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Microsoft to Unbundle Teams From Office in EU to Address Antitrust Concerns
Regulation // August 31, 2023

Microsoft has announced plans to unbundle its Teams software from its Office suite in Europe in response to concerns raised in an antitrust investigation by the European Union (EU), The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (Aug. 31). The move will see the software giant offering business...

Microsoft Continues Shutting Down Cortana
Connected Economy // August 11, 2023

Microsoft is shutting down its digital assistant app, Cortana, for Windows 11 with an update that disables it. This move comes three years after the tech giant ended Cortana for iOS and Android devices, The Verge reported Friday (Aug. 11). Microsoft also plans to end support for the digital...

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Microsoft Outage Could Produce ‘Insurance Catastrophe’

July 19, 2024
Insurers reportedly could be facing hundreds or thousands of business interruption claims resulting from the Microsoft outage that began late Thursday (July 18). Economic damages from the event, which crippled industries and inconvenienced consumers around the world, could amount to tens of billions of dollars, Reuters reported Friday (July 19). Nir Perry, CEO at cyber insurance risk platform CyberWrite, said […]

Microsoft to Unbundle Teams From Office in EU to Address Antitrust Concerns

August 31, 2023
Microsoft has announced plans to unbundle its Teams software from its Office suite in Europe in response to concerns raised in an antitrust investigation by the European Union (EU), The Wall...

Microsoft Continues Shutting Down Cortana

August 11, 2023
Microsoft is shutting down its digital assistant app, Cortana, for Windows 11 with an update that disables it. This move comes three years after the tech giant ended Cortana for iOS...