Unless you hate fun, Microsoft’s best division is far and away its Research group, which has given us the nearest thing to a Holodeck, a live-action version of Minecraft and much more. Micros…
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Microsoft continues to push Cortana into the smart home with IFTTT integration
In the crowded world of smart home assistants, Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant are dominating the market and leading the pack when it comes to skills and popularity. Despite the uphill cl…
‘Owl’ by Ex-Apple, Microsoft Engineers Wants to Sell Security Cameras for Cars
A team of former Apple and Microsoft engineers have launched a company to sell security cameras for cars. Owl on Thursday launched its dashboard-mounted video camera that can see the inside and out…
Microsoft Partners Signal to Give Skype End-to-End Encryption
HIGHLIGHTS Private Conversations is currently available for Skype Insiders Encrypted chats can be sent to other users on the same Insider build An invite needs to be sent to contacts to initiate Pr…
Microsoft Partners Adaptive Biotechnologies to Enhance Diagnosis
HIGHLIGHTS Adaptive Biotechnologies is a genomics and tech company It is currently working to map the genetics of the immune system Microsoft to offer research, machine learning, and cloud services…
Microsoft patent would allow Apple to bring back iPhone headphone jack
With the likes of Apple, Motorola and Google removing headphone ports from phones it’s only a matter of time before most other manufacturers follow, but a new patent has the potential to not …
How Apple, Google and Microsoft are addressing the KRACK Wi-Fi vulnerability
Ah, WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access): you’ve protected our Wi-Fi so well for so many years now. Unfortunately, that illusion of safety was shattered earlier today when security researcher Mathy …
Microsoft Edge is the best browser for blocking phishing websites
You may believe that Chrome is top dog for security – it was certainly the undisputed champion of browsers at Pwn2Own earlier this year – but Microsoft’s Edge has just been rated …
Andromeda OS is Microsoft’s big plan to make Windows 10 fully modular
Microsoft’s vision for the future of Windows 10 is to morph the OS into an entirely modular system whereby features can be bolted on (or removed) and tailored specifically to the device the s…
Microsoft ends all support for Windows Phone
It’s time to pour one out for Windows Phone 8.1, as Microsoft officially ended support for the mobile platform today. Forecast previously on an official page, Windows Phone 8.1 — and by…