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US government taking creative steps to counter cyberthreats

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Microsoft profits soar as cloud demand continues in pandemic

By Matt O'Brien - Associated Press

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White House ‘standing down’ the government’s ‘surge efforts’ responding to recent cyber hacks

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo Brad Smith, president of Microsoft Corporation, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington during a hearing on emerging technologies and their impact on national security. Federal lawmakers are insisting Microsoft swiftly upgrade security to what they say it should have provided in the first place _ and without fleecing taxpayers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

SolarWinds hacking campaign puts Microsoft in hot seat

By FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press

Walmart invests in GM’s Cruise autonomous vehicle subsidiary

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FBI accesses hundreds of computers to remove backdoors installed by Microsoft hackers

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Microsoft, on growth push, to buy speech recognition company Nuance for about $16 billion

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, people walk near a Microsoft office in New York. Microsoft, on an accelerated growth push, is buying speech recognition company Nuance in a deal worth $19.7 billion including debt. (AP Photo/Swayne B. Hall, File)

Microsoft buying speech recognition firm Nuance in $16B deal

By MATT O'BRIEN and MICHELLE CHAPMAN - Associated Press

In this May 11, 2017, file photo, members of a design team at Cirque du Soleil demonstrate use of Microsoft's HoloLens device in helping to virtually design a set at the Microsoft Build 2017 developers conference in Seattle. Microsoft says it has won a nearly $22 billion contract to supply U.S. Army combat troops with its virtual reality headsets. Microsoft announced the deal Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Microsoft wins $22 billion Army contract to produce augmented-reality headsets for soldiers

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2021, file photo White House deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger speaks during a press briefing in Washington. The Biden administration has created an initiative aimed at helping critical industries, like the electric utility and water sectors, protect against damaging and destabilizing cyberattacks. “Our aim is to ensure that control systems serving 50,000 or more Americans have the core technology to detect and block malicious cyber activity,&quot; Neuberger said in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, April 1. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

US looks to keep critical sectors safe from cyberattacks

By ERIC TUCKER and ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press

In this May 11, 2017, file photo, members of a design team at Cirque du Soleil demonstrate use of Microsoft's HoloLens device in helping to virtually design a set at the Microsoft Build 2017 developers conference in Seattle. Microsoft says it has won a nearly $22 billion contract to supply U.S. Army combat troops with its virtual reality headsets. Microsoft announced the deal Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Microsoft wins $22 billion deal making headsets for US Army

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

In this Feb. 1, 2019, file photo, Bill Gates smiles while being interviewed in Kirkland, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Bill Gates is not America’s coronavirus god

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Iowa expects to open vaccinations to all adults on April 5

By DAVID PITT - Associated Press

Microsoft to start bringing workers back to headquarters

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This photo, provided by the Strong National Museum of Play, in Rochester, N.Y., Tuesday, March 16, 2021, shows 12 finalists for 2021 induction into the Video Game Hall of Fame. Included are: Nintendo's &quot;Animal Crossing,&quot; Infinity Ward/Activision's &quot;Call of Duty,&quot; Zynga's &quot;FarmVille,&quot; &quot;FIFA International Soccer,&quot; Harmonix's &quot;Guitar Hero,&quot; Mattel Electronics' &quot;Mattel Football,&quot; &quot;Microsoft Flight Simulator,&quot; Namco/Atari's &quot;Pole Position,&quot; Blizzard Entertainment's &quot;StarCraft,&quot; Midway's &quot;Tran,&quot; and Broderbund's &quot;Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?&quot; (Strong National Museum of Play via AP)

Call of Duty among finalists for Video Game Hall of Fame

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This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter icon on a mobile phone, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Twitter hacker agrees to plead guilty for three-year prison sentence

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

U.S. orders federal agencies to patch Microsoft products after company warns of Chinese threat

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Vice President Kamala Harris, accompanied by Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., left, and District of Columbia Department of Health Director LaQuandra Nesbitt, center, greets staff and visitors to a Giant Foods grocery store in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, after watching a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine be administered. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

New pre-registration for vaccination appointments in D.C.

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, people walk past a Microsoft office in New York. China-based government hackers have exploited a bug in Microsoft's email server software to target U.S. organizations, the company said Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Swayne B. Hall, File)

Microsoft: China-based hackers found bug to target US firms

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

Unfriended no more: Facebook to lift Australia news ban

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press