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Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services.
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Security & FraudTwitter Accounts Of Bezos, Buffett, Musk And Others Apparently Victims Of ATO Crypto Scam
High-profile Twitter accounts, including those of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and others, were...
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HealthcareMicrosoft, Allscripts Dial Up Telehealth Growth
Microsoft and Chicago-based Allscripts are extending “their long-standing strategic alliance to enable the expanded development and delivery of cloud-based health IT solutions.”...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: Crypto Mining Encounters Are Down 40 Pct; Spanish Authorities Crack Down On Crypto Laundering Of $3.3M In Drug Money
Microsoft reported that digital currency mining encounters dropped 40 percent from 2018 to 2019, according to a report. The tech company noted...
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RetailMicrosoft To Shutter Brick-And-Mortar Stores In ‘Strategic Change’
Microsoft is shuttering brick-and-mortar locations as it unveils a “strategic change” in the way it runs its retail business. The technology firm’s...
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AppleMicrosoft Calls For Antitrust Reviews Of App Stores
Microsoft’s Brad Smith, taking a subtle hit at Apple’s App Store, called for regulators to look into possible antitrust violations over the...
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Consumer FinanceMicrosoft Expands Personal Finance Offerings With New ‘Money In Excel’ Product
Microsoft’s newest frontier may just be your household budgeting process. Microsoft is pushing deeper into personal finance, having just announced the launch...
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DeliveryThe Battle Over Logistics Heats Up, With Amazon In The Crosshairs
As more and more retail commerce is done online, the battle to get goods to doorsteps with haste is becoming ever more...
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DeliveryFedEx, Microsoft Team On Shipping Initiative
FedEx Corp. and Microsoft Corp. plan to launch a multi-year collaboration that they say will transform commerce by combining the transportation company’s...
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Digital BankingThe Race To The Cloud: Will Digital Banks Win?
Financial institutions (FIs) are feeling the pressure to offer increasingly personalized, digital-first services to keep customers satisfied. Crafting the seamlessness customers want...
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eCommerceMastercard’s Ethoca Delivers Digital Receipts In Expanded Microsoft Partnership
Customers of Microsoft can access digital purchase receipts through Canadian tech services firm Ethoca, a subsidiary of Mastercard, and its partnerships with...
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CoronavirusGates Foundation Will Fund Facilities To Make Coronavirus Vaccine
To support the creation of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, Bill Gates’ foundation will dedicate billions to back the building of...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsMicrosoft And Plaid Team Up On Financial Management Solution
Microsoft and Plaid have teamed up on the company’s new financial management offering, Money in Excel, the companies announced Monday (March 30)....
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AcquiringMicrosoft Buys 5G Cloud Provider Affirmed Networks
In purchasing Affirmed Networks, Microsoft is hoping to boost its commitment to highly advanced 5G networks going forward, according to a company...
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InvestmentsArkose Labs Notches $22M In Microsoft Venture Fund-Led Round
San Francisco-based fraud prevention technology firm Arkose Labs has raised an additional $22 million in Series B funding led by Microsoft’s venture...
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PersonnelBill Gates Quits Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway Boards To Focus On Charity
Multibillionaire Microsoft Corp. Founder Bill Gates announced Friday (March 13) that he’s stepping down from the boards of Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway...
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CoronavirusCoronavirus: Disneyland Closes, Stock Selloff Threatens Valuations Of Apple, Microsoft
The coronavirus could have far-reaching effects on the workplace, investing and tourism. Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus around the...
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BiometricsTech Firms Want Moderation, Not Bans, On Facial Recognition
Tech companies want to get ahead of the law when it comes to facial recognition, seeking to restrict its use but also making...
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BiometricsIBM, Vatican and Microsoft Team Up On AI, Facial Tech Regulation
Microsoft and IBM have teamed up with the Vatican to call for ethical and responsible use and regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) and...
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NewsToday In Payments: Coronavirus Decimates US Stock Market; Ex-Microsoft Engineer Guilty Of 18 Felonies
In today’s top news, the stock market takes its biggest hit since 2015 due to mounting fears over the coronavirus, and an...
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Security & FraudEx-Microsoft Engineer Guilty Of Pilfering $10M In eCurrency
A former Microsoft engineer was found guilty of 18 federal felonies after he stole $10 million worth of digital currency from his...
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NewsToday In Payments: German Leaders To Vote On eScooter Ban; Softbank Takes Hit In Quarterly Earnings
In today’s top news, Germany’s leaders will vote on the Road Traffic Act on Friday, which will determine the regulation of eScooters...
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PersonnelLinkedIn’s Jeff Weiner To Become Its Chairman, Resigns As CEO
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner announced that he is leaving his position on June 1 to become the executive chairman for the professional...
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Sizzle/FizzleBig Fizzle: MoviePass Passes Away
And so it all ends in disappointment, like the umpteenth installment of a Stallone or Schwarzenegger franchise. For MoviePass and its parent...
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EarningsMicrosoft Sees Azure Sales Surge 62 Percent
The digital transformation continues for technology giant Microsoft. The company said on Wednesday night that its fiscal second-quarter earnings grew on the...
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InvestmentsSamsung Leads $20M Investment In Smart Chatbot Platform Directly
Directly, a company focused on making chatbots more user-friendly and intelligent, has secured $20 million in a new round of financing led...
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Security & FraudAvast Antivirus Program Selling Private Browser Data
Antivirus program Avast was found to be selling user data to a number of huge companies, including Google, Microsoft and Pepsi. The...
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HealthcareMicrosoft Health Exec Calls For More Transparency Of Patient Data
Peter Lee, corporate vice president of Microsoft Healthcare, wants to make sure patients have access to their healthcare records. Lee, speaking with...
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DataHospitals’ Sharing Of Patient Data Extends To Other Big Tech Players
In the latest example of hospitals’ influence in the data economy, Microsoft and Amazon now have access to patient records. The deal,...
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Artificial IntelligenceAlphabet, Microsoft Disagree On EU’s Proposed Facial Recognition Ban
Microsoft President Brad Smith doesn’t agree with Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai’s backing of the EU’s call for a temporary ban on...
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AppleApple Makes $200M Acquisition In Race For AI Dominance
Apple shelled out $200 million for an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that makes smart devices smarter, topping bids by Microsoft, Amazon and...
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Security & FraudNSA Alerts Microsoft To Windows Security Flaw
In a move designed for public reassurance and transparency, the National Security Agency (NSA) will now be more forthright, sharing cybersecurity attacks...
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InnovationUS Patents Hit All-Time High In 2019
More patents were filed in the U.S. in 2019 than ever before – 333,530 were granted, 15 percent more than in 2018,...
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RetailPC Market Notches First Year Of Growth In Years
As Microsoft concludes its support for Windows 7 and companies need to upgrade their legacy devices, the PC market has reportedly had...
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RetailNRF Retail Show Highlights Importance Of Amazon, Data And Store Workers
Creativity and making better use of consumer data are among the early but big ideas to emerge from the ongoing NRF convention...
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Security & FraudMicrosoft Sues North Korean Firm For Cybertheft
Microsoft is suing a mysterious North Korean hacking group called Thallium for allegedly stealing sensitive information, according to reports. The suit targets...
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B2B PaymentsMicrosoft Teams With Yooz For AP Automation
Yooz, a company that provides a cloud-based purchase-to-pay automation solution for companies, has announced a partnership with Microsoft, according to a press...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: South China Province Aims To Accelerate Blockchain Industry; Microsoft Works On Incentive Program With Enjin
The Hainan Province in South China rolled out a series of measures to accelerate the blockchain space’s development, Xinhua reported. The measures will...
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RegulationMicrosoft Is ‘Strong Supporter’ Of California Consumer Privacy Act
Microsoft has promised to follow California’s privacy law throughout the United States after the regulation goes into effect on Jan. 1. The...
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B2B PaymentsMastercard Connects SMB Cardholders To Microsoft Tech
Mastercard is expanding its offering to small business cardholders in collaboration with Microsoft. In an announcement on Monday (Oct. 28), Mastercard said...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsCitizens Bank To Offer Consumer Financing For Microsoft’s Xbox All Access
Citizens Bank is partnering with Microsoft’s Xbox All Access program to offer 0 percent APR financing and integrated point of sale (POS)...
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InnovationMicrosoft Unveils Dual-Screen Smartphone, Tablet
Microsoft held its annual hardware event on Wednesday (Oct 2), and it introduced a slew of new products, including a dual screen...
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NewsTop News In Payments: SWIFT, Microsoft Team With BNY Mellon On Cloud Trial; Amazon Unveils Voice Interoperability Initiative
Today in the payments news roundup, SWIFT and Microsoft have teamed with Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) to finalize the...
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B2B PaymentsVirtual Assistants Join The Corporate Finance Team
Artificial intelligence adoption continues to grow in the corporate world, and as businesses look to broaden margins, save money and drive strategic...
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NewsTop News In Payments: Amex To Debut Pay With Bank Transfer; Microsoft Rolls Out Dynamics 365 Commerce
Today in the payments news roundup, American Express is rolling out a new Pay with Bank Transfer product to U.K. consumers. Also,...
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Faster PaymentsSWIFT Moves To The Cloud
SWIFT and Microsoft have partnered with Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) to finalize the trial of Cloud Connect, a new...
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RetailMicrosoft AI Tool Lets Retailers Track Shoppers’ Actions
Microsoft announced that it is launching two new software solutions to give traditional retailers the ability to track customers and improve service....
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eCommerceNew Microsoft Tool Lets Merchants Create Product Web Pages
Microsoft has released a new a new tool to help businesses manage their brands online, according to a report by CNBC. The...
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ANTITRUSTBill Gates Says No To Big Tech Breakup
Bill Gates isn’t in support of breaking up the biggest U.S. tech companies. That idea was introduced by U.S. Sen. and Democratic...
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Security & FraudFacebook Berated By Microsoft; Presses To Fight Tech Thieves
Microsoft President Brad Smith is concerned about how thieves are weaponizing tech, and he is berating Facebook for allowing it to fester...
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PersonnelFormer Head Of Apple’s Siri Signs On With Microsoft
Former Apple Siri leader Bill Stasior was named Microsoft corporate vice president of technology and will collaborate with Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott,...
