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Why companies still rely on Internet Explorer

by Janet Nguyen
Aug 26, 2020
And what it means now that Microsoft will stop updating it.
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What’s CFIUS and what does it have to do with TikTok?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Aug 5, 2020
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States screens deals for national security risks.
As the future of TikTok in the United States is in limbo, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's statement on removing untrusted Chinese apps makes it more confusing for Chinese technology companies operating in the U.S, like Lenovo.
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4 things to know about the committee behind the Microsoft-TikTok deadline

by Janet Nguyen
Aug 4, 2020
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, has grown in influence over the years.
Trump has given the TikTok sale a deadline of Sept. 15.
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The latest on TikTok: Microsoft takeover talks, a potential U.S. ban and more

by Jennifer Pak
Aug 3, 2020
A leaked memo from ByteDance’s CEO to its staff says TikTok has no choice but to sell its U.S. operations.
Some policymakers have said TikTok poses a national security risk because it could share U.S. user data with the Chinese government, something TikTok has repeatedly denied.
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Tech companies reconsider facial recognition software

by David Brancaccio , Erika Soderstrom , Rose Conlon and Alex Schroeder
Jun 11, 2020
IBM says it will no longer sell or research facial recognition software, and Amazon announced a moratorium on police use of its software.
With IBM getting out of facial recognition technology altogether and Amazon pausing the use of its software by police departments, how will Microsoft act?
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China's Googleless internet remains vibrant

by Jennifer Pak
Apr 8, 2019
Many U.S. tech firms are blocked, but there are homegrown equivalents inside the "Great Firewall."
The Google logo is reflected in windows of the company's China head office as the Chinese national flag flies in Beijing in 2010.
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Some tech employees don't want their work used by the military

by Molly Wood
Feb 27, 2019
But some military plans are banking on private partnerships.
Microsoft's HoloLens.
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Slack faces stiff competition on the road to public listing

by Ben Bradford
Feb 5, 2019
Office communication services company Slack has applied with the SEC to list shares publicly.
Office communication services company Slack has applied with the SEC to list shares publicly.
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Big tech companies have an affordable housing problem

by Ben Bradford
Jan 17, 2019
Microsoft is the latest tech giant to fund affordable housing projects in the white-hot real estate market where they are based. As part of a community building initiative in Seattle, Microsoft is pledging $475 million in low-interest loans to support housing construction projects over three years, with another $25 million marked for homelessness. There has […]
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Microsoft claws its way back to the top. How did it do that?

by Andy Uhler
Nov 28, 2018
We don’t really talk about Microsoft in the same breath as Apple, Amazon or Facebook these days. Maybe we should. Over the last couple of days, Microsoft has been taking turns with Apple as the world’s most valuable public company. The last time Microsoft held that position was 2003. Microsoft once dominated the tech world […]
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