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Microsoft in talks to acquire Discord for more than $10 billion: Report

Microsoft is in talks to buy messaging platform Discord for more than $10 billion, a report said, citing people familiar with the matter

Microsoft to allow more employees at its headquarters from March 29

Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would start allowing more employees to work from its headquarters in Redmond, Washington and nearby campuses from March 29

White House task force met to discuss Microsoft software weaknesses

The group, which met on Monday, "included private sector members for the first time" who were invited "based on their specific insights to this incident," she said

Microsoft starts rolling out Windows 10 update to fix printing issue

Microsoft has started rolling out the latest Windows 10 update to fix bug issue that has left users with a blue screen of death (BSOD) when they tried to use a printer.

Microsoft, chip-maker AMD bet big on confidential Cloud computing

Microsoft has announced to extend its confidential computing options available to Azure Cloud customers in partnership with chip-maker AMD.

Microsoft 365 services including Teams, Azure Cloud suffer global outage

Microsoft 365 services including the collaboration app Teams and Azure Cloud have suffered a major outage and the company said on Tuesday it was trying to bring the services back across

Microsoft rolls out recovery fix after thousands face access issues

Microsoft Corp said on Monday it was rolling out a fix worldwide to enable its services to recover after an update caused access issues for thousands of users, including those on workplace messaging

Microsoft says ransom-seeking hackers taking advantage of server flaws

The disclosure is the realization of worries that have been coursing through the security community for days

Microsoft ends support for original cross-platform Edge browser

Microsoft has ended support for its original cross-platform Edge browser, also called Legacy Edge, the company had launched as a replacement for Internet Explorer 11.

US hearing on tech dominance of news outlets will include Microsoft

A US panel focused on antitrust will hear from three witnesses who represent a range of news organisations with concerns about how big tech platforms like Facebook increasingly dominate their industry

Data privacy: Intel collaborates with Microsoft to tackle 'final frontier'

Intel has collaborated with Microsoft on Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency programme in the US, to tackle the final frontier in data privacy

European Banking Authority hit by Microsoft software hack attack

The rapidly escalating attack came months after the SolarWinds Corp. breaches by suspected Russian cyberattackers

Microsoft starts testing Chromium-powered Edge Browser on Xbox consoles

Microsoft has started testing its Chromium-powered Edge browser on the newly-launched Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Hackers breach thousands of Microsoft customers around the world

The rapidly escalating attack drew the concern of U.S. national security officials, in part because the hackers were able to hit so many victims so quickly.

White House says closely following Microsoft email breach by China hackers

The US government said it is closely following the breach of a Microsoft email application reportedly carried out by Chinese hackers, calling it an "active threat" with a "large number" of victims.

More than 20,000 US companies compromised through Microsoft flaw: Report

The hacking has already reached more places than all of the tainted code downloaded from SolarWinds Corp, the company at the heart of another massive hacking spree uncovered in December

This Microsoft app transcribes, translates group conversations in real-time

Named the Group Transcribe, the app lets people capture real-time collective meeting transcriptions using their smartphones, including in Hindi

Chinese hackers targeted groups via server software, says Microsoft

In a blog post, Microsoft said the hacking campaign made use of four previously undetected vulnerabilities in different versions of the software

Microsoft showcases HoloLens augmented reality version of Pokemon Go

Pokemon Go created ripples in the mobile gaming market and now, Microsoft has demonstrated the game running on its HoloLens 2 augmented reality (AR) headset.

Microsoft warns customers against new China cyber attack on exchange email

Microsoft has warned its customers against a new sophisticated cyber attack that has its origin in China and is primarily targeting on-premises 'Exchange Server' software of the tech giant