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Elon Musk calls Gates underwhelming as Microsoft founder buys a Porsche

Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Corp., spoke with a YouTube influencer last week about the challenges of reducing emissions to slow climate change

GitHub sets up India unit, plans to engage with developers and enterprises

India is home to GitHub's third largest community of developers, growing 22 per cent over the last year

US court grants Amazon motion for pause in Microsoft's Pentagon deal

The Pentagon, which had planned to start work on the contract on Friday, said it was disappointed in the ruling.

Microsoft boss Satya Nadella to visit India later this month: Report

Nadella is planning to be in India between Feb. 24 and Feb.26 and will likely visit New Delhi, tech hub Bengaluru and the financial capital Mumbai

Top headlines: Mainak quits as CARE Ratings chief, Nadella's India visit

From Satya Nadella's India visit later this month to analysts' take on consumption stocks, Business Standard brings you the top headlines of the day

Religion, politics spark uncivil online conversations in India: Survey

According to a report by Microsoft, topics like sexual orientation (40 per cent), religion (39 per cent) and politics (37 per cent) drove incivility the most in online conversations in India

Amazon wants to depose Trump over loss of $10 bn military contract

The Pentagon awarded the cloud computing project to Microsoft in October

Plastic fantastic: Visa, Mastercard could be the next $1 trillion companies

Stock prices of both Visa and Mastercard have gained roughly 50 per cent in the past year.

Microsoft says improving sales led to 38% rise in profits in Dec quarter

The earnings highlighted Microsoft's successful transition from a pure consumer software firm to a diversified tech giant focused heavily on business services.

Amazon asks court to pause Microsoft's work on $10-bn Pentagon contract

Amazon blames Donald Trump for bias against the company and for improperly pressuring the Pentagon in the cloud computing contract.

Best of BS Opinion: Satya Nadella's remarks on CAA, Budget 2020, and more

Was Satya Nadella right to pass an opinion on the Citizenship Amendment Act? The opinion pages tackle several issues

Alphabet hits a milestone, joins Apple and Microsoft in the $1 trn club

With the gain, Alphabet became the newest member of an elite club to trade with the historic 13-digit market capitalisation

Clear and present danger

Some innovations succeed to the point of redefining the problem they tackle

Amazon's cloud-computing empire faces threat from edge of the network

Cloud computing has done more to fuel Amazon's earnings in recent years than its e-commerce business

Amazon challenges Pentagon's $10-billion cloud deal with Microsoft

The 10-year contract for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program will see all military branches sharing information in a system boosted by artificial intelligence

Stock up: Google-parent Alphabet joins $1 trillion valuation club

Shares of the Internet search giant are up nearly 17% over the last three months, outpacing a broader rally in the S&P 500 index over the same period by 6 percentage points.

More modern immigration

Microsoft CEO's remarks on CAA should be a wake-up call

Microsoft's Windows 7 is officially dead: Here's what you must do next

Starting Wednesday, a full-screen notification will appear for Windows 7 users, warning them about the end of support

Microsoft hunts for unicorns in tier 2 cities in India, selects 54 startups

The tech giant's 'Highway to a Hundred Unicorns' startup programme has selected 54 startups from Tier 2 cities, who would get access to a host of business and tech benefits

Microsoft chooses 54 startups to strengthen ecosystem in Tier 2 cities

Highway to a Hundred Unicorns, the Microsoft for Startups initiative, works closely with local governments to strengthen the startup ecosystem in each state