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Microsoft said Wednesday it will retain the option to sue if it is ordered to suspend European cloud operations amid concerns that these services could get caught up in a transatlantic trade war, Politico reported. During an event in Brussels, Microsoft President Brad Smith addressed growing European concerns that using U.S. cloud services is a risk. Some have suggested that
Microsoft is starting to gradually roll out a full release of Recall, its feature that captures screenshots of what you do on Copilot Plus PC to find again later, to Windows insiders in the Release Preview channel, according to a blog post published Thursday, The Verge reported. This new rollout indicates that Microsoft is finally getting close to launching Recall
After kickstarting the market for making calls over the Internet 23 years ago, Skype is closing down. Microsoft, which acquired the messaging and calling app 14 years ago, said it would be retiring it from active duty on May 5 to double down on Teams. Skype users have 10 weeks to decide what they want to do with their account,
Microsoft believes it has made a key breakthrough in quantum computing, unlocking the potential for quantum computers to solve industrial-scale problems, The Verge reported. The software giant has spent 17 years working on a research project to create the new material and architecture for quantum computing, and it’s unveiling the Majorana 1 processor, Microsoft’s first quantum processor based on this
A few weeks ago, Microsoft exec Sarah Bond said that in November, “players will be able to play and purchase Xbox games directly from the Xbox App on Android.” It’s almost December and the feature still isn’t live, but Bond says it’s not Microsoft’s fault, The Verge reported.
Microsoft is starting to open up Xbox Cloud Gaming to existing Xbox game libraries today. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can now stream 50 games that they already own, including Balatro, Balder’s Gate 3, a variety of Final Fantasy titles, and Hogwarts Legacy, The Verge reported. The expansion to 50 or more games is just the beginning of opening up
A global tech outage that was related to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices, Microsoft said in a blog post on Saturday, Reuters reported.