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A push by the Trump administration has got Microsoft to consider a massive acquisition of TikTok’s global operations. It remains to be seen if Microsoft is willing to shell some more tens of billions of dollars for this deal.A recent report from the New York Times has brought a new
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China's blockchain infrastructure BSN is set to provide global access to its services next month.The network’s reliance on U.S. cloud service providers makes it vulnerable to geopolitical risks.Rising tension between the U.S. and China over the last several months could increase such risks.China's developments in other technology areas have already
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Microsoft Security Intelligence alerted users to a type of ransomware, called Avaddon, that uses Excel 4.0 macros to distribute malicious emails. These emails contain attachments which deploy an attack when opened in any version of Excel.Avaddon ransomware emerged in early June through a massive spam campaign that randomly targeted its
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U.S. tech giant Microsoft and universities in Germany and Denmark have released a paper outlining the potential benefits of blockchain technology in building an international carbon credit market. The paper, published Monday and titled “Blockchain Application for the Paris Agreement Carbon Market Mechanism – A Decision Framework and Architecture,” specifically looks
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Microsoft’s Bitcoin-based decentralized identity tool, ION, went live with a beta version on mainnet Wednesday as one of many efforts by members of the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) to fast-track tools anyone can use for COVID-19 crisis response programs. Microsoft and ConsenSys’s uPort project are both leading DIF members. Separately, Microsoft
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Microsoft’s Bitcoin-based decentralized identity tool, ION, went live with a beta version on mainnet Wednesday as one of many efforts by members of the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) to fast-track tools anyone can use for COVID-19 crisis response programs. Microsoft and ConsenSys’s uPort project are both leading DIF members. Separately, Microsoft
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The Baseline Protocol has launched integrations for Google Sheets and Microsoft Dynamics 365.The new function allows for the maintenance of verifiably consistent records using a spreadsheet in conjunction with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution.Baseline published a proof-of-concept on June 7 demonstrating the "baselining" of spreadsheet data to verify that
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The source code for the OG Xbox has been leaked. This leak could potentially help emulator developers. At this stage, Microsoft should just make the source code open source. It’s finally happened. The source code for Microsoft’s original Xbox has been leaked. At this point, an enterprising individual could
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Tech giant Microsoft has patented a new crypto mining solution that uses human bodily activity data to reward people with digital currency when they perform certain tasks. The firm says the new system aims to reduce computational energy consumed during mining while also making the mining process faster, according to
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Microsoft has acknowledged that the quarantined gamers are putting a strain on its Azure cloud platform which is a backbone of the company’s Blockchain As a Service (BaaS) offering.In the SEC filing, Microsoft addresses the impact of “the global health pandemic” on its Azure cloud services. The company admits
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