 | Microsoft backs Australian plan to make Google pay for newsMorrison this week confirmed he had spoken to Nadella about Bing replacing Google in Australia. |
| Microsoft seeks to fill void if Google exits Australia: ReportsAustralia's mandatory bargaining code would require Google and Facebook to strike commercial agreements with news organisations. |
 | Odisha’s 7-year-old wonder kid clears Microsoft Technology Associate examinationVenkat Raman Patnaik, a Class-III home-schooled student of WhiteHat Jr from the district of Balangir, has cleared the MTA examination. |
 | VerSe Innovation raises over USD 100 million from AlphaWave, Google and MicrosoftVerSe Innovation's proprietary technology platform also powers various technology solutions including over 300 million users on Dailyhunt to consume content in their local language. |
 | Public institutions, private sector together can help developing economies overcome pandemic: NadellaNadella said public-private partnership is helping adopt changes and bring about more ubiquity to that change, which is going to be very important. |
 | Russian, North Korean hackers target vaccine work with attempts to steal data: MicrosoftChinese state-backed hackers have also been targeting vaccine-makers, the U.S. government said in July while announcing criminal charges. |
 | Microsoft to skill 30K Telangana youth in AIThe initiative, which aims to impart skills in AI to one million youth by 2021, was launched on Thursday. |
 | Microsoft, NSDC collaborate to empower 1 lakh women in India with digital skillsThe live training sessions will be delivered online through the Microsoft Community Training platform. |
 | Big week for Big Tech as earnings, hearings loomCEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google are already slated to testify at a separate Senate panel Wednesday examining the so-called Section 230 law. |
 | CBI searches 6 firms targeting computer users through tech support scam, Rs 190-cr assets seizedCBI is collaborating with US agencies of other friendly countries against the fraudsters who allegedly took remote control of computers by sending a pop-up message of malware presence on their systems |
| Microsoft to let some employees work from home permanently: ReportA news report said that said that most Microsoft employees are still at home as the health crisis drags on, and the company doesn't expect to reopen its US offices until January of next year. |
 | Samsung ties up with Microsoft to scale enterprise 5G deploymentThrough a Cloud-based approach to the market, the companies said they aim to achieve greater cost efficiencies in 5G deployments. |
 | India's role in production of COVID-19 vaccine critical in containing pandemic: Bill GatesThe American business magnate said that he was optimistic that by the first quarter of next year, that several of these vaccines will reach the phase three emergency licence approval. |
 | Oracle wins TikTok over Microsoft in Trump-urged bidThe Trump administration has threatened to ban TikTok by Sept. 20 and ordered ByteDance to sell its US business, claiming national-security risks due to its Chinese ownership. |
 | Microsoft made hacking claims with TikTok deal in mind: Global TimesBesides Microsoft, other companies including Oracle are in the race to buy TikTok's US operations. |
