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Microsoft announces open ‘ElectionGuard’ SDK to protect the integrity of elections
Tech2 News Staff •The software development kit will ensure every vote is verifiable in democratic elections.
Everything Microsoft announced at Build 2019: Minecraft AR, Edge on macOS, Xbox everywhere
Tech2 News Staff •Microsoft's cloud service will be everywhere, it will be a global computer, says CEO Satya Nadella.
Microsoft Build Developer Conference 2019 Highlights: Edge browser innovations, conversational Cortana and more
Tech2 News Staff •Microsoft announced several updates to its Azure services, Cortana, Edge browser and more.
Microsoft briefly valued at $1 trillion after prediction of continuous cloud growth
•Microsoft tops tech rivals such as Amazon in market capitalization on some days.
Google Cloud has nowhere near the vast customer base of Amazon, Microsoft: Reuters
•Google, Microsoft and Amazon combined spent nearly $53 billion on capital expenses last year.
Microsoft meets Wall Street’s targets for quarterly results, revenue climbs to $32.47 billion
•Revenue from Microsoft’s productivity software unit climbed 13 percent to $10.1 billion.
Google Cloud refrains from selling its facial recognition technology as of now
Tech2 News Staff •Google to primarily work "through important technology and policy questions".
Microsoft to soon introduce a consumer version of its Microsoft 365 bundle
Ians •The job post notes that the team behind Microsoft 365 Consumer oversees the Windows platform.
Microsoft makes Azure Machine Learning available for data scientists, developers
Ians •Azure ML was first made available in September; will become generally available starting 1 February.
Microsoft expands Azure cloud service to rival Amazon for $10 bn Pentagon deal
•Google dropped out saying the company’s new ethical guidelines do not align with the project.