Microsoft

Microsoft President: Democracy Is At Stake. Regulate Big Tech

4:20pm September 13, 2019

by Aarti Shahani

Brad Smith says governments need to step in and set rules for the Internet giants. "Almost no technology has gone so entirely unregulated, for so long, as digital technology," he says.

A man reads a book on his e-book reader device. In July, Microsoft will be deleting its e-book library and ceasing all e-book sales.

Books

Microsoft Closes The Book On Its E-Library, Erasing All User Content

10:26pm July 07, 2019

The move comes as a result of Digital Rights Management, an approach that allows companies to prevent piracy. Every purchased book will disappear this month.

Created by Chinese programmers, 996.ICU has become a popular repository of workers' rights campaign materials on the website GitHub. The name is a play on a refrain that long work hours of 9 to 9, six days a week, could send tech workers to the intensive

World News

GitHub Has Become A Haven For China's Censored Internet Users

1:44pm April 10, 2019

by Emily Feng

Without access to Facebook or Twitter, Chinese tech workers have gathered on GitHub, the world's largest open-source programming platform, to complain about 12-hour days and demand better conditions.

This is a visualization of global Internet attacks, seen during the 4th China Internet Security Conference in Beijing. Microsoft's Bing search engine is no longer accessible in China, the company reports.

World News

China Appears To Block Microsoft's Bing Search Engine

2:58pm January 24, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Microsoft says its search engine is no longer accessible in China. The country is known for blocking electronic access to information deemed harmful to the state.

Brad Smith, president of Microsoft Corp., speaks during a presentation on affordable housing in Bellevue, Wash., on Thursday. Microsoft Corp. said it will spend $500 million to develop affordable housing and help alleviate homelessness in the Seattle area

National

Microsoft Pledges $500 Million Investment To Tackle Affordable Housing Crisis

11:13pm January 17, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Most of the money will help preserve and build new homes for low and middle-income residents. A smaller portion will go toward homeless services and programs to keep people from being evicted.

After Paul Allen Co-Founded Microsoft, He Changed Brain Science Forever

7:03pm October 16, 2018

by Jon Hamilton

In 2003, Paul Allen created an institute to figure out how the human brain works. That institute has already made contributions that may turn out to be part of his greatest legacy.

Microsoft's French headquarters, seen outside Paris last year.

Microsoft Says Russian Operation Targeted U.S. Conservative Groups As Midterms Loom

11:44am August 21, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Six phony websites were created by hackers linked with Russian intelligence and blamed for 2016 election interference, the company says. They allegedly targeted the Senate and two think tanks.

Owura Kwadwo Hottish illustrates a window of Microsoft Word using colored chalk on a blackboard for his students at the Betenase M/A Junior High School in Kumasi, Ghana.

Follow Up: Did The Computerless Computer Teacher Ever Get A Computer?

8:15am March 17, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

The story of the middle school teacher without a computer prompted an outpouring of support. But did he get any laptops?

Court Seems Unconvinced Of Microsoft's Argument To Shield Email Data Stored Overseas

7:42pm February 27, 2018

The Supreme Court will decide whether a U.S. warrant can compel Microsoft to turn over a user's emails stored in Ireland. It also seems to want Congress to fix the dilemma.

Queue Listen Now

In his new book, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella explores how he's had to work on his capacity for empathy to change the company's culture.

Books

How Do You Turn Around A Tech Giant? With Empathy, Microsoft CEO Says

4:33pm September 25, 2017

by Aarti Shahani

The CEO of Microsoft was hired to turn the company around. And now, just three years into the job, Satya Nadella has written a book reflecting on this monumental task — and the empathy it requires.