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200 million students, educators rely on our education products: Nadella
Speaking to analysts during the company's Q2 2021 earnings call, Nadella said that in AI, the company offers the most comprehensive portfolio of tools, frameworks and infrastructure
 "200 million students, educators rely on our education products: Nadella")
Microsoft surpasses $5bn in gaming revenue for the first time: Nadella
Microsoft has surpassed $5 billion in gaming revenue for the first time in the quarter that ended on December 31, CEO Satya Nadella has revealed.
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Microsoft logs 17% revenue growth at $43.1 billion riding on cloud business
Revenue in Intelligent Cloud was $14.6 billion and increased 23 per cent (on-year)
 "Microsoft logs 17% revenue growth at $43.1 billion riding on cloud business")
GM teams up with Microsoft to accelerate rollout of self-driving cars
Microsoft's Azure cloud and edge computing platform would be used to "commercialise its unique autonomous vehicle solutions at scale."
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About 60% restoration work done at Wistron unit: Karnataka labour minister
Says priority is to restart plant within 2-3 weeks, make sure all workers get back to work. Confirms all staff dues have been cleared by company
 "About 60% restoration work done at Wistron unit: Karnataka labour minister")
FB, Google, Microsoft halt political contributions after US Capitol riot
Facebook, Google and Microsoft have announced that they were freezing political contributions from their political action committees in the wake of riot in the US Capitol by Trump's supporters
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IIT Delhi students get nearly 1,000 offers in phase 1 of placement season
More than 20 selections for international profiles have been confirmed up to now
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M-cap of top 7 global tech stocks surged 61% last year, shows data
Apple alone commands a market cap of over $2.2 trillion, which is more than GDP of several countries, such as Brazil, Italy, Canada, and Russia
 "M-cap of top 7 global tech stocks surged 61% last year, shows data")
Bill Gates hails India for scientific innovation, Covid vaccine production
US business magnate, philanthropist, and co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates on Tuesday applauded India's effort in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic
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Microsoft says hackers viewed source code, could not make changes to it
Microsoft said in a blog post that hackers tied to a massive intrusion of dozens of US government agencies and private companies snuck farther into its systems than previously thought
This former Facebook India head finds his sweet spot in vernacular content
Umang Bedi's firm VerSe capitalised on the ban on Chinese apps by launching 'Josh', which claims to have over 77 million monthly active users, 36 million daily users ad 1.5 billion video plays a day
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How vernacular platform Dailyhunt plans to take on Facebook in Bharat
The vernacular platform's parent VerSe has become a unicorn after over $100 mn funding from Google, Microsoft and others
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Indian TikTok clone gets Google, Microsoft backing in $100 mn fund raise
This comes months after the Chinese-owned short-video app was banned in the country
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Microsoft, Google, Dell join FB in legal battle against hacking company NSO
Tech giants including Microsoft and Google on joined Facebook's legal battle against hacking company NSO, filing a brief that warned that the Israeli firm's tools were "powerful, and dangerous"
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Microsoft announces 'together mode' viewing option for Skype: Report
'Together mode' is a viewing option that makes it appear as if all meeting participants are located in the same physically shared space instead of via a traditional grid view.
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iPhone maker Wistron agrees to lapses in payment of wages, sacks India VP
Assures that all workers will be fully compensated immediately
Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems from SolarWinds
Microsoft also had its own products leveraged to attack victims, said people familiar with the matter
US nuclear agency, three states, Microsoft attacked by Russian hackers
The hack of the nuclear agency was reported earlier by Politico. Microsoft spokesman said the company had found malicious code in its environment
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Amazon asks US judge to toss out $10 bn cloud contract award to Microsoft
Amazon urged a US judge to toss out the $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract award after a court-ordered re-evaluation determined Microsoft's proposal still represented the best value
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Tech overhaul via public-private partnership will hasten recovery: Nadella
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is of the view that technology is going to be an exponential change
