Using AI to help save lives
A young mother and her baby visit the local nutrition center in rural Madagascar to participate in a discussion around children’s nutrition and learn new cooking recipes that promote a varied diet....
View ArticleTechnology and the US military
Over the last few months there has been a debate in our industry about when and how technology companies should work with the government, and specifically whether companies should supply digital...
View ArticleAn important step toward peace and security in the digital world
Today, French President Emmanuel Macron launched a global effort among governments, businesses and civil society to protect and defend against threats to the digital infrastructure that runs our daily...
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The rural broadband divide: An urgent national problem that we can solve
Every day the world is becoming more digital. Cloud computing combined with new productivity, communication and intelligent tools and services enable us to do more, do it more quickly and in ways that...
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Facial recognition: It’s time for action
In July, we shared our views about the need for government regulation and responsible industry measures to address advancing facial recognition technology. As we discussed, this technology brings...
View ArticleNext Generation Washington: Our priorities for 2019
The Washington State Legislature recently began its 2019 session. In keeping with Microsoft tradition, I’d like to share with you our legislative priorities. What follows are a few of the issues at the...
View ArticleA tragedy that calls for more than words: The need for the tech sector to...
Four months ago, when our team at Microsoft first made plans for a visit to New Zealand that began yesterday, we did not expect to arrive on the heels of a violent terrorist attack that would kill...
View ArticleCheck out the PBS documentary on ‘CyberWork and the American Dream’
Every day the world is becoming more digital and every company is becoming a technology company. Cloud computing and AI combined with new productivity, communication and intelligent tools and services...
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We’re increasing our carbon fee as we double down on sustainability
Image of trees with data and insights provided by Microsoft AI. Since 2009, Microsoft has made and met a series of commitments to reduce the company’s carbon footprint. While we’ve made progress toward...
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Tech that makes the world a witness to courtroom injustices across the globe
The TrialWatch app. In 1948, as the world recovered from the atrocities of the Second World War, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Eleanor Roosevelt, who led much of...
View ArticleNext Generation Washington: 2019 legislative session recap
Earlier this year, I shared Microsoft’s 2019 Washington state legislative priorities as part of our practice to engage constructively on important regional issues. Since then, a lot has happened, and I...
View ArticleStatement from Microsoft President Brad Smith on Supreme Court decision to...
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in three consolidated cases concerning the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. One of those cases is a suit brought by...
View ArticleAs technology like AI propels us into the future, it can also play an...
It’s hard to ignore the anxieties and even polarization that one sees in so many places around the world today. The forces of globalization are reshaping our communities in tangible ways. Increasingly,...
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Microsoft, other tech industry leaders team up with an international...
Adapted from comments made today. On March 15, 2019 the world witnessed a terrorist use the internet as a stage to commit mass murder in Christchurch, New Zealand. Even in a time that has seen far too...
View ArticleTechSpark El Paso-Juarez: Igniting digital transformation throughout the...
On the 32nd parallel in a gap within the Franklin Mountain range sits an international intersection where two nations, cultures, languages and people meld together. Every day thousands of people...
View ArticleStanding up for every Dreamer
They came to the United States as children, brought into the country undocumented by parents with dreams of a better life. Many were so young when they arrived that they have no recollection of their...
View ArticlePreserving cultural heritage one language at a time
There are close to 7,000 languages spoken around the world today. Yet, sadly, every two weeks a language dies with its last speaker, and it is predicted that between 50% and 90% of endangered languages...
View ArticleMicrosoft will be carbon negative by 2030
The scientific consensus is clear. The world confronts an urgent carbon problem. The carbon in our atmosphere has created a blanket of gas that traps heat and is changing the world’s climate. Already,...
View ArticleNext Generation Washington: Our priorities for 2020
As we’ve done in recent years, I’d like to share what we’re focused on for Washington State’s current legislative session, as well as share our reaction to one key November 2019 election result. As...
View ArticleAs we work to protect public health, we also need to protect the income of...
As the impact of COVID-19 spreads in the Puget Sound region and northern California, Microsoft has asked its employees who can work from home to do so. As a result, we have a reduced need in these...
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