Controversies

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• As such, Drut says that filed suit to end Microsoft’s misappropriation of its trade secrets and to prevent the company from wrongfully using Drut’s confidential information to further develop and enhance its cloud-based servers.

• A lawsuit filed in Seattle, Washington says that Microsoft Corporation misappropriated plaintiff Drut Technologies’ valuable and unique software and hardware after allegedly conning them into a partnership while ultimately seeking to obtain broad intellectual property rights for nominal fees.

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• The Competition and Markets Authority said in a brief statement Monday that it’s looking into the purchase because of concerns that it could result in a “substantial lessening of competition” in the U.K. market.

Company response

• Investigation — Microsoft

  微软表示已经在调查问题，正在寻求解决方案

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• 本月的Win11累积更新KB5006674又惹出了打印问题，微软已经在努力解决。

• 微软表示已经在调查问题，正在寻求解决方案

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• Microsoft, in a blog post dated Oct. 24, said Nobelium's latest wave targeted "resellers and other technology service providers" of cloud services.

• The Russian-based agency behind last year's massive SolarWinds cyberattack has targeted hundreds more companies and organizations in its latest wave of attacks on U.S.-based computer systems, Microsoft said in a blog post.

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• Windows 10 新闻和兴趣小部件中的 bug 可能会导致任务栏图标出问题或图标、按钮出现模糊的问题，严重影响操作系统的可用性。

• Windows 10 任务栏上此前加入的“新闻和兴趣”小部件存在多个严重影响日常使用的问题，微软现已承认存在新 Bug。

Company response

• Remediation — Microsoft

  Forty-seven different agencies were affected by the breach which has since been rectified by the tech-giant.

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• According to the researchers, they had warned the company of the discrepancy back in June 24 but the company refused to pay heed.

• Forty-seven different agencies were affected by the breach which has since been rectified by the tech-giant.

• Personal data of 38 million users were accidentally leaked due to a fault in Microsoft's (MSFT) Power Apps software.

Company response

• Remediation — Microsoft

  The data breaches have now been fixed.

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• The data breaches have now been fixed.

• Multiple data breaches have been discovered by the UpGuard research team as a result of Microsoft Power Apps portals that have been set to enable public access. There were a total of 38 million records revealed.

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• 对于价值授权公司的诉讼，微软表示无法对正在进行的官司置评。

• 微软日前在英国遭到一家公司起诉，原告指控微软正在摧毁一个价值数十亿美元的二手软件交易市场，原告要求微软赔偿2.7亿英镑的经济损失（相当于3.71亿美元）。

Company response

• Investigation — Microsoft

  And now, ZDNet reported that Microsoft announced the investigation has been completed.

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• However, the company confirmed that the data was not extensive and that the intruders only downloaded the source code of a few components linked to Azure, Intune, and Exchange, which are cloud-based products.

• The tech giant company said that they found no evidence that the cybercriminals abused its official products or internal systems to shift and attack Microsoft's regular consumers and business customers.

• Microsoft admitted that the SolarWinds hackers were able to acquire its codes for three of its big products.

Company response

• Investigation — Intel

  Through Intel’s investigation, with the assistance of Microsoft, Intel discovered the full breadth of Gupta’s misappropriation through forensic analysis.

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• Through Intel’s investigation, with the assistance of Microsoft, Intel discovered the full breadth of Gupta’s misappropriation through forensic analysis.

• According to the lawsuit filed by Intel, Gupta took the company’s highly confidential, proprietary and trade secret information in violation of his contractual obligations and federal and state law; leveraged that information in negotiations against Intel while at his new employer; and lied to Intel in the course of the firm’s attempts to locate, recover, and protect its confidential information and trade secrets.

• Intel, the popular chipmaker, is suing one of its former employees, Varun Gupta, for allegedly stealing confidential documents and using them to give his new employer Microsoft a competitive advantage in subsequent business negotiations with Intel.

Company response

• Investigation — Dell

  In response to a request for comment, Dell said in an email that it has “never knowingly sourced operations” using child labour and has launched an investigation into the allegations.

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• Filed on Sunday by International Rights Advocates, the case marked the first time the tech industry jointly has faced legal action over the source of its cobalt.

• Tesla, Apple, Microsoft, Dell and Google‘s parent company Alphabet have been identified in a lawsuit as part of a system of forced labour that 14 families claim led to the death or serious injury of their children.

• In response to a request for comment, Dell said in an email that it has “never knowingly sourced operations” using child labour and has launched an investigation into the allegations.

Company response

• Clarification — AMD

  an AMD representative confirming to Stevivor that the "imagery used during the AMD CES press conference was not sourced from Microsoft and does not accurately reflect the design or features of the upcoming console.”

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• However, all of this tantalizing Xbox Series X connectivity information has now been officially retracted, with an AMD representative confirming to Stevivor that the "imagery used during the AMD CES press conference was not sourced from Microsoft and does not accurately reflect the design or features of the upcoming console.”

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• 根据6月15日在美国怀特普莱恩斯美国地方法院提起的诉讼，这家Armonk公司指控Rodrigo Kede Lima违反了不竞争协议并滥用了商业秘密，并要求归还近130万美元的股票期权。

• 投诉指出：“Lima在Microsoft的最高层谋求立即雇用，违反了他的非竞争协议，在这种情况下，他无法避免利用他的IBM客户关系并利用他对IBM机密商业计划的了解来对抗IBM。”

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• 微软在8月11日发布了两个更新--Windows 10 KB4549951和Windows 10 KB4566782，引入了一些安全修复，包括输入设备（鼠标、键盘或笔）的安全补丁。这些系统补丁又给一些用户带来了大问题。

• 根据报道，Windows 10的2020年8月累积更新似乎在启用Hyper-V、英特尔虚拟化或Windows沙箱功能时，可能会使一些电脑（主要是联想ThinkPad硬件）崩溃。

• 微软还没有对这些问题报告发表评论。

Company response

• Clarification — Microsoft

  A Microsoft representative said it applied for "many patents" to protect its engineers' work "However, the application of a patent doesn't necessarily indicate that the technology described will be implemented in a product," they added.

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• But one privacy campaigner suggested the system would be "invasive" and a "major step back for workers' rights".

• A Microsoft representative said it applied for "many patents" to protect its engineers' work "However, the application of a patent doesn't necessarily indicate that the technology described will be implemented in a product," they added.

• Technology giant Microsoft has filed a patent for a system to monitor employees' body language and facial expressions during work meetings and give the events a "quality score".

Company response

• Refund or compensation — Microsoft

  we will be expanding our existing refund policy to offer full refunds to anyone who purchased Cyberpunk 2077 digitally from the Microsoft Store, until further notice

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• Microsoft announced Friday that it will be expanding its refund policies for , to grant full returns to Xbox gamers who purchased the title digitally.Cyberpunk 2077

• some players have been unhappy with the current experience on older consoles.

• we will be expanding our existing refund policy to offer full refunds to anyone who purchased Cyberpunk 2077 digitally from the Microsoft Store, until further notice

Company response

• Apology — Microsoft

  Microsoft has apologised for enabling a feature, “productivity score”, which critics said was tantamount to workplace surveillance.

• Remediation — Microsoft

  Microsoft says it will removing individual user names from the productivity score entirely.

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• Microsoft has apologised for enabling a feature, “productivity score”, which critics said was tantamount to workplace surveillance.

• Now, Microsoft says, it will removing individual user names from the productivity score entirely.

Company response

• Investigation — 微软

  对此官方回应，正在积极调查此事。

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• 对微软而言，Windows XP和Windows Server 2003具有历史意义的操作系统，其源代码的Torrent文件已经被公布在各个文件共享网站上，这件事影响非常的大，对此官方回应，正在积极调查此事。

• 在之前，有外媒报道称，Windows XP和Windows Server 2003的源代码在网上泄露，其已经被多多次下载，泄露的相当彻底，而微软也终于回应此事。

• 目前，这些泄露的内容已经被证实是真实的。

Company response

• Ongoing disclosure — Microsoft

  Microsoft will work to improve the lives of African Americans by pushing for a better justice system, focusing on its own hiring, donating funds to groups tackling racial inequality and buying from more-diverse suppliers, Chief Executive Satya Nadella said in an all-employee email the company published late Friday.

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• Microsoft will work to improve the lives of African Americans by pushing for a better justice system, focusing on its own hiring, donating funds to groups tackling racial inequality and buying from more-diverse suppliers, Chief Executive Satya Nadella said in an all-employee email the company published late Friday.

• Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday announced a series of investments meant to address racial injustice, within and outside the company.

• Microsoft also said it would double the number of Black- and African-American-owned suppliers the company works with over the next three years

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• Remediation — Intel

  英特尔发言人证实，该公司正在与 Microsoft 合作进行修复。

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• 英特尔已经确认，微软 Windows 2020 年 5 月 10 日更新（2004 版）会导致英特尔 Optane 内存出现问题，但是该问题并不严重且普遍存在，因为仅影响 Optane 内存 M10 和 H10。

• 英特尔发言人证实，该公司正在与 Microsoft 合作进行修复。