Lindsey Graham says Microsoft should take over TikTok to ‘keep competition alive and data out of the hands of the Chinese government’, after the sale of the app was reportedly put on hold when Trump announced he was shutting it down. The senator on Saturday defended the president’s decision to take action against the popular … Read more
Microsoft is ‘in talks’ to buy Chinese-owned TikTok after Trump said he is considering banning the video app in the US Sources told The New York Times that Microsoft could take over TikTok The tech firm is in talks with the Chinese-owned app to purchase the service The news comes as President Donald Trump is wrestling … Read more
Teens starting college or university in September? Cover their studying essentials with a Microsoft 365 Family subscription for just £50 on Amazon today By Corinna Burton For Mailonline Published: 14:07 BST, 2 July 2020 | Updated: 14:07 BST, 2 July 2020 If you own multiple gadgets in your household or have teenagers starting college or … Read more
Microsoft is BANNING players of the racing game Forza who decorate their cars with the confederate flag online Microsoft is banning the use of the confederate flag in the racing game, Forza It also banned Nazi symbols and imperialist Japan’s rising sun flag Players who use the flag must be reported before being banned By James … Read more
Microsoft may reveal cheaper and less powerful alternative to its Xbox Series X console in August Xbox may reveal a cheaper alternative to the Xbox Series X in August The console is reportedly being called the Xbox Series S The console will be cheaper but also less powerful than the Series X Xbox has still … Read more
Microsoft Mixer partners angered over sudden shutdown say they’re going to defect to Twitch instead of transitioning to Facebook Gaming Mixer users say they’re leaning toward Twitch after an announced closure The defection to Twitch comes in spite of Mixer’s attempt to migrate to Facebook Gaming Major streamers like Ninja have yet to commit to Facebook Gaming … Read more
Game over! Microsoft will shut down its Twitch rebuttal, Mixer and merge with Facebook Gaming after struggling to compete Microsoft will end its Twitch-style game streaming service Mixer It will migrate partners and users to Facebook gaming The partnership will help promote Microsoft’s xCloud service By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 23:32 BST, 22 June … Read more
Scammers are using Oxford and Samsung servers to phish victims with fake Microsoft Office 365 pages The campaign uses servers from Samsung and Oxford to phish users The scams use faked Microsoft Office 365 to steal information By using servers from legitimate companies, scammers can bypass normal email protections that filter out spam By James … Read more
Microsoft will axe up to 50 journalists and replace them with robots using AI to select news stories Microsoft used journalists to collate its MSN website and Edge mobile browser Journalists selected stories from other publishers for the company’s homepage Staff were emailed that they were being replaced by artificial intelligence By Darren Boyle for … Read more
Solitaire is 30 years old today: Microsoft asks its 35 million players to help set a world record for the most games completed in a single day Solitaire was first released on Microsoft 3.0 on May 22, 1990 Microsoft is trying to set the record for most daily games to celebrate Solitaire was originally intended … Read more