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Back to news homeTelecom operators in India want tech companies to pay for network usage
Telecom operators in India, the second largest wireless market, are urging internet companies to compensate for using their networks, a recommendation they’ve made to the local regulatory body, echoing a […]
A merger that’s good for workers and consumers
Claude Cummings Jr. Contributor Claude Cummings Jr. was elected president of the Communications Workers of America in July 2023. As the first Black president of CWA, he is a leading […]
US cyber board to investigate Microsoft hack of government emails
A U.S. review board tasked with investigating major cybersecurity incidents said it will begin looking at the recent intrusion of U.S. government email systems provided by Microsoft, whose handling of […]
Microsoft, PayPal partner to bring Venmo support to the Microsoft Store and Xbox store
Microsoft and PayPal are expanding their partnership to allow Xbox owners in the United States to use Venmo as a payment method for games, movies, TV shows, and apps from […]
Microsoft’s Bing Chat comes to Chrome and Safari in tests for ‘select users’
Microsoft’s AI chatbot, Bing Chat, is coming to non-Microsoft browsers, the company confirmed today following various reports of the AI chatbot being spotted in other browsers like Google Chrome and […]
Microsoft and Sony sign deal to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation consoles
Microsoft and Sony signed an agreement to bring Call of Duty games to PlayStation consoles. As a reminder, Microsoft offered to acquire Activision Blizzard for $69 billion. And yet, 18 […]
Twitter limits the number of tweets users can read amid extended outage
Twitter is putting limits to how many tweets its users can read as the Elon Musk-owned service suffers extended outage that has stymied users’ ability to track new posts. In […]
FTC reportedly seeks injunction to stop Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal
Update: The FTC confirms that it has requested a “temporary restraining order” preventing the deal from going through while reviews are underway. Original story follows this statement from the agency: […]
Kenya’s Tawi takes on auditory processing disorder to win Microsoft Imagine Cup
Microsoft’s student tech-for-good competition, the Imagine Cup, has crowned this year’s winner: Tawi, a team from Kenya that applied machine learning tools to helping kids with auditory processing disorder understand […]