Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft wants to put to rest any lingering concerns about exactly what user data Windows 10 collects and transmits to the software giant servers. In January, just before Data Privacy Day, the company previewed a new tool called Windows Diagnostic Data Viewer that provides PC users with detailed information on Microsoft’s telemetry-gathering operations. The tool, […]

Azure Government customers will soon be able to run Azure Stack in their own data centers, Microsoft said on March 5. Initially introduced at the Microsoft Ignite conference in May 2015 and officially released during this past September’s event, Azure Stack bundles Microsoft’s cloud software with integrated systems from Dell EMC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) […]

Microsoft has resumed issuing patches to fix Meltdown and Spectre CPU vulnerabilities in PC CPUs after the software giant and its hardware partners have had time to evaluate the best ways fix what proved to be a complex cyber-security problem. Like most major software vendors, Microsoft rushed to update its Windows operating systems after the […]

Microsoft launched a public beta of its new Custom Vision service on March 1, enabling developers to build mobile applications that can recognize objects. Part of the Microsoft Cognitive Services collection of cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) APIs, the Custom Vision service “makes it easy to build and refine custom classifiers” that can be incorporated into […]

Microsoft’s enterprise customers will be gaining the ability to further customize the Windows 10 operating system when they setup new PCs for employees in the next big update for the operating system. Windows 10 test build 17110 for members of the company’s Windows Insider early-access and feedback program, now allows users to add their own […]

Apple may have ditched Microsoft Azure for Google Cloud. Tucked into the latest edition of the iOS Security online support document, and first spotted by CNBC, are details about how Apple stores encrypted user data on other cloud platforms. Conspicuously absent: Microsoft’s Azure cloud-computing platform. “The keys and the file’s metadata are stored by Apple in […]

Microsoft is going multi-platform with its Quantum Development Kit, which includes the Q# (Q-sharp) programming language and a simulator for coders exploring how to build applications for quantum computers. Quantum Development Kit made its debut during Microsoft’s Ignite conference in September 2017, followed by a beta release in December. Now, answering the pleas of developers […]

Zoom.ai, a Toronto-based maker of chat-based productivity tools, has announced an integration that extends the startup’s AI virtual assistant technology to Microsoft Teams and Office 365. Working with various business and productivity platforms, including Salesforce, Dropbox and Slack, Zoom.ai enables users to automate tasks by sending a message to the company’s virtual assistant. It can […]

Microsoft is pouring $500 million over a two-year period into a program aimed at helping startups accelerate the commercialization of their products and grow their customer bases. The program, called Microsoft for Startups, will “offer co-selling options to startups as well as access to technology and new community spaces that promote collaboration within local ecosystems,” […]

After teaming with computer networking giant Cisco to help joint customers get to the bottom of their Azure ExpressRoute networking issues last month, Microsoft’s is now using its cloud-based Network Performance Monitor tool to provide more visibility into the connections that power their hybrid cloud environments. Azure ExpressRoute provides businesses with a direct, private link […]