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Microsoft cloud revenue up 22%, Windows business plunges 27% in first report since job cuts

GeekWire

Windows revenue fell 27% to $4.8 billion, including a decline of 39% in revenue from versions of Windows licensed to computer manufacturers. This is the business unit run by Charlie Bell , the former Amazon Web Services exec. However, other parts of Microsoft’s business experienced significant declines.

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Follow the countdown to the first launch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites

GeekWire

ULA Photo) The countdown is on for the first-ever launch of Amazon satellites, aimed at testing out the hardware and software for the Seattle company’s worldwide Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation. — to test the hardware on the spacecraft, as well as Amazon’s ground facilities and customer terminals.

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Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’

GeekWire

Charlie Bell, a former Amazon Web Services executive, is now the leader of Microsoft’s newly formed, 10,000-person security engineering organization. Last month, on the anniversary of the landmark memo, Microsoft patched nearly 120 holes in Windows and other products. Microsoft Photo). “Your code will be attacked.”

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What is the metaverse, and do I have to care?

The Verge

Right now, tech industry figures who talk about “the metaverse” are usually excited about digital platforms that include some of the following things: Feature sets that overlap with older web services or real-world activities. Real-time 3D computer graphics and personalized avatars. This could change in the future.

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