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FILE – The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view in Washington, in this March 27, 2008 file photo. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

December 9, 2019 at 9:22 am

Amazon, Microsoft execs call for closer alliance between Pentagon and big tech

Their comments drew a stark contrast to the approach taken by Google, which has sworn off development of artificial intelligence-based weapons. Updated 2:34 pm

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In an open letter published Wednesday on GitHub, software developers representing the open source community joined the call for GitHub to immediately cancel the $200,000 contract with ICE. (Dreamstime / TNS)

December 4, 2019 at 10:43 am

Developers join call for GitHub to cancel its ICE contract

In an open letter published Wednesday on GitHub, software developers representing the open source community joined the call for GitHub to immediately cancel the $200,000...

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FILE – This June 26, 2019 file photo shows a Starbucks sign outside a Starbucks coffee shop in downtown Pittsburgh. Starbucks Corp. reports financial earns on Wednesday, Oct. 30. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) NYBZ333 NYBZ333

December 4, 2019 at 10:24 am

Starbucks says it doesn’t have a gender or racial pay gap; Microsoft shareholders vote down pay disclosure

Starbucks joins Citigroup in reporting statistics for median pay by gender and race, a rarity among U.S. companies. Meanwhile, Microsoft's shareholders Wednesday voted down a...

Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder, smiles as he listens to other speakers during the dedication of the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2003. Allen contributed $14 million to the $72 million project. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

November 26, 2019 at 6:00 am

What’s happening to Paul Allen’s billions? A year after his death, it’s complicated VIEW

Paul Allen intended to give away the majority of the $20 billion-plus fortune he accumulated from Microsoft and his other ventures. A little more than...

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November 19, 2019 at 12:00 pm

Microsoft competes for popularity with upstart Slack

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft says that its own workplace collaboration service Teams now has more than 20 million daily active users. That’s 8 million...

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November 15, 2019 at 1:14 pm

Bill Gates tops Jeff Bezos as world’s richest person with Amazon slide

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates overtook Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos as the world's richest person on Friday, reclaiming the top ranking for the first time in more...

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FILE – In this May 16, 2019 file photo, Salesforce chairman Marc Benioff speaks during a news conference, in Indianapolis. Salesforce is buying Tableau Software in an all-stock deal valued at $15.7 billion. The buyout is expected to close during Salesforceâ€™s fiscal 3rd quarter. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File) NYCD102 NYCD102

November 14, 2019 at 6:00 am

Microsoft and Salesforce strike partnership, helping thaw chilly relations

As part of the deal, Salesforce will connect its Sales Cloud and Service Cloud with Microsoft’s Teams, the companies said.

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November 12, 2019 at 9:38 am

Microsoft makes small strides in hiring women and minorities

The statistics, disclosed on Tuesday, exclude companies Microsoft has acquired but runs independently, such as GitHub and LinkedIn. The company reported similar trends for most...

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November 11, 2019 at 6:28 pm

Microsoft to extend California privacy protections across U.S.

Microsoft said it will extend the "core rights" in California's new privacy law to customers across the U.S. and called for legislators to go further...

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