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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said, “the next 10 years is going to be as much about creation as it is about consumption …” and that seems to be guiding his acquisition attempts. (Bloomberg photo by Jason Alden)

March 27, 2021 at 11:30 am

Microsoft CEO hunts anew for creator hub after TikTok bid fails

What explains Microsoft's interest in Discord, a free social networking app with 100 million users that's best known for features friendly to video gamers?

March 22, 2021 at 7:54 am

Bosses are clueless that workers are miserable and looking to leave, survey finds

A Microsoft survey of global workers found the majority feel they are struggling or just surviving in pandemic work conditions and a large percentage are...

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Home health care workers and their patients start receiving Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at a drive-thru vaccination clinic in Portland, Ore., Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. The clinic is a partnership between the Service Employees International Union and Oregon Health & Science University, aiming to vaccinate Oregon’s 32,000 home health care workers and their patients. (Kristyna Wentz-Graff/Pool Photo via AP) OROPB702

March 19, 2021 at 4:55 pm

Microsoft unveils new vaccine management software to address earlier failures

Microsoft unveiled new technology to boost government and health care organizations' vaccine management systems to fix shortcomings weeks after the company's initial custom-built programs ran...

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March 1, 2021 at 4:10 pm

Microsoft says vaccine tools have ‘fallen short’ after D.C. snags

Widely-used Microsoft vaccine scheduling software that has run into difficulties in Iowa and New Jersey is being blamed for problems that left some residents of...

FILE – This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 particle isolated from a patient, in a laboratory in Fort Detrick, Md. Coronaviruses, including the newest one, are named for the spikes that cover their outer surface like a crown, or corona in Latin. Using those club-shaped spikes, the virus latches on to the outer wall of a human cell, invades it and replicates, creating viruses to hijack more cells. (NIAID/NIH via AP)

February 28, 2021 at 6:01 am

Seattle-based company launches screening to detect prior coronavirus infections

Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies says its product, which uses machine-learning technology from Microsoft, may help people who believe they've been infected but haven't tested positive with...

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February 22, 2021 at 5:50 pm

Seattle startup Highspot raises $200 million, garnering a valuation of $2.3 billion

Highspot, a startup making software for training and managing sales employees and content, raised $200 million, valuing the Seattle-based company at $2.3 billion. It is...

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Plastic bottles and other garbage floats in the Potpecko lake near Priboj, in southwest Serbia on Jan. 22, 2021. A United Nations report released on Feb. 18, 2021 says humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unlivable planet through climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. So the world must make dramatic changes to society, economics and daily life. NY772

February 22, 2021 at 5:30 pm

Bill Gates wants to team up more with Jeff Bezos to combat climate crisis

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he is hoping to collaborate with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to back costly early-stage green alternatives to current technologies. Gates...