Microsoft said it was deploying a fix but that it was ‘progressing slower than anticipated for the majority of affected users.’
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Three Mile Island nuclear plant owner seeks taxpayer backing for Microsoft deal
A taxpayer-backed loan could give Microsoft and Three Mile Island owner Constellation Energy a major boost in their unprecedented bid to steer all the power from a U.S. nuclear plant to a single company.
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Design flaw could allow hackers to roll back Microsoft Windows updates
Microsoft’s feature is supposed to stop any tainted core element of an operating system from working, but a researcher for security company SafeBreach beat it, giving him complete control of test machines.
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Google loses massive antitrust case over its search dominance
A judge ruled that the ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation – a seismic decision that could shake up the internet.
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Microsoft’s World of Warcraft development workers are unionizing
The Game Makers Guild is the first wall-to-wall union seen at Activision Blizzard and the largest of this kind at a Microsoft-owned studio to date.
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Google dangled more than $500 million to foil Microsoft EU cloud pact
However, the attempt to derail the cloud firms’ antitrust settlement with Microsoft Corp. failed.
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Microsoft to pay $14.4 million settlement over alleged parental, disability leave discrimination
Although Microsoft is headquartered in Washington state, it has significant operations in California, where the case was brought.
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AI chip maker pushes out Apple, Microsoft to become world’s most valuable company
Nvidia’s stock market value rose to $3.3 trillion, surpassing Apple and Microsoft.
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Melinda French Gates’ $12.5 billion creates path to unrestricted giving
The nonprofit world is watching with interest to see what Bill Gates’ former wife will do when she leaves the Gates Foundation next month.
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Biden visits Wisconsin to laud new Microsoft facility, meet voters – and troll Trump
Microsoft’s president credited the Biden administration’s economic policies for paving the way for the new investments in Sturtevant, Wisconsin.