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Microsoft reportedly has contractors help train AI using snippets of audio recorded via the Translate feature in Skype, as well as the Cortana voice assistant.
Sure, Microsoft makes Cortana, but it's also using providing a sort of white label virtual assistant for technology partners.
Microsoft Bing search engine appears to be blocked in China, despite the company following all of the country's censorship laws and rules. The Chinese government has refused to comment on the issue.
Preview Build 18262, which is available now to Fast ring and Skip Ahead members of the Windows Insider Program, makes it easier to delete more default apps.
Northeastern University researchers discovered that wireless ISPs, including a satellite provider, throttle streaming video services and not other apps.
Microsoft released Preview Build 18234 to Skip Ahead members of the Windows Insider Program and announced major updates for Skype and Outlook.
Agron Hasbajrami from Brooklyn and the ACLU have taken the U.S. government to court over its abuse the PRISM surveillance program against American citizens.
Microsoft planned to discontinue the "classic" version of Skype on September 1, but after user backlash, it's decided to keep the app around for a while.
