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Microsoft is under the gun in France, after the company was ordered by the French data protection authority to curtail its “excessive” collection of user data on the Windows 10 operating system, and at the same time stop tracking user browsing activity in …
Twitter’s permanent ban of internet “supervillain” Milo Yiannopoulos beckons a fiery stand-off in the free speech debate
He may have been called “one of the rising stars of libertarian and conservative media” but the Breitbart blogger, Milo Yiannopoulos, is now verily persona non grata on Twitter Inc. The British journalist, who tweeted as @Nero, received a permanent ban from …
Microsoft and Boeing team-up to advance digital aviation
Microsoft have teamed-up with The Boeing Company in a move set to bring Boeing’s digital solutions to the Azure Cloud Platform, greatly improving the aviation applications that the aerospace behemoth has already built for more than 300 airlines with its subsidiaries AerData B.V. and …
Warrant denied: Historic victory for digital privacy in Microsoft vs. US government case
In an ongoing case in which the U.S. government has been trying to force Microsoft to allow it access to data stored on its servers in Dublin, Ireland, Redmond just won a landmark appeal. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New …
Pokémon Go! and Pokémon Stay! How the game has sparked infuriation while businesses are licking their lips
Pokémon Go, the game that’s shocked the world seems to have divided the people and critics alike. On the one side of the schism, the majority perhaps, we hear about a wonderful piece of entertaining technology that gets people out of the …
Google moves closer to building its futurist fantasy-campus following a massive property deal with LinkedIn
Two tech behemoths of Silicon Valley, Google and LinkedIn Corp., in spite of past rivalry over land in the area have just come to an agreement in which the companies will hand over property to the other. The land swap consists of …
Is Mr. Robot really serious about the issues it exposes?
“Do you think you’re free? You’re not free. Your lives are not your own.” The latter was put to us as part of a Facebook Live stream, apparently coordinated by the hacker group, fsociety, for USA Network’s award-winning series Mr. Robot. We …
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella likes Pokémon Go, but has much bigger ideas for augmented reality
Following the record-breaking success of the augmented reality gaming app, Pokémon Go, in an interview Microsoft’s forward-thinking CEO Satya Nadella stated he thought it was “fantastic” such apps were being built, but he also believes such a thing will translate into more diverse …
Microsoft’s highly embarrassing attempt to be hip and woo interns results in apology
There’s nothing as cringe-worthy in the eyes of the young generation as watching their elders attempt to be hip, either by mimicking the slang of their generation, or perhaps asserting themselves on the dance floor doing moves they clearly have no right to do. Yes, …
Wheelchair avatars come to Xbox One only for disabled people to call them ugly and unfashionable
Microsoft is taking its Gaming for Everyone Xbox One slogan seriously, recently adding wheelchair avatars as an option for players. This comes as part of Microsoft’s attempt to implement new features to the console that embrace diversity and inclusion. Recently Xbox chief …