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Hurun's rich list 2020: Here are the top 10 richest people in the world

Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, retains the top spot on the list with $140 billion net worth, down $7 billion from last year, mainly due to the world's largest divorce settlement

Microsoft Surface Pro X review: A costly Windows 10 device from the future

The Microsoft Surface Pro X is a one-of-its-kind device that blends Windows 10 with ARM chip. Does it work? Let's find out

Microsoft to resume optional Windows 10 non-security updates from July

Microsoft paused these optional non-security update releases (also referred to as 'C' and 'D' releases) for all supported versions of Windows client and Windows Server in March

Indian IT firms strengthen Cloud practice as digital adoption picks up

Companies are tying up with Cloud platform firms, ramping up internal team of specialists

Microsoft Surface Duo smartphone with dual-screen design may launch in July

Unveiled in 2019, the Microsoft Surface Duo is expected to come with mid-range specs, including the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC, 6GB RAM, and either 64GB or 256GB of storage

Big tech's behind-the-scenes bets get bigger as Covid-19 slows economy

Many companies are retreating. But Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are placing bets to get even bigger

Data protection Bill panel seeks FB, Microsoft, Assocham, Nasscom views

The JPC had sought suggestions on the Bill from people and organisations on the proposed legislation in January

After IBM & Amazon, Microsoft stops selling face recognition tech to police

Microsoft's president and chief counsel, Brad Smith, announced the decision and called on Congress to regulate the technology during a Washington Post video event on Thursday

Microsoft's VC arm M12 opens India office in Bengaluru, to focus on B2B

M12 seeks to invest in disruptive enterprise software start-ups in Series-A through C funding stages, targeting both local and cross-border solutions

Microsoft rolls out Chromium Edge browser for all Windows 10 users

The Chromium-based Edge browser provides best-in-class compatibility with extensions and websites

Microsoft Teams video calls likely to show 49 participants in gallery view

Cisco's enterprise-centric conference and video call platform WebEx shows up to 25 participants. Google Hangouts for G Suite shows up to 25 people on a video call

The corona deals

The pandemic will hurry the closure of brands and businesses that would have gone into gradual decline. Wait then for more deals to be announced in media and entertainment

Cook, Nadella and Pichai stand together in support of racial equality

Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, said the company has decided to share its support for racial equality in solidarity with the black community on Google and YouTube homepages in the US.

Have empathy for those who are scared: Nadella condemns George Floyd death

In a note to Microsoft employees, Nadella said that every-day racism, bias, and hatred in the news today is not new

Are we over-celebrating 'work from home'?

The Microsoft top boss feels that the increase in productivity has come at the price of burning the 'social capital' built up by companies over very many years

India among Houseparty's top ten markets, won't monetise user data for ads

Houseparty began picking up in India and globally in the last three months since lockdowns in most parts of the world forced people to stay at home.

Slack threatens Microsoft's entire Office 365 empire: CEO Butterfield

In a different universe where Slack is incredibly successful over the next two years and 98% of knowledge workers use Slack, says CEO Stewart Butterfield

Microsoft says it will invest in Skype despite success with Teams app

Microsoft Teams registered a new daily record of 2.7 billion meeting minutes in a single day on March 31 - 200 per cent increase from 900 million on March 16

Microsoft launches Surface Hub 2S digital collaboration device in India

The all-in-one digital whiteboard, meeting platform, and teamwork collaborative computing device is priced at Rs 11,89,999, which includes a Surface Hub 2 Camera and and a Surface Hub 2 Pen

Microsoft's Project Reunion to unify Win32, UWP apps development process

Project Reunion expands company's effort to make it easier to build a great Windows apps, the company announced during its Build 2020 conference