Using HoloLens, people who are blind are able to find familiar faces in a room

Project Tokyo helps people who are blind or with low vision make even better sense of their environment. | Continue reading


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Microsoft to launch new cloud datacenter region in Israel

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How machine learning is unlocking the secrets of human movement

Dr. Marcus Elliott, P3 founder, has seen the data and – he believes – the future. Machine learning is revealing secrets about how pro athletes move. | Continue reading


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Older PCS can double productivity losses of SMBs in India

Microsoft Study reveals Indian SMBs with PCs more than four years old experience more than double productivity losses as compared to newer PCs. | Continue reading


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Advanced AI built Microsoft’s vision for ubiquitous computing in HoloLens 2

Now shipping to customers, HoloLens 2 uses AI to create a mixed reality in facilitating one of the most basic human impulses: exchanging knowledge. | Continue reading


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Microsoft re-envisioned the data warehouse with Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Synapse Analytics merges capabilities of Azure SQL Data Warehouse with new enhancements like on-demand query as a service. | Continue reading


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Microsoft’s approach to hybrid: Azure services when, where customers need them

As business computing needs have grown more complex and sophisticated, many enterprises have discovered they need multiple systems to meet various requirements – a mix of technology environments in multiple locations, known as hybrid IT or hybrid cloud. Technology vendors have re … | Continue reading


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Project Silica proof of concept stores ‘Superman’ movie on quartz glass

Microsoft and Warner Brothers collaborate to store and retrieve the 1978 'Superman' movie on a piece of glass roughly the size of a drink coaster. | Continue reading


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Feed the world: How the USDA is using data and AI to address a critical need

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Microsoft recruiters share tips to help you succeed in their tech interviews

If you’re excited about the possibility of landing a technical job at Microsoft, chances are you have a passion for coding, solving problems and the incredible things technology can do for people around the world. A technical interview is your chance to show you have the skills t … | Continue reading


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Chevron and Microsoft Announce Collaboration

Global organizations will work together to accelerate development of cloud-native solutions and deliver actionable data insights for the industry MONACO — September 17, 2019 — Tuesday at the SIS Global Forum 2019, Schlumberger, Chevron and Microsoft. announced the industry’s firs … | Continue reading


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Microsoft announces quarterly dividend increase and new share repurchase program

Annual shareholders meeting set for Dec. 4, 2019 REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 18, 2019 — Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.51 per share, reflecting a 5 cent or 11% increase over the previous quarter’s dividend. The di … | Continue reading


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Mastering Mahjong with AI and Machine Learning

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Microsoft and Walt Disney to develop ‘scene-to-screen’ content workflows

Companies collaborate to pilot new ways to transform content workflows in the Microsoft Azure cloud; Microsoft becomes a Disney Studios StudioLAB innovation partner REDMOND, Wash., and BURBANK, Calif. — Sept. 13, 2019 — Microsoft Corp. and The Walt Disney Studios today announced … | Continue reading


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A way to bring peace of mind, and sleep, to parents whose kids suffer seizures

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The world’s first AI-created whisky

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When 10 and 14, two brothers invented an alphabet for their native language

How a new alphabet is helping the Fulani people write its own future. | Continue reading


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A new alphabet is helping an ancient people write its own future

How a new alphabet is helping the Fulani people write its own future. | Continue reading


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OpenAI forms exclusive computing partnership with Azure AI

Multiyear partnership founded on shared values of trustworthiness and empowerment, and an investment of $1 billion from Microsoft, will focus on building a platform that OpenAI will use to create new AI technologies and deliver on the promise of artificial general intelligence   … | Continue reading


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AT&T and Microsoft announce a strategic alliance covering cloud, AI and 5G

Multiyear collaboration will accelerate AT&T’s “public cloud first” internal transformation and deliver new customer offerings built on AT&T’s network and Microsoft’s cloud DALLAS and REDMOND, Wash. — July 17, 2019 — AT&T Communications and Microsoft Corp. are embarking on an ext … | Continue reading


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Solving optimization problems with quantum algorithms on classical hardware

Microsoft's is helping apply quantum-inspired algorithms to optimization problems, like MRI scans, while running on classical hardware. | Continue reading


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AI, drones and cameras are keeping our roads and bridges safe

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The Future Computed: AI and Manufacturing

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OpenNotre-Dame contribuer à la restauration de Notre Dame avec l'open data

Microsoft et Iconem annoncent le lancement de “Open Notre Dame”, une mise à disposition des données visuelles en open source, destinée à mieux comprendre et analyser l’édifice dans son histoire. | Continue reading


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Microsoft’s AI for Accessibility winners: ‘ Be seen as the person you are’

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Sony and Microsoft to explore strategic partnership

Companies to collaborate on new cloud-based solutions for gaming experiences and AI solutions TOKYO and REDMOND, Wash. — May 16, 2019 — Sony Corporation (Sony) and Microsoft Corp. (Microsoft) announced on Thursday that the two companies will partner on new innovations to enhance … | Continue reading


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Cultivating the next gen of coders – ninja style

At Code Ninjas, tech-sharp senseis – typically older teens – teach Scratch instead of side sweeps, robotics instead of roundhouse rights. | Continue reading


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Microsoft Opens First Africa Development Centre in Kenya and Nigeria

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The world’s first AI-created whisky

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The Motivator Behind the Windows 2000 Development Team

Drawing upon top-notch organizational skills and a contagious sense of humor, Microsoft's Brian Valentine helped a team of 4,200 people finish the largest software development effort in the company's history. | Continue reading


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United States broadband availability and usage analysis

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Microsoft launches a new platform for building autonomous robots

At Build 2019, Microsoft announced the first part of an end-to-end toolchain for developers and organizations to create autonomous systems. | Continue reading


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You don’t have to be a developer to turn a great idea into an app

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Microsoft Build 2019

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Breaking Bard: Using Microsoft AI to Unlock Shakespeare’s Greatest Works

A cloud computing expert at Microsoft used the company's artificial intellgence tools on William Shakespeare's plays - and saw some interesting results. | Continue reading


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Microsoft is able to store digital data as DNA

Researchers encode the word “hello” in fabricated DNA, convert it back to digital using fully automated DNA storage system. | Continue reading


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Empathy and innovation: Microsoft’s cultural shift led to new products

Under CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft has fostered a culture of innovation through empathy, developing products that are accessible and empowering for all. | Continue reading


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Microsoft, UW demonstrate first fully automated DNA data storage

Researchers encode the word “hello” in fabricated DNA, convert it back to digital using fully automated DNA storage system. | Continue reading


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New Accenture Microsoft Business Group Will Empower Enterprises to Thrive

NEW YORK and REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 4, 2019 — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Microsoft Corp., in conjunction with their joint venture Avanade, today announced the launch of the Accenture Microsoft Business Group. The new group elevates a longstanding strategic alliance, expanding combi … | Continue reading


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Code Jumper: Jump starting computer science interest for kids who are blind

Research in Microsoft's Project Torino leads to Code Jumper, which introduces kids who are blind and low vision to programming through a physical language. | Continue reading


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Dave Cutler’s five-decade-long quest for quality

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Code Jumper: Jump starting computer science interest for kids who are blind

Research in Microsoft's Project Torino leads to Code Jumper, which introduces kids who are blind and low vision to programming through a physical language. | Continue reading


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Microsoft’s Redmond campus modernization update: Demolition begins

Today marks the next milestone in Microsoft’s campus modernization effort. Deconstruction is beginning, and buildings will start coming down. When the project is complete, the new campus will provide a modern workplace and create greater collaboration and community. To commemorat … | Continue reading


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Kroger and Microsoft partner to introduce digital solutions for retail industry

America’s largest grocery retailer and global technology company partnering to pilot two connected experience stores Companies will jointly bring to market Retail as a Service product for retailers and present the solution at NRF 2019: Retail’s Big Show CINCINNATI and REDMOND, Wa … | Continue reading


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Companies should focus on AI ethics even if it hits profits

Companies must refuse to create artificial intelligence that is unethical and could harm humanity, even if it affects their profits, a senior director at Microsoft UK has said. Hugh Milward, Senior Director of Corporate, External and Legal Affairs, said businesses need to “draw a … | Continue reading


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Microsoft UK: Companies should focus on AI ethics even if it hits profits

Companies must refuse to create artificial intelligence that is unethical and could harm humanity, even if it affects their profits, a senior director at Microsoft UK has said. Hugh Milward, Senior Director of Corporate, External and Legal Affairs, said businesses need to “draw a … | Continue reading


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Virtual caddie uses AI to improve golf game

Arccos Golf used tools in Microsoft Azure to create the first virtual caddie— one that uses artificial intelligence to offer personalized recommendations about what clubs to use and how to play a hole. | Continue reading


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Volkswagen’s future of connected, shareable cars

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