Now playing Next Tech News Explained: Why Microsoft's Activision deal could shake up gaming Microsoft's takeover of Activision shows gaming will be at the heart of the metaverse but it may yet be foiled by antitrust regulators. 19/01/2022
Now playing Next Culture news Microsoft buys company that makes Candy Crush and Call of Duty The deal will make Microsoft one of the biggest game producers in the world, making them more competitive with tech giants like Meta in the creation of the metaverse 19/01/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Russia is behind 58% of state-sanctioned hacks, according to Microsoft In its annual report on cybercrime, Microsoft reveals the top three countries targeted by Russian state-sponsored hackers where the United States, Ukraine and the UK. 08/10/2021
Now playing Next Tech News The ethics of AI: Should we put our faith in Big Tech? IBM told Reuters its AI Ethics Board has begun discussing how to police an emerging frontier: implants and wearables that wire computers to brains. 08/09/2021
Now playing Next Tech News Big tech spends big money lobbying EU, new report shows Tech industry giants outspent big pharma and fossil fuel companies trying to win influence and shape policy in Brussels, a new study has found. 31/08/2021
Now playing Next Tech News Tech this week: Tim Cook's $750m bonus and new Tesla Autopilot crash Apple's Tim Cook banked a $750 million bonus, Tesla is under renewed scrutiny after another Autopilot incident and more in this week's tech round-up. 29/08/2021
Now playing Next Tech News Microsoft software breach makes millions of users’ data vulnerable Some 38 million pieces of personal data and information were badly kept due to a configuration defect in a software. 24/08/2021
Now playing Next Work Swiss start-up rivals Google with '100% secure' smartphone keyboard Swiss start-up Typewise has developed an AI keyboard for your phone that is better at correcting typos and more secure. Can it rival the US giants? 23/08/2021
Now playing Next Tech News Apple, Microsoft and Google make record profits The three tech giants announced record-breaking earnings on Tuesday, as they continued to benefit from the shift online brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. 28/07/2021
Now playing Next Tech News EU officials: Microsoft Exchange email hack came from China The attack earlier this year compromised tens of thousands of computers. Now EU and US officials have said China-based hackers were to blame. 19/07/2021
Now playing Next Tech News WhatsApp goes phoneless, Microsoft gatecrashes World Emoji Day party What you need to know in tech this week: WhatsApp pilots multi-device access and Microsoft's paperclip symbol gatecrashes World Emoji Day party. 17/07/2021
Now playing Next USA Aid agencies targeted by phishing emails blamed on Russia Thousands of addresses were targeted by emails containing malware from a compromised marketing account belonging to the the U.S. Agency for International Development. 29/05/2021
Now playing Next The Global Conversation Bill Gates says getting to zero emissions will be 'best thing we've ever done' "It should be a cause that humanity can come together on. It'll be hard, but if we achieve it, it'll be the best thing we've ever done," says Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy. 15/02/2021
Now playing Next World News Sony confirms PlayStation 5 release for November, days after the Xbox Video game fans will face a difficult purchasing choice as the rival consoles will be released within in the same month for the same price 17/09/2020
Now playing Next The Cube Trump sets deadline for TikTok sale and demands cut for US government The US President's comments come after Microsoft confirmed it was in talks with the video app's owner, China's ByteDance. 03/08/2020
Now playing Next Belgium Slack files EU competition complaint against Microsoft The workplace messaging service has accused Microsoft of the "illegal and anti-competitive practice of abusing its market dominance". 22/07/2020
Now playing Next USA Iran-linked hackers tried to compromise presidential campaign, Microsoft says The company said that it had seen "significant cyber activity" from a group of hackers that it believes "originates from Iran and is linked to the Iranian government." 04/10/2019
Now playing Next USA Microsoft employees demand military contract be dropped "We did not sign up to develop weapons." 23/02/2019
Now playing Next World News Microsoft extends cyber protection ahead of European elections Microsoft says it will extend its cyber security protection across the continent to help in the fight against influencing campaigns ahead of the European Parliament elections 20/02/2019
Now playing Next Switzerland Bill Gates talks global health at World Economic Forum in Davos Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates spoke about funding for global healthcare at the World Economic Forum. 22/01/2019