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Microsoft and ODI announce an Education Open Data Challenge

November 11, 2020

Tech

The FINANCIAL — Microsoft and the Open Data Institute (ODI) on Tuesday announced the launch of an Education Open Data Challenge to shine light on the relationship between broadband access and K-12 (ages 5 to 18 years old) education outcomes. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Education Open Data Challenge will help educators and research organizations better understand

AWS plans to open data centers in Switzerland

The FINANCIAL — Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN),

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November 2, 2020

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Amazon Studios and Homeboy Industries to provide meals to poll workers on election day

The FINANCIAL — Amazon Studios is teaming up with Homeboy Industries — a Los Angeles-based nonprofit

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October 30, 2020

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Xbox, cloud boost Microsoft’s Q1 revenue

The FINANCIAL — Microsoft Corp. announced the following results for the quarter

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October 28, 2020

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Honeywell partners with Microsoft to reshape the industrial workplace

The FINANCIAL — Honeywell (NYSE: HON) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced today that Honeywell will bring to market its domain-specific applications built on the Microsoft cloud platform to drive new levels of productivity for industrial clients. With the integration of the AI-driven

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October 23, 2020

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Tech

Microsoft and Verizon collaborate to provide private 5G mobile edge computing

The FINANCIAL — Verizon is joining forces with Microsoft Corp. to create new ways for enterprises to accelerate the delivery of fast and secure 5G applications, benefiting from reliable and low-latency connections. Verizon’s on-site 5G Edge network integrated with Azure edge services

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October 20, 2020

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Energy

Equinor announced partnership with Microsoft

The FINANCIAL — Equinor has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft to explore ways to support the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project as a technology partner. Microsoft will explore using the project to enable the transportation and

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October 16, 2020

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Tech

Amazon reveals Prime Day deals

The FINANCIAL — Two full days of can’t-miss savings are almost here as Amazon prepares to kick off Prime Day at 12am PT / 3am ET on October 13 in 19 countries worldwide. Prime members will have exclusive access to more than one million deals on everything they need and love,

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October 9, 2020

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Tech

Microsoft and GameStop announce partnership to sell a new Xbox bundles

The FINANCIAL — GameStop today announced that it has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership agreement with Microsoft Corp., further advancing its strategy to expand its physical and digital video game offerings, as well as enhance the Company’s retail technology infrastructure. With over 5,000+

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October 9, 2020

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Tech

Microsoft and ZEISS announce partnership

The FINANCIAL — ZEISS Group and Microsoft Corp. announced a multi-year strategic partnership to accelerate ZEISS’ transformation into a digital services provider that is embracing a cloud-first approach. By standardizing its equipment and processes on Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud platform,

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October 8, 2020

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Microsoft’s underwater data center rises from the sea after two years

The FINANCIAL — Back in 2018, Microsoft sunk an entire data center to the bottom of the Scottish sea, plunging 864 servers and 27.6 petabytes of storage 117 feet deep in the ocean. On September 14, the company has reported that its

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September 15, 2020

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Tech

Microsoft launches new tools to detect deepfake and combat disinformation

The FINANCIAL — Microsoft announced two new technologies to combat disinformation, new work to help educate the public about the problem, and partnerships to help advance these technologies and educational efforts quickly. Video Authenticator can analyze a still photo or video to provide

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September 7, 2020

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WORLD

Jeff Bezos became the first person to top $200 billion in net worth

The FINANCIAL — The world’s wealthiest man, Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos, is wealthier than ever. On August 26, Early Wednesday Amazon’s share price climbed 2.3 percent to $3,423 per share and Mr. Bezos crossed a new milestone previously unseen in decades

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August 27, 2020

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Bill Gates : Ocasio-Cortez tax policy is ‘missing the picture’

The FINANCIAL -- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who has a net worth approaching $100 billion, has slammed tax policies like the one put forth by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, saying they miss the larger picture and could create tax dodging.

by The FINANCIAL

February 13, 2019

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