The Pentagon said Friday it will stick with Microsoft for a major cloud contract that has been disputed in court for months. The JEDI, or Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, deal has become one of the most hotly contested contracts for the Department
Microsoft is signing deals with foreign governments to offer cloud infrastructure packages similar to the bundle it assembled for the U.S. Defense Department, people familiar with the matter said. The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, or JEDI, cloud offering for the Defense
Microsoft and Facebook have lashed out at Apple for restrictive App Store policies, which they say prevent them from launching gaming services on iPhones and other Apple devices. Earlier this week, Microsoft said it would be launching its xCloud gaming service as
(CNN Business)After days of whiplash over the future of TikTok, President Donald Trump said he would allow an American company to acquire the short-form video app — with a catch. Trump on Monday set September 15 as the deadline for TikTok
President Donald Trump said Monday that it could be easier if Microsoft were to buy Chinese-owned TikTok in its entirety, rather than a small part of the social video app, because the name would be split across two companies, and suggested the
Microsoft on Sunday confirmed that it has held talks with Chinese technology company ByteDance to acquire its trendy social app TikTok in the U.S. Microsoft said in a statement that it will keep working with the U.S. government on a deal and that
Microsoft has held talks to buy the TikTok video-sharing mobile app from Chinese owner ByteDance, one person close to the situation said. This person characterized the talks as having been underway for some time, not brand new. A TikTok acquisition
Microsoft will launch its game streaming service Project xCloud publicly in September, marking a further push for the company into cloud gaming. Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft’s Xbox unit, said Thursday that xCloud would be launched for free to customers
The four biggest tech companies finished the day each worth more than $1 trillion, a landmark that was last reached before the Covid-19 pandemic struck the U.S. The landmark shows the resilience of the tech industry in the face of
New York (CNN Business)Microsoft is getting out of the brick-and-mortar retail business. The company announced Friday it will close down all of its 83 physical stores and switch to online only. It will keep its London; New York City; Sydney,