Microsoft GitHub Copilot: A.I. offers coding suggestions

From left, GitHub CEO Chris Wanstrath, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and future GitHub CEO Nat Friedman at GitHub headquarters in San Francisco. Source: Microsoft Microsoft on Tuesday announced an artificial…

Microsoft Azure: This new developer kit helps to bust the myth that AI is hard

Microsoft’s new Azure Percept Developer Kit aims to make computer vision cheaper and easier, bringing AI to more businesses. The Azure Percept Development Kit (DK) comprises vision (right), optional audio…

SD Times news digest: Microsoft Team’s new bug bounty program, FSF’s board statement on governance, and Open Source Initiative’s election hacked and remediation

Microsoft announced bug bounty awards for Teams desktop client security research under the new Microsoft Applications Bug Bounty Program.  The program includes five scenario-based awards for vulnerabilities that have the…

Microsoft is launching a free website builder

Microsoft is foraying into the website builder business with an all-new website creation service. The tool will form part of Microsoft’s Digital Marketing Center, with the company noting in a…

Microsoft 365 vs Office Online: What’s free, what’s not and do you need the paid version?

With so much free office software available from different providers, it’s a little surprising that Microsoft has come so late to the game. We’re glad they did, though: Office on…

Microsoft xCloud web browser game streaming near public beta

The Public Beta of Microsoft’s xCloud for the web appears to be nearly ready for release. A report from The Verge today suggests that the web browser-based version of Microsoft…

Microsoft chiefs say big tech antitrust issues can be solved with laws, not lawsuits

Microsoft’s history with antitrust gives it an unusual perspective about tech policy these days. James Martin/CNET Microsoft built a monopoly on the back of its Windows software to power computers…