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Microsoft launches the first ever Asia-Pacific cybersecurity council

The aim is to build a strong communications channel for addressing cyber threats and sharing best practices across the participating countries

Shock divorce forces $50 bn Gates foundation to weigh changes, focus

There are signs change is coming to one of the world's most powerful philanthropic organisations.

SolarWinds hackers targeting 150 organisations with phishing: Microsoft

The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on US and foreign government agencies and think tanks this week using an email marketing account of the US Agency for International Development, Microsoft said. The effort targeted about 3,000 email accounts at more than 150 different organisations, at least a quarter of them involved in international development, humanitarian and human rights work, Microsoft Vice President Tom Burt said in a blog post late Thursday. It did not say what portion of the attempts may have led to successful intrusions. The cybersecurity firm Volexity, which also tracked the campaign but has less visibility into email systems than Microsoft, said in a post that relatively low detection rates of the phishing emails suggest the attacker was likely having some success in breaching targets. Burt said the campaign appeared to be a continuation of multiple efforts by the Russian hackers to .

Group behind SolarWinds hack now targetting govt agencies, NGOs: Microsoft

The group behind the SolarWinds cyber attack identified late last year is now targeting government agencies, think tanks, consultants, and non-governmental organizations, Microsoft Corp said

Microsoft brings Surface Laptop 4 to India starting at Rs 102,999

Aimed at the evolving needs of users in hybrid work environments, Microsoft India on Tuesday announced the general availability of Surface Laptop 4 for commercial and education customers.

China says ByteDance, Baidu, Microsoft improperly collected user data

China's internet watchdog said on Friday that companies including ByteDance, Baidu and Kuaishou had improperly collected user data.

Microsoft to retire iconic Internet Explorer browser on June 15, 2022

Microsoft has announced to retire its iconic Internet Explorer (IE) browser in June 2022, as it envisions the future of Internet Explorer, which was launched in 1995, on Windows 10 in Microsoft Edge

Microsoft will not launch lightweight and simplified Windows 10X

Microsoft has confirmed that it will not release a lightweight and simplified Windows 10X operating system.

Microsoft conducted probe on Bill Gates' involvement with employee

The board reviewed the matter and held a "thorough investigation" with the help of an external law firm, the software giant said

France embraces Google, Microsoft in quest to safeguard sensitive data

Google and Microsoft, along with market leader Amazon, dominate the realm of data storage worldwide, fuelling concerns in Europe over the risk of surveillance by the United States

Microsoft investigated Bill Gates' affair before he left the board: Report

Board members investigated the billionaire's prior romantic relationship with a female Microsoft employee that was deemed inappropriate, according to a report in WSJ

Microsoft board probed Gates in 2000 for relationship with employee: Report

The software giant had received a concern in 2019 that that Gates had tried to have an "intimate" relationship with an employee in 2000, Dow Jones cited a Microsoft spokesman as saying.

WhatsApp privacy policy not really a choice, limits functionality: experts

With time you won't be able to receive incoming calls or notifications and WhatsApp will stop sending messages and calls to your phone

Apple, Google, other tech giants join call for funding US chip production

A global chip shortage has hit automakers hard, with Ford Motor Co saying it could halve second-quarter production

Bill and Melinda Gates divorce: How $145 bn can be split between couple

The couple are also among the lar­gest landowners in the US and have homes inc­luding their 66,000-sqft mansion in Medina, Washin­gton

Bill Gates' holding company transfers $1.8 bn of equities to Melinda Gates

Melinda is now the beneficial owner of 14.1 million shares of Canadian National Railway Co. worth about $1.5 billion.

AWS leads $42 bn global Cloud services market in Q1, Microsoft follows

Amazon Web Services was the leading cloud service provider with 32% market share in Q1 2021, as cloud infrastructure services spending grew 35% to $41.8 bn in the first quarter

Google parent Alphabet sees record profit, plans $50-billion buyback

Microsoft profit soars amid surging cloud demand

Microsoft Teams now has 145 mn daily active users globally: Satya Nadella

Driven by online work and learning amid the ongoing pandemic, Microsoft Teams now have 145 million daily active users globally, almost double the number a year ago, CEO Satya Nadella informed

Microsoft sales grow on cloud strength, shares dip on heightened valuation

Net profit had included a favorable $620 million tax benefit from court rulings in India