Microsoft President Brad Smith speaking about his new book ‘Tools and Weapons’ at Seattle’s Town Hall. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) A new wave of employee activism is forcing tech companies to rethink — and in several cases cancel — contracts with the federal government because of some of President Donald Trump’s controversial policies. While […]
A view of Minecraft Earth on Seattle’s Burke Gilman Trail. (GeekWire Photo / Joe Bergin) Microsoft will begin releasing the highly anticipated augmented reality mobile game Minecraft Earth in October, following several months of beta testing. Like the smash hit Pokémon Go, Minecraft Earth layers its universe over the real world, and that takes a
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Bulletproof founder Dave Asprey. (Twitter Photo) Dave Asprey, founder of Bulletproof 360, is stepping down from his role as CEO. Asprey announced that he’d be handing the reins of the company, known for its butter-filled Bulletproof Coffee, to Larry Bodner starting Oct. 1. Asprey will stay on with Bulletproof as executive chairman. “Over the past
Microsoft is trying to find one more home for its revamped Edge browser. Its Technical Program Manager for web, Sean Larson, has put out a new survey on Twitter asking feedback from developers who depend on Linux for development, testing, and other stuff. The survey asks developers what distro they prefer for development, and whether
We spoke to Steph Locke, one of the most influential data scientists on the planet, about how much background is needed to build a solid foundation in data science and how to future-proof those skills. Steph Locke is something of a game-changer in the data science industry. She is one of just three individuals in
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Microsoft today revealed it’s collaborating with Google to bring the Xbox Action to the Assistant — meaning you’ll soon be able to control your console by saying “Hey Google.” With this update, you can command Google to turn your Xbox on and off, boot up apps, resume paused games, or take screenshots — all the
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This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Last week, Activision and Infinity Ward said that the majority of post-release DLC content for the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare would launch at the same time for all platforms. Sony’s PS4, however, was to receive an unspecified “exciting
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Microsoft Corp. says its security information and event management service Azure Sentinel is now generally available after more than six months’ of testing. SIEM tools such as Azure Sentinel are proving to be quite popular with cybersecurity teams as they work by gathering data from a range of sources such as operating systems, applications, antivirus
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Microsoft has released an emergency fix for Windows 10, following the discovery of a serious flaw in Internet Explorer. The flaw is a remote code vulnerability—one of the most dangerous types of security flaws, as it opens the way for a hacker to remotely take control of an affected system. At the root of the
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Google Stadia may have been this year’s biggest announcement when it comes to new-fangled video game streaming tech, but for a year now we’ve also known that Microsoft has been cooking up something similar with Project xCloud. Details have been scarce, presumably because this very next-gen feature won’t fully come into its own until the
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