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Earnings Release FY23 Q3 (Microsoft)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 04/26/2023 - 06:23Microsoft and Viasat announce new partnership to deliver internet access to underserved communities globally
Microsoft and Viasat announced a new partnership to help deliver internet access to 10 million people around the globe, including 5 million across Africa.
Microsoft Releases Digital Equity Dashboard
Microsoft released a new Digital Equity Data Dashboard to help create better understanding of the economic opportunity gaps in towns, cities and neighborhoods across the United States. The new tool was developed by Chief Data Science Officer Juan Lavista Ferres and the Microsoft AI for Good Lab, and aggregates public data from the Census Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, BroadbandNow and Microsoft’s own Broadband Usage Data.
Microsoft adopts principles for employee organizing and engagement with labor organizations (Microsoft)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 06/03/2022 - 15:01The hybrid war in Ukraine (Microsoft)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 04/28/2022 - 06:23Microsoft Unveils Top Secret Cloud for Government (Microsoft)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 12/07/2020 - 12:57Microsoft thumbs its nose at Apple with new “app fairness” policy
Microsoft adopted a whole slew of "fairness principles" for its Windows app store.
Microsoft announces new technologies to combat disinformation (Microsoft)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 09/02/2020 - 14:09
COVID-19 has only intensified the broadband gap
Broadband already powers much of our modern lives, but COVID-19 has acted as an accelerant, a fuel of sorts that has driven many essential activities online. The most significant way to move the dial for Americans without broadband is by changing policy at the federal, state and local level, not only for more funding but to remove roadblocks so that broadband can reach rural and underserved Americans faster.