Tag: Microsoft
Microsoft announces global rollout of Azure IoT Edge system
Microsoft has announced the global enterprise availability of its Azure IoT Edge technology.
Launched a year ago, the system is designed to allow edge devices...
California could force USA to adopt GDPR-style laws today
Editor's note: The legislation referred to in this story has now been passed. To read our latest report on California's new data privacy rules,...
War of words escalates between tech firms’ employees and government
The employees of Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Salesforce.com are increasingly at odds with their own bosses and with government policy, reports Chris Middleton.
The war...
Microsoft, EY launch blockchain solution for royalties management
As a dense system of bespoke transactions, the world of royalties is ripe for disruption by blockchain technology. Smart contracts – the automated triggering...
Microsoft grows AI with purchase of machine learning startup Bonsai
Microsoft has announced the acquisition of machine learning specialist, Bonsai.
The Berkeley, California-based startup is developing a deep reinforcement learning platform that abstracts the low-level...
Microsoft slammed for US immigration deal. Can tech industry stand by?
In the wake of Facebook’s problems with Cambridge Analytica, the sense that the technology industry is being held to account by the public –...
Mixed Reality: Microsoft HoloLens summer school launches
The University of Hull and mixed reality (MR) development platform VISR have launched a Microsoft HoloLens summer school, known as the Mixed Reality Accelerator.
The...
Exclusive Q&A | Blue Prism CTO David Moss on automation, AI,...
Robotic process automation pioneer Blue Prism has grown fast under the radar: a British success story – and a North of England success story,...
Microsoft’s $7.5 billion GitHub acquisition: Good for the IoT?
Microsoft has agreed terms to acquire leading software development platform GitHub. The move will see Microsoft grow the enterprise use of the platform and...
Toronto pilots new smart city technologies with Intel, Microsoft
City partners with Microsoft, Intel, and others, to increase city efficiency.
The City of Toronto in Canada has chosen a number of technologies to pilot...
Microsoft adopts GDPR worldwide, supports “fundamental right” to privacy
Apple follows suit with new privacy portal.
Microsoft has announced that it is extending the privacy rights cast into law by GDPR in Europe to...
Microsoft acquires conversational AI company Semantic Machines
Microsoft has acquired conversational AI specialist Semantic Machines, in a move that reinforces its strategy to be a major force in natural language processing...