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Microsoft unveils Project Scarlett, the next-gen Xbox: All you need to know

The device will be four times more powerful than the Xbox One X console

Microsoft edges toward $1 trillion valuation, boosted by cloud business

Microsoft shares rose as much as 5.1 per cent Thursday morning in New York, briefly pushing its valuation across $1 trillion before pulling back slightly.

Microsoft tops $1 trillion after strong Q3 earnings, cloud growth forecast

Microsoft shares rose 4.4 per cent to $130.54 in late trading after the forecast issued on a conference call with investors, pushing the company ahead of Apple Inc's $980 billion market capitalisation

Didn't sign up for this: Microsoft workers protest $480 mn US Army contract

Microsoft won a contract in November to supply the Army with at least 2,500 prototypes of augmented reality headsets, which digitally display contextual information in front of a user's eyes

Need principles that can govern Artificial Intelligence, says Satya Nadella

At Microsoft, we had to build software that was safe by design. The same now applies to AI, he added

Microsoft accelerates AI for health, education, agriculture, and business

It has already seen the potential of some of these, roping in over 700 business establishments and government organisations who are already using its AI solutions to solve their unique problems

Microsoft seeks to restrict abuse of its AI-based facial recognition tech

Despite steaming ahead with the self-imposed rules, the company said industrywide regulation is necessary

Microsoft pledges $500 mn to boost affordable housing in Seattle area

Microsoft was only a few years old when it moved from New Mexico to the Seattle area city of Bellevue in 1979, and now has its headquarters in nearby Redmond

Microsoft rides past Apple as most valuable US company with $753-bn m-cap

Apple, which became the first $1-trillion US company in August, came down to $746.8 billion on Friday

Microsoft doesn't milk user data: Nadella's subtle jibe at Google, Facebook

Nadella applauded the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation as first step towards securing data privacy

Microsoft gears up for another digital revolution with quantum computing

Microsoft is confident about having one such scalable super machine within the next five years

Microsoft supports Indian projects using AI to address ecological problems

Thanks to the push by global tech giants such as Microsoft, these technologies are being applied to contain air pollution, preserve ecological balance, protect wildlife and so on

Microsoft hits $823 bn mcap, overtakes Amazon as 2nd most valuable US firm

Amazon's shares dropped 7%, the most in nearly three years after its holiday season sales outlook missed targets

Microsoft Q1 results beat estimates as cloud revenue jumps 47% to $8.5 bn

Microsoft's focus on fast-growing cloud applications and platforms is helping it beat slowing demand for personal computers

Anil Kumble launches Microsoft-powered batting performance tracking device

The Power Bat is a Microsoft Azure Sphere-powered sticker on the shoulder of the bat that captures the speed of impact, quality of the shot and other parameters when the batsman hits the ball

Microsoft boasts of a security win ahead of Pentagon cloud computing bids

Microsoft had said in June that it was making progress toward winning top-level security clearance for the cloud

Microsoft tweaks its policy to engage with B2B technology start-ups

To work only with mature B2B firms, provide them access to sales network

Microsoft introduces HoloLens to businesses via Dynamics 365 apps

The new AI applications, Dynamics 365 Layout and Dynamics 365 Remote Assistant, help connect live remote colleagues with the use of HoloLens

Challenges to AI adoption may pose risk to business, says Microsoft

Microsoft also pointed out that some AI scenarios present ethical issues ranging from privacy, human rights, employment or other social issues

Microsoft soars past $800 bn in value after bumper growth in software biz

At least six brokerages raised their price targets on the company's stock after the results