China accused of cyber-attack on Microsoft
The UK, US and EU have accused China of carrying out a major cyber-attack earlier this year. The attack targeted Microsoft Exchange servers, affecting at...
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Is Skype being ‘killed off’ by Microsoft?
Microsoft has officially announced Windows 11, its new operating system which will replace the current version over the next few years. Among all the new...
Microsoft awards Game of Learners winners
An innovation featuring with a unique digital platform that links students and teachers across Africa has been voted winner in the just concluded Season 2...
Microsoft accuses China over email cyber-attacks
Microsoft has blamed a Chinese cyber-espionage group for attacks on its mail server software. The tech giant said the hackers belonged to a state-backed group,...
Microsoft unveils new employee experience platform for workplace
Microsoft has announced an employee experience platform that enables employee engagement, learning, wellbeing and knowledge discovery, directly into the flow of people’s work. Dubbed Microsoft...
Salesforce acquires workplace messaging app Slack for $27.7bn
Salesforce has agreed to buy workplace messaging app Slack for $27.7bn (£20bn) in what would be one of the biggest tech mergers in recent years....
Elon Musk becomes world’s second richest person
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has topped Microsoft founder Bill Gates to become the world’s second richest man after a meteoric rise in his personal fortune....
TikTok rejects Microsoft bid at the eleventh hour as deadline approaches
Microsoft has said that its offer to buy the US operations of hugely popular video-sharing app TikTok has been rejected, paving the way for Oracle...
Kenyan IT firm among winners in Microsoft’s global partners awards
Kenyan IT company, Cloud Productivity Solutions (CPS), is among the few African companies that were recognised during the 2020 Microsoft Inspire awards that recognize partners...
Microsoft to continue talks to buy TikTok’s US operations
US tech giant Microsoft has confirmed that it is continuing talks to purchase the US operations of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok. Microsoft boss Satya Nadella...