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2022
Microsoft pledges policy review and public release of investigation results
Microsoft announced a review of its sexual-harassment and gender-discrimination policies and said it would publicly release results of investigations into allegations involving board members and senior leadership. The board said Microsoft would hire a third-party law firm to conduct the review.
2022
Qualcomm and Microsoft announce AR collaboration
Qualcomm Technologies announced a collaboration with Microsoft to develop custom augmented-reality chips and integrate software platforms, with the stated aim of expanding and accelerating enterprise AR adoption.
2022
XPeng completes an in-car voice assistant upgrade using Microsoft Azure
Microsoft announced that XPeng had completed an upgrade to its in-car voice assistant, “小P,” supported by Microsoft Azure neural-network text-to-speech technology. The upgraded assistant was available to XPeng P7 buyers in China through an over-the-air update.
2022
XPeng makes the Xiao P voice assistant upgrade available for P7 owners
XPeng P7 users in China can upgrade via OTA to the new Xiao P voice assistant, which is supported by Microsoft's Azure-based deep neural network text-to-speech technology.
2022
Xpeng completes an in-car voice assistant upgrade
Microsoft announced that Xpeng had completed an upgrade to its in-car voice assistant, supported by Microsoft Azure neural text-to-speech technology. The upgraded assistant was available to Chinese buyers of the Xpeng P7 through an over-the-air update; Xpeng planned to bring the technology to other models.
2022
Microsoft and XPeng announce collaboration on in-car voice technology
Microsoft China announced a collaboration with XPeng, whose vehicle-grade voice assistant technology uses Microsoft Azure-based deep neural network text-to-speech support.
2022
Qualcomm and Microsoft announce expanded AR collaboration
Qualcomm announced an expanded collaboration with Microsoft in augmented reality, including development of custom AR chips for next-generation lightweight AR glasses and plans to integrate Microsoft Mesh with the Snapdragon Spaces XR developer platform.
2022
Qualcomm and Microsoft partner to develop custom chips for AR glasses
Qualcomm announced that it is working with Microsoft to create custom chips for lightweight augmented reality glasses for consumer and business metaverse applications.
2022
Lenovo unveils ThinkPad Z13 and Z16 laptops
Lenovo unveiled the ThinkPad Z13 and Z16 laptops, which include Microsoft Pluton security processors integrated into AMD CPUs. Lenovo said the laptops would be available in May.
2021
European Commission approves Microsoft's acquisition of Nuance
The European Commission approved Microsoft's acquisition of Nuance Communications. The article states that the transaction had also received approvals in the United States and Australia, while the United Kingdom was still investigating.
2021
Microsoft announces agreement to acquire Xandr
Microsoft and AT&T announced an agreement for Microsoft to acquire AT&T’s Xandr advertising technology unit. The purchase price was not disclosed.
2021
Temenos and Microsoft expand strategic relationship
Temenos announced an expansion of its strategic relationship with Microsoft, including collaboration on financial-services cloud offerings and Green Cloud initiatives. The Temenos Banking Cloud is hosted on Microsoft Azure.
2021
Drut Technologies sues Microsoft over alleged trade-secret misappropriation
Drut Technologies sued Microsoft, alleging that Microsoft misappropriated its software, hardware, and confidential information in connection with a cloud-based server project. The allegations are described in the complaint and are not presented as an established finding.
2021
Microsoft and iFixit partner on Surface repair tools
Microsoft partnered with iFixit, allowing iFixit to manufacture and sell official Surface repair tools to authorized repair shops. iFixit said it would launch three Microsoft-designed tools for newer Surface models.
2021
UK watchdog investigates Microsoft’s Nuance acquisition
The UK Competition and Markets Authority opened an investigation into Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Nuance, citing concern that the transaction could substantially lessen competition in the UK market.
2021
Microsoft and iFixit announce Surface repair-tools partnership
Microsoft and iFixit announced a partnership under which eligible independent repairers, Microsoft-authorized service providers, Microsoft Experience Centers, and Microsoft commercial customers can purchase official Microsoft service tools for Surface devices through iFixit.com.
2021
Microsoft renames Xbox Game Pass for PC to PC Game Pass
Microsoft changed the name of its PC subscription from Xbox Game Pass for PC to PC Game Pass; the logo will still include an Xbox symbol.
2021
Microsoft offers Office users up to 50% off Microsoft 365
Microsoft displayed an offer of up to 50% off a genuine Microsoft 365 subscription to users detected using a pirated copy of Microsoft Office.
2021
Microsoft changes Xbox Game Pass for PC branding to PC Game Pass
Microsoft announced a branding change for its PC game subscription service, which is now called PC Game Pass. The article describes the change as essentially a logo change.
2021
M2GEN and Microsoft announce oncology solutions collaboration
M2GEN announced a collaboration with Microsoft to advance and scale data-driven solutions for discovering, researching, and developing oncology therapies. M2GEN will use Microsoft technologies for its data and analytics platform and work with Microsoft to develop next-generation data-driven oncology solutions.