM SIMONITE – 21 February, 2019 – IN DECEMBER, MICROSOFT President Brad Smith urged lawmakers to set rules on facial-recognition technology to prevent a privacy-threatening “race to the bottom.” Now the
(WIRED) – MICROSOFT IS BUYING a deep learning startup based in Montreal, a global hub for deep learning research. But two years ago, this startup wasn’t based in Montreal, and
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia has cut the price of its OZO virtual reality camera by 25 percent from its initial launch price, the Finnish company said on Thursday. Nokia, whose
(Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc <VZ.N> will announce an agreement on Monday to buy Yahoo Inc <YHOO.O> for about $5 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. The
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday said the U.S. government cannot force Microsoft Corp and other companies to turn over customer emails stored
(Reuters) – A senior executive of Alphabet Inc’s <GOOGL.O> Google unit said on Monday that the company was notifying customers of 4,000 state-sponsored cyber attacks per month. Speaking at a
ASPEN, Colo. (Reuters) – Magic Leap, a startup backed by technology powerhouses including Google and Alibaba that has raised more than $1.4 billion, has hired more than 600 employees and
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – U.S. biotech company Monsanto Co and Microsoft Corp announced on Monday a partnership to invest in agricultural technology startups in Brazil. Monsanto will join a Brazilian
(THE VERGE) – Microsoft is opening up its Windows Holographic operating system to virtual reality headset makers. At Computex today, Microsoft released a demo video of its vision of “mixed
By Jussi Rosendahl and Tuomas Forsell HELSINKI/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp <MSFT.O> announced more big cuts to its smartphone business on Wednesday, just two years after it bought handset
