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July 9, 2025

Microsoft

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Gates reflects on vaccine backlash, Intel’s woes, Google’s antitrust battle

February 8, 2025 Michael Liedtke

Although Microsoft founder Bill Gates sat down for an interview with The Associated Press to discuss his new memoir, “Source Code: My Beginnings,” he also shared his views on a variety of other topics, including […]

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Pentagon splits $9 billion cloud contract among 4 companies

December 9, 2022 Tara Copp and Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon will share in the Pentagon’s $9 billion contract to build its cloud computing network, a year after accusations of politicization over the previously announced contract and a […]

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Netflix to rely on Microsoft for its ad-backed video service

July 15, 2022 Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Netflix has picked Microsoft to help deliver the commercials in a cheaper version of its video streaming service expected to launch later this year with a pledge to minimize the intrusions into […]

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So long, Internet Explorer. The browser retires today

June 15, 2022 Richard Jacobsen, Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Internet Explorer is finally headed out to pasture. As of Wednesday, Microsoft will no longer support the once-dominant browser that legions of web surfers loved to hate — and a few still […]

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Microsoft buys game maker Activision Blizzard for about $70B

January 18, 2022 Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

Microsoft is paying nearly $70 billion for Activision Blizzard, the maker of Candy Crush and Call of Duty, as it seeks an edge in the fiercely competitive businesses of mobile gaming and virtual-reality technology. The […]

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Microsoft says it warned Bill Gates about flirting in 2008

October 20, 2021 The Associated Press

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft executives in 2008 warned Bill Gates to stop sending flirtatious emails to a female employee but dropped the matter after he told them he would stop, the company revealed Monday. The […]

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Microsoft exec: Targeting of Americans’ records ‘routine’

July 9, 2021 Erick Tucker, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal law enforcement agencies secretly seek the data of Microsoft customers thousands of times a year, according to congressional testimony last week by a senior executive at the technology company. Tom Burt, […]

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Pentagon cancels disputed JEDI cloud contract with Microsoft

July 6, 2021 Robert Burns, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pentagon said Tuesday it canceled a disputed cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion. It will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon and […]

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Microsoft debuts Windows 11, first major update in 6 years

June 25, 2021 Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

Microsoft has unveiled the next generation of its Windows software, called Windows 11, that has sleeker visual features and is more open to third-party apps. The newest version of Microsoft’s flagship operating system announced Thursday […]

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Microsoft says “tank man” image blocking due to human error

June 7, 2021 Zen Soo and Frank Bajak, Associated Press

HONG KONG — Microsoft Corp. blamed “accidental human error” for its Bing search engine briefly not showing image results for the search term “tank man” on the anniversary of the bloody military crackdown in Beijing’s […]

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