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After Facebook, Microsoft is building tool to spot bias in AI algorithms
The issue of bias will become crucial as more customers make use of these algorithms to take important decisions
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Microsoft bans cryptocurrency ads on Bing; calls it a risk for its users
Bing Ads will implement this change globally in June, with enforcement rolling out in late June to early July
Microsoft tries a new role: Moral leader
It has come a long way from being portrayed a corporate predator
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On BJP member's complaint, Microsoft auditing KPMG's anti-piracy India work
Vinit Goenka complained to both companies that a KPMG employee "barged in" to his Mumbai recruitment firm without an appointment to check its software
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US seeks end to Supreme Court privacy fight with Microsoft on overseas data
Some justices urged Congress to pass a law to resolve the matter
Microsoft opens a Garage with a difference, plans region specific products
The Hyderabad Garage will collaborate with teams in Silicon Valley, Redmond, Vancouver, Washington, New England, Israel and Beijing
Microsoft announces $500 million programme for growth of start-ups
Among the most successful incubates of Microsoft's accelerator programme in India is health and fitness start-up HealthifyMe
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Microsoft says it's true: Cat videos, mails and tweets distract employees
A survey from Microsoft Corp is bolstering one theory about this disconnect
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Microsoft introduces AI for real-time translation in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil
The Microsoft Translator app in Android and iOS can recognise and translate languages from text, speech and even photos
Now, Skype users can chat with Microsoft's digital assistant Cortana
The update to integrate Cortana with Skype was announced more than a year-and-half ago
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Microsoft donates $1 bn in Cloud services for 90,000 non-profit orgs
As part of the programme, the company has donated a significant sum in Cloud services in India too, it said in a statement
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Microsoft, Amazon collaborate to integrate Cortana, Alexa capabilities
The partnership will allow people to summon Cortana using Alexa, and vice versa, by end of the year
Microsoft announces Project Brainwave for real-time artificial intelligence
The system processes requests as fast as it receives them
Microsoft using lawyers to tackle top Russian hacking group
Microsoft has used the lawsuit to wrest control of 70 different command-and-control points
India is a great place for innovation: Microsoft
Fitzpatrick said she really enjoyed watching India become a global force
Microsoft may lay off again as it focuses on cloud-computing products
The layoffs announced in July 2016, which targeted 2,850 cuts included 900 employees of sales group
India presses Microsoft for Windows discount in wake of cyber attacks
Roughly 96% of an estimated 57 million computers in India currently run on Windows
Microsoft, Intel invest in artificial intelligence start-up Element AI
It's a platform to help companies of all sizes build AI into their businesses, has raised $102 mn
Microsoft signs agreement to acquire Israeli security firm Hexadite
With Hexadite, Windows Defender will include endpoint security automated remediation
Microsoft releases 'Face Swap' app for Android
Face Swap app will let users stick their faces onto different scenes and characters
