Topic: microsoft

Could PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X be swan song for consoles?

Could PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X be swan song for consoles?

Jules Bonnard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 19 02:40 AM

PARIS - The upcoming release of a ninth generation of games consoles by Sony and Microsoft is set to be a sales slam dunk with consumers seeking entertainment during pandemic confinement, but could it also be their swan song as the habits of gamers change? Read more »

TikTok accepts deal revisions as Trump prepares to review proposal

TikTok accepts deal revisions as Trump prepares to review proposal

David McCabe, Erin Griffith, Ana Swanson and Mike Isaac, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 18 10:09 AM

The Chinese company that owns TikTok has accepted the Trump administration’s changes to a deal designed to mitigate the White House’s concerns that the popular app poses a national security threat, two people with knowledge of the talks said. Read more »

Price, launch dates, games... PlayStation 5 duels Xbox

Price, launch dates, games... PlayStation 5 duels Xbox

Yassine Khiri, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 03:21 AM

PARIS - Calling the "next generation" -- get ready to choose your console. Targeting system supremacy, gaming behemoths Sony and Microsoft are about to go head to head with their latest offerings -- PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Read more »

Bill Gates Sr. who guided billionaire son’s philanthropy dies at 94

Bill Gates Sr. who guided billionaire son’s philanthropy dies at 94

Robert D. McFadden, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 16 02:58 PM

Bill Gates Sr., a lawyer and the father of Microsoft’s co-founder, who stepped in when appeals for charity began to overwhelm his billionaire son and started what became the world’s largest philanthropy, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, died on Monday at his beach home on Hood Canal, in the Seattle area. He was 94.   Read more »

US government confirms receiving Oracle bid for TikTok

US government confirms receiving Oracle bid for TikTok

John Biers, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 15 04:19 AM

WASHINGTON - Ahead of a deadline set by President Donald Trump over video-sharing app TikTok, US officials will evaluate a bid that could see American tech giant Oracle become a partner to a Chinese company that has been called a national security risk. Read more »

Microsoft says TikTok buyout offer rejected

Microsoft says TikTok buyout offer rejected

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 14 09:19 AM

NEW YORK -- US tech giant Microsoft said Sunday its offer to buy TikTok was rejected, as a deadline looms for the Chinese-owned video app to sell or shut down its US operations. Read more »

Russia, China hackers targeting US vote, Microsoft warns

Russia, China hackers targeting US vote, Microsoft warns

Rob Lever and Julie Jammot, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 11 06:50 AM

Microsoft said Thursday it had thwarted recent cyberattacks from China, Russia and Iran targeting both Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns, as technology giants scrambled to protect election security less than two months ahead of the US vote. Read more »

Pentagon sticks with Microsoft for cloud computing contract

Pentagon sticks with Microsoft for cloud computing contract

Kate Conger, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 06 11:38 AM

The Defense Department on Friday reaffirmed its decision to award a massive cloud computing contract to Microsoft, despite protests from Amazon, which had argued that President Donald Trump interfered to prevent it from winning the $10 billion contract.   Read more »

Walmart teaming with Microsoft in bid for TikTok

Walmart teaming with Microsoft in bid for TikTok

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 04:32 AM

The app has been at the center of a diplomatic storm between Washington and Beijing after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 6 giving Americans 45 days to stop doing business with its Chinese parent company ByteDance.  Read more »

How TikTok’s talks with Microsoft turned into a soap opera

How TikTok’s talks with Microsoft turned into a soap opera

The New York Times
Posted at Aug 26 11:50 AM

For Microsoft, a minority investment would potentially bring TikTok over to using its Azure cloud computing service, immediately making the app one of Microsoft’s biggest cloud clients, said the people, who declined to be identified because the details are confidential. (TikTok has been using Google’s cloud computing services to power its videos.) Read more »

Microsoft defends Fortnite maker in Apple fight

Microsoft defends Fortnite maker in Apple fight

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 24 10:58 AM

Microsoft came to the defense of the maker of video game sensation Fortnite on Sunday, saying in a court filing that Apple's moves to cut off the company from programming tools would hurt other game creators and players as well.   Read more »

Release of next Halo video game pushed back to 2021

Release of next Halo video game pushed back to 2021

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 13 08:28 AM

Halo Infinite, the next instalment of celebrated video game franchise, is being delayed until next year, its developer said, meaning the blockbuster title will not be available when Microsoft launches its new console later this year. Read more »

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