The Verge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Microsoft says it was able to mitigate a 2.4Tbps Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack in August. The attack targeted an Azure customer in Europe, and was 140 percent higher than the highest attack bandwidth volume Microsoft recorded in 2020. Image: Microsoft. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Karat Image). — Karat , a Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews , hired two new executives. Its software is used by tech companies such as Compass, Intuit, Indeed, Ford and others that need help interviewing engineers. The company won Startup of the Year honors at this year’s GeekWire Awards.

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The Verge

AUGUST 4, 2021

Image: Microsoft. Microsoft launched its new cloud PC Windows 365 service earlier this week , and the company has already had to pause free trials due to demand. Following significant demand, we have reached capacity for Windows 365 trials,” reads a statement from the Microsoft 365 Twitter account. “We Image: Microsoft.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Microsoft has spent the past 10 years embracing open-source software and, at several points, even admitting it loves Linux and the open source community. The Linux Foundation even praised Microsoft for working with the open source community after the company joined the foundation nearly five years ago.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Microsoft made another key hire for a new consumer technology group on Wedneday, adding former Facebook and Google product leader Amit Fulay as vice president of product. ” An excerpt from the job post: Our team is responsible for creating the NEW consumer offering of Microsoft Teams. Amit Fulay. ” “I have admired?the

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Computerworld Vertical IT

MARCH 31, 2021

Microsoft has begun rolling out its Windows release health dashboard to the Microsoft 365 admin portal, a move the company previewed earlier this month at its all-virtual Ignite conference.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

MAY 28, 2021

Disclosure: Microsoft is a client of the author. I used to look forward to Microsoft events because of the fun videos the company did when Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer ran the show. When Gates left, so did much of the fun and humor in events.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Checking Windows 11 compatibility on a Windows 10 PC using Microsoft’s PC Health Check App. Microsoft is beginning the global rollout of Windows 11 this afternoon, starting in New Zealand and Australia, where it’s already Oct. However, Microsoft says the overall automatic rollout will be phased over weeks and likely months.

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GeekWire

MARCH 3, 2022

GeekWire File Photo). — Miguel de Icaza , who joined Microsoft after the tech giant acquired Xamarin in 2016, is leaving the company, according to a report from ZDNet. de Icaza, known as a leader in open source software development, was a distinguished engineer at Microsoft. Xamarin co-founder Miguel de Icaza.

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The Verge

JANUARY 7, 2021

The headline spotlights the outlet’s recent interview with Duracell’s UK marketing manager, Luke Anderson, who told Stealth Optional that there’s “always been this partnership with Duracell and Xbox. It’s a constant agreement that Duracell and Microsoft have in place.”. This isn’t true. “We

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

Microsoft is warning of a 17-year-old critical Windows DNS Server vulnerability that the company has classified as “wormable.” a principal security program manager at Microsoft. Researchers at Check Point discovered the security flaw in Windows DNS and reported it to Microsoft back in May. Image: Microsoft.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Microsoft originally promised new 3D emoji for Windows 11 and various other products earlier this year. Now the company has gone for a 2D flat look instead, with the new emoji debuting in Dev Channel builds of Windows 11 this week. Microsoft appears to have changed its mind on going 3D inside Windows 11. “

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

Microsoft surprised everyone with its new Windows Package Manager (winget) last week, but it looks like the company copied the core mechanics from a developer it interviewed and ghosted. AppGet is a free and open source package manager for Windows, which automates installing software on Windows PCs.

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GeekWire

MAY 2, 2024

(CDL Photo) Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), a nonprofit that runs 13 startup accelerators across the world, just graduated another swath of early stage companies from its Seattle program. It also enforces objective-based milestones and checkpoints; if a company is not meeting certain standards, they are booted out.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 24, 2021

(Microsoft Image). Microsoft’s cloud gaming ambitions will take a big step forward later this year when the company launches its cloud gaming service on Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One consoles. Microsoft revealed the update during today’s Gamescom Xbox stream.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The news: Five startups jostled for $200,000 in funding in the final round of the Seattle Angel Conference , with new medical device company BrainSpace rising to the top. The founders: BrainSpace CTO Stephen Morse is a mechanical engineer who has worked for a variety of companies, including global electrical and manufacturing company Flex.

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GeekWire

JUNE 4, 2021

The former Microsoft COO told GeekWire that the “timing was just really good for me.” ” “Company is in great shape to go public in the near future. Turner will remain an advisor to the company. It manages a fleet of more than 130,000 cryptocurrency miners. Chairman Mike Levitt is now CEO.

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TechSpot

JULY 19, 2021

Microsoft program manager Hassan Uraizee said the company is committed to ensuring that when developers adopt a new API, they can reach as many gamers as possible with it. As such, games built to utilize the DirectStorage SDK will also be compatible with Windows 10, version 1901 and newer, just.

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The Verge

JUNE 2, 2020

Microsoft is crediting a developer after he accused the company of copying the core mechanics of its new Windows Package Manager. Microsoft only briefly mentioned AppGet once in its announcement, in a throwaway line that lists other Windows package managers. Microsoft doesn’t dispute the claims.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The Xbox Wireless Headset is Microsoft’s first official set of Xbox headphones in years. Microsoft image). In a big news day for Microsoft’s Xbox division, the company announced a new wireless headset for the Xbox Series X|S and an upgrade of its gaming accessibility programs. Every sound counts.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 22, 2024

SAP has won another convert to its Rise with SAP managed software offering. Deutsche Telekom intends to migrate systems used by its European operating companies to Rise over the next two years. IBM said it would move to Rise in May 2022 while Microsoft gave a progress report on its own Rise migration in March that year.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Microsoft last week announced that it would support the Enterprise Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) through July 2018, a year-and-a-half extension for the anti-exploit utility. EMET hasn't kept pace," wrote Jeffrey Sutherland, a Microsoft principal program manager lead, in a post to a company blog Nov.

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GeekWire

APRIL 9, 2024

Ryan told GeekWire in 2019 that the role of ProbablyMonsters is to “manage the business side for [its studios] and help them to grow,” while maintaining a path for each studio to go independent. The company went through a round of layoffs in September.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Microsoft is fully detailing its new Xbox Series S console today. Microsoft is using the same CPU from the Xbox Series X inside the Series S, running at 3.6Hz. The primary difference between Xbox Series X and S is the GPU,” explains Jason Ronald, Microsoft’s director of Xbox program management.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 18, 2015

Hittle is a Level III, top-ranked, Acquisition Program Manager and Systems Planning Research, Development, and Engineering Professional. Previously, Webster held positions in sales and services at companies like Microsoft and FAST Search and Transfer and in software development at firms like Time Inc.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Former Microsoft Corporate Vice President Marc Brown joined EQT as a partner and global head of EQT Growth, a new strategic initiative focused on technology. The private equity company also develops and owns companies around the globe. The six-year old company raised $5.5 based company as SVP of customer success.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 25, 2023

Former Microsoft and Amazon Alexa engineering leader Sonny Patel was named CTO and CPO of insurance tech startup Socotra. She spent eight years at Microsoft, working her way up from an entry-level product manager to senior program manager lead. . He most recently served as IT manager for the U.S.

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GeekWire

APRIL 28, 2023

” The company would not say how many employees remain with its tech team. Impacted roles include software engineers, data analysts, technical program managers, DevOps engineers and others, according to a search of posts on LinkedIn. Digital sales decreased in the fourth quarter by 13.1%

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

. “It’s fair to say that the Seattle startup community would not be where it is today without Techstars,” former Techstars Seattle managing director Chris DeVore wrote in a blog post. GeekWire File Photo) The spokesperson noted that less than half of Techstars Seattle companies were based in Washington state.

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GeekWire

APRIL 3, 2024

The company said it’s shifting its focus to self-serve digital training and training programs run by external partners. AWS also cited overlap in some program management and sales operations roles. “We operate in an incredibly fast-moving industry, and it is important that we stay agile as an organization.”

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Microsoft’s Azure Quantum team has engineered devices such as this one to pave the way for creating topological qubits and scalable quantum computers. Microsoft is one of three companies selected to present design concepts as part of a five-year program known as Underexplored Systems for Utility-Scale Quantum Computing , or US2QC.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Image: Microsoft. Microsoft has created a new Media Player app for Windows 11, and it’s beginning to test the app with Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel today. Image: Microsoft. Image: Microsoft. Windows 11’s new media player. The update to the new Media Player will replace the Groove Music app.”.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The companies did not disclose terms of the deal. Lee left his post as a data science program manager at Microsoft in 2019 to start Kurvv, drawing upon more than 15 years of experience in product management. Both Lee and Croft served as interim executives at the company.

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GeekWire

MARCH 8, 2023

Ramani was previously interim head of product at wellness and fitness services company January AI and senior vice president of product at clothing rental giant Rent the Runway. She also was previously director of product at Seattle mobile software development company Medio and spent nine years at Microsoft as a lead program manager.

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The Verge

JUNE 23, 2020

Microsoft is launching a preview version of its antivirus software for Android today. We’re now getting a good idea of exactly why Microsoft thinks Android needs antivirus protection. Microsoft’s antivirus software for Android. It’s still not clear what the iOS version of Microsoft Defender will offer, exactly. “In

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Charlie Bell, a former Amazon Web Services executive, is now the leader of Microsoft’s newly formed, 10,000-person security engineering organization. Microsoft Photo). And the security of Microsoft’s software is still falling well short of Gates’ vision. “Your code will be attacked.”

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GeekWire

JANUARY 24, 2023

11, the Xbox department at Microsoft announced an update for Xbox One and Series X|S gaming systems that would make them “ the first carbon aware consoles.” 23, beginning with a piece on Blaze News that announced Microsoft “will force gamers into powering down their Xbox consoles in order to fight climate change.”

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