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Microsoft is adding Linux, Android, and firmware protections to Windows

Microsoft is moving forward with its promise to extend enterprise security protections to non-Windows platforms with the general release of a Linux version and a preview of one for Android. The software maker is also beefing up Windows security protections to scan for malicious firmware. The Linux and Android moves—detailed in posts published on Tuesday

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Analysis | The Technology 202: Tech leaders say Trump's immigration crackdown will be bad for business

Analysis | The Technology 202: Tech leaders say Trump’s immigration crackdown will be bad for business

with Tonya Riley Tech industry leaders are aggressively criticizing President Trump’s immigration crackdown, warning the move could prevent them from recruiting the most highly-skilled workers from around the world.  Many major companies including Amazon, Microsoft, Twitter and top industry groups came out swinging against Trump’s sweeping order to block a broad range of worker visas

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Popular streamer Ninja is seen in this promo page on the Mixer website

Microsoft abandons Mixer app in Facebook deal

Image copyright Mixer Image caption Mixer signed exclusive deals with some popular streamers, including Ninja Microsoft has decided to close its Mixer livestreaming service and is partnering with Facebook Gaming instead. Mixer made headlines last year when it signed a reportedly multi-million dollar exclusivity deal with Ninja, a big star on rival platform Twitch. But

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Microsoft acquires ADRM Software to beef up Azure with industry data models

Microsoft acquires ADRM Software to beef up Azure with industry data models

Microsoft today announced it has acquired ADRM Software, which provides large-scale industry data models companies use as “information blueprints.” The tech giant says it plans to combine these models with storage and compute from Azure to support the creation of data lakes where information from multiples lines of business is collated together at scale. Industry

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Microsoft won’t sell police its facial-recognition technology, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM

Microsoft won’t sell police its facial-recognition technology, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM

Smith said Microsoft has not sold its facial-recognition technology to police departments. And the company has backed legislation in California that would allow police use of the technology with some restrictions. “We will not sell facial-recognition technology to police departments in the United States until we have a national law in place, grounded in human

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Black man with facial recognition algorithms

Microsoft bars facial recognition sales to police

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A US government study suggested facial recognition algorithms were less accurate at identifying African-American faces Microsoft has become the latest US company to limit the use of its facial recognition technology by police. The firm said it would not start sales to US police departments until the country approves

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