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Microsoft is selling its entire feature phone business to Foxconn
Microsoft is selling its entire feature phone business to Foxconn’s FIH Mobile subsidiary and Finnish company HMD Global, Oy for $350 million. The tech giant has spent the last year offloading some of its most controversial business decisions. Microsoft attempted to break further into the smartphone market in 2013 when then-CEO Steve Ballmer acquired Nokia, […]
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Minecraft gives away content to celebrate 4 years on Xbox
Minecraft has been on the Xbox for four years and Microsoft is celebrating that milestone with a free gift. The Xbox 360 version of Minecraft turns four years old today, and the company is offering a 4th Birthday Skin Pack for free to everyone playing Xbox editions of the game. The gift includes access for […]
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Microsoft has passed $1 trillion in revenue and its profit is impressive
Last quarter Microsoft hit a massive milestone, surpassing $1 trillion in all-time revenue, according to technology consultant Jeff Reifman. Reitman noticed the very impressive milestone while investigating Microsoft’s tax breaks in the state of Washington. In a spreadsheet posted by Reifman he recognized the milestone. While Apple hit the same $1 trillion milestone earlier in 2015, Microsoft achieved […]
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Microsoft has halted production of the Xbox 360
Microsoft has officially stopped production of the Xbox 360. News of the decision was first revealed in a blog post written by Xbox head Phil Spencer, who says the decision was made due to “the realities of manufacturing a product over a decade old.” Along with the announcement Spencer shared some very impressive numbers. Xbox 360 owners have spent […]
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Microsoft is suing the US government for secretly searching customers’ personal info
Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Justice. In the landmark filing Microsoft takes a direct stand against federal agents who are routinely asking for customers’ personal information in complete secret. Microsoft says the federal government has taken an unconstitutional policy for examining Microsoft customers’ data while forcing the company to operate […]
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Microsoft tells potential Yahoo bidders it might help finance a deal
Microsoft executives are discussing a possible finance vehicle for several equity firms who might be interested in purchasing Yahoo! Several people close to those talks say Microsoft is offering “significant financing” for their efforts, tech news site Recode reported on Thursday. Microsoft hasn’t had any commitments for investors at this time, and any discussions are exploratory, […]
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Microsoft shuts down teen chat bot Tay after it becomes incredibly racist
Microsoft was forced to shut down Tay, the company’s online chat bot designed to talk like a teen, less than a day after it launched. The AI crashed and burned after it started to spew horribly racist and hate-filled comments all over Twitter. Operating under the username @TayAndYou, the program sent out hateful tweets that […]
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Microsoft’s game conference party criticized for sexist tones
Microsoft’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco was criticized when an after party was held with purportedly sexist tones. Attendees criticized the tech company when they found that the party included women dressed in school girl outfits dancing on raised platforms. Attendees posted photos of the women on Twitter and Instagram, noting that the night’s […]
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Microsoft HoloLens development kit pre-orders now available at $3,000
Microsoft is offering developers the chance to purchase a HoloLens and accompanying development kit for $3,000. Pre-orders for the mixed-reality hardware platform started on Monday and will begin shipping on March 30 in the US and Canada. The company will ship the development devices with several HoloLens-specific apps meant to show off the platform’s capabilities. […]
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Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft have pledged to support Apple in FBI fight
The biggest names in tech have pledged their support to Apple as the company faces off in a court battle against the FBI. Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and dozens of other tech companies are planning to file letters to the court stating that they stand with Apple. Each company must file its brief to the […]
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Bill Gates supports FBI in Apple encryption case
Bill Gates is the first tech mogul to support the FBIs case against Apple. The government agency has issued a court order demanding that Apple find a way to unlock the iPhone used by deceased San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook. “It is no different than … should anybody ever have been able to tell the […]
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Apple to pay $626 million after losing massive patent lawsuit
Apple has been ordered to pay $626 million in damages after a jury found the company’s iMessage, FaceTime, and other Apple software infringed on another company’s patents. VirnetX first sued Apple in 2012 for violation of four patents held by the company. VirnetX has been labeled a “patent troll” because it is a patent holding company […]