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Over the weekend, Microsoft laid off some 77 journalists and editors who helped curate the news and replaced them with an AI algorithm.

Artificial Intelligence

MSN Fires Journalists, Replaces Them With AI

By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft and the biotech company Adaptive are launching a study on coronavirus patients' T cells, and they're buying blood samples to get started.

Microsoft Is Buying COVID-19 Patients’ Blood for Biotech Research

By Dan Robitzski

A patent application from Microsoft describes a system that would read a person's brainwaves and mine cryptocurrency as a reward for completing tasks.

Microsoft Wants to Mine Cryptocurrency Using Your Brain Waves

By Dan Robitzski

With more social gatherings happening over video conferences, we're seeing gnarly snack time close-ups. Thankfully, Microsoft AI can edit out eating sounds.

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft AI Can Now Edit Your Snacking Sounds out of Your Video Chats

By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft has created a tool that analyzes text-based chats for signs of pedophiles online — and it's giving it away for free.

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Says New Tool Detects Pedophiles Grooming Kids Online

By Kristin Houser

Microsoft-owned Github dumped physical copies of the world's open source code in an apocalypse-proof vault to save it for when society collapses.

Microsoft Is Hiding Source Code in an Apocalypse-Proof Cave

By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft is pivoting its Bing search engine to focus on businesses, claiming it'll make it easier for employees to navigate companies' intranets.

Microsoft Is Giving Up On Regular People Ever Using Bing

By Kristin Houser

Switching to a four-day workweek boosted productivity by nearly 40 percent at Microsoft Japan, a sign that the change could benefit employers and employees.

Microsoft Japan Tried a Four-Day Workweek. Productivity Spiked.

By Kristin Houser

Microsoft researchers have developed DreamWalker, a new VR system that lets a user walk a route in the real world while looking at virtual scenery.

Virtual Reality

New Microsoft Tech Lets You Use VR While Walking Outside

By Kristin Houser

Microsoft's Xbox Live now has a filter system for offensive text-based messages. Next, it wants to filter out offensive voice chats.

Microsoft Wants to Censor Xbox Live Voice Chat in Real Time

By Kristin Houser

In his new book, Microsoft President Brad Smith describes being approached by a Trump adviser who wanted him to spy on other countries.

A Trump Adviser Wanted Microsoft to Spy on World Governments

By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft President Brad Smith revealed in his new book that Taylor Swift threatened to sue the company over "Tay" the Twitter chatbot-turned-Nazi.

Artificial Intelligence

Taylor Swift Reportedly Threatened Microsoft Over Racist Chatbot

By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft says humans no longer review audio of Xbox users for "product improvement purposes" — but that doesn't mean they aren't still listening.

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft: We Stopped Listening to Your Xbox Convos “Months Ago”

By Kristin Houser

Microsoft just invested $1 billion into OpenAI, which will now try to develop artificial general intelligence for Microsoft's cloud services.

Microsoft Invests $1 Billion in Elon Musk-Founded OpenAI

By Dan Robitzski

Using its Hololens device and AI tech, Microsoft can make it appear like a person is standing in front of you, speaking a language they don't really speak.

Virtual Reality

Microsoft’s Tech Can Make Your Hologram Speak Another Language

By Kristin Houser

Microsoft Quietly Deletes Massive Facial Recognition Database

Microsoft Quietly Deletes Massive Facial Recognition Database

By Victor Tangermann

"Minecraft Earth," announced today, will allow users to collect items, blocks, and creatures while roaming around in the real world with friends.

New “Minecraft” Game Will Let You Build Stuff in the Real World

By Victor Tangermann

The new Microsoft Ideas feature for Word uses artificial intelligence to ensure your writing doesn't feature non-inclusive language.

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Word’s New “AI Editor” Scolds You for Gendered Language

By Kristin Houser

A new Microsoft patent shows an Xbox controller with a live Braille display to help visually impaired gamers get the full experience of a game or live chat.

Prosthetics and Devices

Microsoft Patented an Xbox Controller With a Braille Display

By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft is set to close its ebook store. Once it does, every book purchased on the platform will be deleted and refunded.

Microsoft is Closing an eBook Store, Deleting All Books You Bought

By Dan Robitzski

Though Google's Project Dragonfly made headlines, a number of American scientists are helping Chinese build its ubiquitous surveillance state.

Americans Built Tech for China’s Sinister “Re-Education Camps”

By Dan Robitzski

Employees at Microsoft signed a letter calling for the company to cancel a military contract that would supply U.S. Army soldiers with HoloLens AR headsets.

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Employees Demand Microsoft Cancel U.S. Army HoloLens Contract

By Victor Tangermann

Pope Francis and Microsoft's Brad Smith met recently to discuss how AI could be developed in an ethical way and announced a new ethical AI contest.

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft’s President Met With the Pope to Talk About Ethical AI

By Dan Robitzski

In a recent filing with the SEC, Microsoft warns investors that faulty or biased AI could potentially harm the company's reputation.

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Is Worried Its AI Will Go Rogue and Hurt Its Reputation

By Kristin Houser

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Microsoft Patents “Silent” Voice Command Technology

Microsoft just won a $480 million contract with the U.S. government. It's planning on providing the Army with 100,000 HoloLens AR goggles.

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U.S. Soldiers to Wear Microsoft AR Goggles During Combat Missions

By Victor Tangermann

Brad Smith, President of Microsoft, issued a dire warning of a future where facial recognition tech helps the government track civilians. He's helping it.

Microsoft President Warns Of “1984” Facial Recognition Future

By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft just created a new AI system that can scan a news column and pull out the most important facts for quicker reading.

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft’s New Neural Network Summarizes the News — Erratically

By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft's underwater data center off the cost of Scotland could be the first of many the company deploys to support its cloud technology.

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Microsoft’s Underwater Data Center Is Actually Working, Says CEO

By Kristin Houser

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Incredible Augmented Reality Demo Conjures Up Ghostly Versions of Your Coworkers

By Jon Christian

A new Microsoft patent for a circular input system could change how we type in virtual reality, making the process far more intuitive.

Virtual Reality

Typing in VR Sucks. Microsoft Has an Idea to Make It Better.

By Kristin Houser

Lockheed Martin engineers are using Microsoft's HoloLens to speed up construction of NASA's next space capsule by showing technicians the next step.

Lockheed Engineers Are Using HoloLens to Build NASA’s New Space Capsule

By Jon Christian

The Arch Foundation plans to encode important books and crowdsourced images into synthetic DNA molecules and store them on the Moon.

A Nonprofit Plans to Store Human Knowledge in DNA and Store It on the Moon

By Jon Christian

Supply and demand don't matter anymore. Bill Gates says that American politicians have failed to adjust to an economy based on software and code.

Bill Gates Says We Need New Economic Models That Take Tech Into Account

By Dan Robitzski

Fortnite Didn’t Do Anything New. That’s Why It Will Shape The Future Of Gaming.

Fortnite Didn’t Do Anything New. That’s Why It Will Shape The Future Of Gaming.

By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft President Calls For Government Rules For Facial Recognition Technology

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Microsoft President Calls For Government Rules For Facial Recognition Technology

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft Announces Tool To Catch Biased AI Because We Keep Making Biased AI

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Announces Tool To Catch Biased AI Because We Keep Making Biased AI

By Dan Robitzski

Artificial Intelligence Writes Bad Poems Just Like An Angsty Teen

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Writes Bad Poems Just Like An Angsty Teen

By Dan Robitzski

It’s Really Hard to Give AI “Common Sense”

Artificial Intelligence

It’s Really Hard to Give AI “Common Sense”

By Chelsea Gohd

The Battle for Your Data: The United States vs. Microsoft

The Battle for Your Data: The United States vs. Microsoft

By Kristin Houser

Microsoft’s AI Image Generator Construct Life-Like Pictures “Pixel By Pixel”

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft’s AI Image Generator Construct Life-Like Pictures “Pixel By Pixel”

By Aylin Woodward

Machines Just Beat Humans on a Stanford Reading Comprehension Test

Artificial Intelligence

Machines Just Beat Humans on a Stanford Reading Comprehension Test

Microsoft is Expanding “AI for Earth” Program to Fight Climate Change

Microsoft is Expanding “AI for Earth” Program to Fight Climate Change

By Christianna Reedy

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Microsoft’s President Says Cyber Warfare Prevention Falls Largely on Tech Companies

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Microsoft Wants to Use AI and Machine Learning to Discover a Cure for Cancer

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Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft and Amazon Have Partnered to Bring AI to the Masses

Microsoft Announces Its New Open Source Machine Learning Tools

Machine Learning

Microsoft Announces Its New Open Source Machine Learning Tools

By Patrick Caughill

Microsoft and Facebook’s 4,000-Mile-Long Subsea Cable Has Been Completed

Microsoft and Facebook’s 4,000-Mile-Long Subsea Cable Has Been Completed

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Ford is Using Microsoft’s HoloLens to Design Cars in Mixed Reality

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Amazon and Microsoft are Combining their Robotic Assistants

Microsoft Releases a New Deep Learning Acceleration Platform Called Brainwave

Microsoft Releases a New Deep Learning Acceleration Platform Called Brainwave

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Visa, Microsoft, and IBM Are All Hiring Blockchain Developers

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Microsoft Is Bringing Affordable Broadband Internet to Rural America

By Christianna Reedy

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Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft is Working to Make Artificial Intelligence More Human

Bill Gates: This Will Be the Biggest Technological Breakthrough of Our Lifetime

Artificial Intelligence

Bill Gates: This Will Be the Biggest Technological Breakthrough of Our Lifetime

By Neil C. Bhavsar

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Artificial Intelligence

Our Computers Are Learning How to Code Themselves

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Microsoft President Calls for A “Digital Geneva Convention”

By June Javelosa

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Virtual Reality

This Spectacular, Real Life Version of Portal Lets You Teleport About Your Home

By Patrick Caughill

Apple joins Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft in AI initiative

Apple joins Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft in AI initiative

By Chelsea Gohd

Artificial Intelligence is Helping Restore Vision

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence is Helping Restore Vision

After a Decade of Research, Microsoft Is Ready to Start Building Quantum Computers

After a Decade of Research, Microsoft Is Ready to Start Building Quantum Computers

By Jelor Gallego

Microsoft Unites with Elon Musk on Breakthrough AI Project

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Unites with Elon Musk on Breakthrough AI Project

How To Train Your AI: Microsoft Releases Open-Source Deep Learning Software

Artificial Intelligence

How To Train Your AI: Microsoft Releases Open-Source Deep Learning Software

By Jess Vilvestre

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Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft’s Speech Recognition Tech Is Officially as Accurate as Humans