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The mystery of RGV2cw, Microsoft’s extremely nerdy secret message to developers
When he was still running Microsoft, Steve Ballmer caused quite the stir in the tech world by screaming “Developers! Developers! Developers!” Since the executive retired to spend more time with hi
Microsoft’s Build keynote showcases the accessibility and awkwardness of online events
“We’re living through extraordinary times,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said as he opened his Build 2020 keynote on a somber note. It was an odd tonal shift following the event introduction by h
Microsoft acquires robotic process automation platform Softomotive
During his Build keynote, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today confirmed that the company has acquired Softomotive, a software robotic automation platform. Bloomberg first reported that this acquisition
Microsoft launches new tools for building fairer machine learning models
At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today put a strong emphasis on machine learning. But in addition to plenty of new tools and features, the company also highlighted its work on building mor
Microsoft launches industry-specific cloud solutions, starting with healthcare
Microsoft today announced the launch of the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, an industry-specific cloud solution for healthcare providers. This is the first in what is likely going to be a set of cloud
Microsoft’s quantum computing platform is now in limited preview
Microsoft today announced that Azure Quantum, its partner-centric quantum computing platform for developers who want to get started with quantum computing, is now in limited preview. First announced a
Microsoft teamed up with OpenAI to build a massive AI supercomputer in Azure
At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced that it has teamed up with OpenAI, the startup trying to build a general artificial intelligence, with — among other things — a
Microsoft announces Project Reunion to make Windows app development easier again
Microsoft today announced a major new initiative that will finally alleviate some of the persistent confusion around Windows app development. Project Reunion, as it is called, is meant to unify the Wi
Microsoft Edge gets a Pinterest integration, sidebar search and automatic profile switching
Microsoft’s Edge browser is getting a bunch of new features soon. Some of these are for casual users while others are aimed at business users, IT admins and developers, but they all demonstrate
Microsoft updates Teams with new automation and scheduling tools, NDI support for broadcasting and more
At its (virtual) Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced a slew of updates for its Teams collaboration and communications platform. Given that Microsoft now sees Teams as its hub for tea
Azure Cognitive Services learns more languages
It wouldn’t be a Microsoft Build without a bunch of new capabilities for Azure Cognitive Services, Microsoft’s cloud-based AI tools for developers. The first new feature is what Microsoft
Microsoft launches Azure Synapse Link to help enterprises get faster insights from their data
At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced Azure Synapse Link, a new enterprise service that allows businesses to analyze their data faster and more efficiently, using an approach th
Microsoft launches Lists, a new Airtable-like app for Microsoft 365
Microsoft today launched Lists, a new “smart tracking app” for Microsoft 365 users. That may sound a lot like a to-do list app and, as Microsoft already offers Microsoft To Do, you may won
Azure Arc, Microsoft’s service for managing cloud resources anywhere, brings its Kubernetes service into public preview
At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced that Azure Arc, its service for managing cloud resources anywhere, including competing clouds like AWS and GCP and platforms like Red Hat&#
Microsoft launches Project Bonsai, its new machine teaching service for building autonomous systems
At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced that Project Bonsai, its new machine teaching service, is now in public preview. If that name sounds familiar, it’s probably because
Microsoft’s Fluid Framework is now open source, comes to Office 365
Fluid Framework was one of the sleeper hits of Microsoft’s 2019 Build developer conference. The idea behind the Fluid Framework is to provide developers with a new platform for building low-late
Microsoft’s Visual Studio Live Share gets built-in voice and text chat
Visual Studio Live Share is Microsoft’s tool for real-time collaborative code editing in the Visual Studio IDE and the Visual Studio Code editor. Earlier this year, the company also launched a p