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Google, Microsoft and Qualcomm protest Nvidia's acquisition of Arm

Alphabet Inc's Google, Microsoft Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. are among companies worried about the $40 billion deal and are urging antitrust officials to intervene

SolarWinds hack was 'largest and most sophisticated' ever - Microsoft prez

The hackers got access to emails at the U.S. Treasury, Justice and Commerce departments and other agencies

Microsoft unveils solution to help Indian firms with advanced hybrid cloud

Microsoft India on Thursday announced the availability of Azure Stack HCI, a new solution that allows customers to adopt a multi-cloud, multi-edge hybrid approach seamlessly. The solution combines the flexibility, scalability, and price-performance advantages of hyperconverged infrastructure with native Azure hybrid capabilities. Part of the Azure Stack portfolio, it provides organisations seamless access to Microsoft Azure for hybrid cloud scenarios across data centres, remote offices and cloud. Azure Stack HCI solutions will be available from 20 partners offering Microsoft-validated hardware systems. Microsoft India Chief Operating Officer Rajiv Sodhi said as organisations rebuild their businesses, an effective multi-cloud, multi-edge hybrid approach will be vital. He explained that this provides much-required agility, efficiency and resilience while staying compliant to regulations around data. For most large enterprises or highly regulated industries, a hybrid approach makes t

Microsoft approached Pinterest in recent months over potential deal: Report

A deal between the two companies would also have tested the Biden administration's appetite for allowing powerful technology companies to strike deals

Big tech needs clearer laws on online speech: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

In the past several years, antitrust regulators have ramped up investigations into the market power of large technology companies

Microsoft Word's dark mode will now be darker, update roll out soon

Currently, Word has a dark mode that modifies the ribbon and toolbars, but the canvas stays bright white.

Jeff Bezos walks through a one-way door, opening a new age for Amazon

Amazon founder will now be executive chairman and hand over CEO role to Jassy later this year

Microsoft supports Australian plan to make Google pay for news content

Although Bing is Australia's second most popular search engine, it has only a 3.6 per cent market share, according to web analytics service Statcounter

Microsoft backs Australia's proposed media laws targeting Google, Facebook

Both Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook have called the laws unworkable and said last month they would withdraw key services from Australia if the regulations went ahead

Firms with digital tech going to be more resilient against Covid: Nadella

The Microsoft CEO said the coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally accelerated, what was going to be a decade long process of digital transformation disseminated across industries

Microsoft sales climb 17%, lifted by robust cloud demand; stock jumps

Microsoft shares climbed about 3.1 per cent in premarket trading in New York on Wednesday, as it continued to surpass record highs

S&P, Dow slide after Boeing results; Nasdaq fall cushioned by Microsoft

(Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Dow fell sharply on Wednesday after planemaker Boeing reported a record annual loss, while declines on the Nasdaq were offset by upbeat results from Microsoft.

200 million students, educators rely on our education products: Nadella

Speaking to analysts during the company's Q2 2021 earnings call, Nadella said that in AI, the company offers the most comprehensive portfolio of tools, frameworks and infrastructure

Microsoft surpasses $5bn in gaming revenue for the first time: Nadella

Microsoft has surpassed $5 billion in gaming revenue for the first time in the quarter that ended on December 31, CEO Satya Nadella has revealed.

Microsoft logs 17% revenue growth at $43.1 billion riding on cloud business

Revenue in Intelligent Cloud was $14.6 billion and increased 23 per cent (on-year)

GM teams up with Microsoft to accelerate rollout of self-driving cars

Microsoft's Azure cloud and edge computing platform would be used to "commercialise its unique autonomous vehicle solutions at scale."

About 60% restoration work done at Wistron unit: Karnataka labour minister

Says priority is to restart plant within 2-3 weeks, make sure all workers get back to work. Confirms all staff dues have been cleared by company

FB, Google, Microsoft halt political contributions after US Capitol riot

Facebook, Google and Microsoft have announced that they were freezing political contributions from their political action committees in the wake of riot in the US Capitol by Trump's supporters

IIT Delhi students get nearly 1,000 offers in phase 1 of placement season

More than 20 selections for international profiles have been confirmed up to now

M-cap of top 7 global tech stocks surged 61% last year, shows data

Apple alone commands a market cap of over $2.2 trillion, which is more than GDP of several countries, such as Brazil, Italy, Canada, and Russia