Pentagon Awards $10 Billion Contract To Microsoft Over Front-Runner Amazon "We're surprised about this conclusion. AWS is the clear leader in cloud computing," an Amazon Web Services spokesperson told NPR. The contract is for 10 years. Meg Anderson
Microsoft Says Iranians Tried To Hack U.S. Presidential Campaign Microsoft says a hacker group with ties to Iran has targeted a U.S. campaign, in the latest sign that foreign governments may try to influence the 2020 election. Shannon Bond
Microsoft President: Democracy Is At Stake. Regulate Big Tech Brad Smith says governments need to step in and set rules for the Internet giants. "Almost no technology has gone so entirely unregulated, for so long, as digital technology," he says. Aarti Shahani Play AudioListen 4 mins
Microsoft Closes The Book On Its E-Library, Erasing All User Content The move comes as a result of Digital Rights Management, an approach that allows companies to prevent piracy. Every purchased book will disappear this month. Lulu Garcia-Navarro Play AudioListen 5 mins
How an Amazon pledge figures in the politics of housing Amazon and Microsoft this week pledged $5 million each to build housing for homeless people in the Seattle area. Is there a political effect of this kind of corporate action? Angela King Play AudioListen 5 mins
Amazon, Microsoft back new push to house the homeless in Seattle Some of the Seattle area’s biggest businesses are backing a $75 million fund-raising effort by Plymouth Housing to build homes for 800 homeless people. Derek Wang Play AudioListen 37 secs
Trust in Microsoft? That's the message at Build conference Microsoft is wrapping up its annual developer conference in Seattle on Wednesday. Geekwire’s Todd Bishop hit the highlights of Build for KUOW’s Angela King. Angela King Play AudioListen 5 mins
‘A moment of reckoning.’ Microsoft grapples with questions, backlash after sexism email thread On the morning of April 22, Microsoft broadcast a livestream to thousands of employees from Lindsay-Rae McIntyre, Microsoft’s chief diversity officer. She was there talk about the emails. Sydney Brownstone
Tax hike on Amazon and Microsoft will help pay college tuition Washington Governor Jay Inslee is expected to sign a bill raising $1.5 billion in new taxes for higher education between now and 2025. Joshua McNichols Play AudioListen 2 mins
Microsoft's new climate plan: charge itself for polluting Microsoft's ambitious climate action plan including a $15 carbon fee on itself. Paige Browning