Technology Microsoft Workers Protest Army Contract With Tech 'Designed To Help People Kill' They say Microsoft's contract "crosses the line" into weapons development for the first time and that the company is failing to inform its engineers "on the intent of the software they are building." Avie Schneider Laura Sydell
Technology Why We Can't Break Up With Big Tech Gizmodo's Kashmir Hill spent six weeks trying to cut Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Apple out of her life completely. "Spoiler," she says. "It's not possible." Lulu Garcia-Navarro Francesca Paris
Business Microsoft puts $500M toward housing crisis; says tech partly to blame for homelessness President Brad Smith connected the tech boom with homelessness and lack of affordable housing. Isolde Raftery
Health Microsoft in the drugstore? Why the tech giant is partnering with Walgreens Kim Malcolm talks with Geekwire's Todd Bishop about why Microsoft is entering a retail partnership with the parent company of Walgreens. Kim Malcolm Andy Hurst
Business Grocery wars: Microsoft and Kroger team up against Amazon There’s a new showdown in the high-tech grocery aisle: Kroger, the parent company of Fred Meyer and QFC, has partnered with Microsoft to take on Amazon and Whole Foods. Amina Al-Sadi Bill Radke
Tech companies come under fire for controversial government contracts Bill Radke talks to Geekwire's Todd Bishop about three tech giants that have faced controversy over their contracts with law enforcement and government:... Bill Radke Alison Bruzek
Microsoft faces outrage for blog post touting ICE contract In a company blog post dated January 24, 2018 — just two weeks after immigration officials raided 7-Elevens across the country to find and arrest... Sydney Brownstone
What Amazon doesn’t want you to know about the cloud Carbon emissions by the tech giants that dominate cloud computing are surging, even as companies like Amazon and Microsoft take steps to tame their... John Ryan
Microsoft doubles down on the suburbs Bill Radke talks to Geekwire's Todd Bishop about Microsoft's planned remodel of their building and what it says about the company's future in the region. Bill Radke Jason Pagano
Rural America, Microsoft plans to boost your Internet access Washington is one of the states that could benefit from Microsoft's new plan to boost broadband Internet access to rural communities. Angela Nhi Nguyen
