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Computing Platforms
Amazon files lawsuit contesting Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud contract to Microsoft
Amazon.com has filed a lawsuit in a federal US court contesting the US Defence Department's decision last month to award a Pentagon cloud computing contract worth up to $10 billion to rival bidder Microsoft...
Mobile & Infrastructure
Microsoft granted licence to export ‘mass-market’ software to Huawei
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it had been granted a licence from the US government to export software to Huawei Technologies Co Ltd."On November 20, the US Department of Commerce granted Microsoft's...
Application Platforms
Microsoft Teams surpasses 20 million daily active users; rival Slack shares slip
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday its workplace messaging app, Teams, has more than 20 million daily active users, up from 13 million users in July.The software maker offers the app as a...
Application Platforms
Microsoft updates terms on data privacy amid EU probe
BRUSSELS - Microsoft said on Monday it was updating the privacy provisions of its commercial cloud contracts after European regulators found its deals with European Union institutions failed to protect data in line...
App Stores
Personal? Private? No such thing in data-hungry world
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Personal data reveals a slew of secrets about friends and family so regulators should stop fixating on individual privacy and safeguard society instead, data experts said on Thursday.From friends'...
Computing Platforms
US defence chief rejects Amazon’s accusations of bias in cloud contract
SEOUL - US Defence Secretary Mark Esper on Friday rejected any suggestion of bias in a Pentagon decision to award Microsoft Corp an up to $10 billion cloud computing contract, after Amazon.com Inc ...
Computing Platforms
Amazon challenges Pentagon’s $10-billion cloud award to Microsoft
WASHINGTON - Amazon.com Inc on Thursday said it is contesting the Pentagon's award of an up to $10 billion cloud computing deal to Microsoft Corp, expressing concern that politics got in the way...
Computing Platforms
Microsoft rolls out new cloud tool for analysing business data
SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp announced on Monday a new service aimed at helping large businesses put to use the huge amounts of data stored in corporate systems.The Azure Synapse system, to be...