US Supreme Court wrestles with Microsoft privacy fight

WASHINGTON: Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared unsure how to resolve a dispute between Microsoft Corp and the Justice Department over whether U.S. law should allow prosecutors to compel technology companies to hand over data stored overseas. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, both conservatives, hinted at support for the Justice Department during the one-hour argument as the nine-member court wrestled with the technological complexities of email data storage.

Up Periscope: U.S. Navy to use Xbox game controller on submarines

Up Periscope: U.S. Navy to use Xbox game controller on submarines The U.S. Navy plans to use Xbox 360 controllers to operate periscopes aboard its newer submarines. Check out this story on pal-item.com: https://usat.ly/2xf14X7 Microsoft has finally unveiled its new console - officially named the Xbox One X. It will be launched worldwide on November 7th and cost $499.

Melinda Gates decries a loss of U.S. leadershipa in global aid

Melinda Gates and her husband, Bill, the Microsoft co-founder, pause before being honored for their philanthropic work in France this April. SEATTLE - Melinda Gates is calling on world leaders to step up global aid funding, saying "a loss of U.S. leadership" is resulting in "confusion and chaos" in some of the most vulnerable corners of the planet.

Trump’s expected repeal of Dreamer program draws fire from business

A federal judge in Texas on Thursday struck down an Obama administration rule that would have extended mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million U.S. workers, siding with business groups and 21... People march and chant slogans against President Donald Trump's proposed end of the DACA program that protects immigrant children from deportation at ... (more)

Microsoft’s CEO is again standing up to Trump on immigration

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took to LinkedIn on Thursday to stand up for the DREAMers - undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. With President Trump reportedly considering ending an Obama-era program that protected such immigrants from deportation, Nadella defended "smart immigration" policies, saying they can "help our economic growth and global competitiveness."

CEOs exit tech board ater Trump’s Charlottesville remarks

San Francisco, Aug 19 - Following a series of comments US President Donald Trump made over the violence in Charlottesville, tech leaders have resigned en masse from the President's tech advisory board as a mark of protest. According to a report in Politico on Friday, more than half of the members of the 15-person Digital Economy Board of Advisors have quit.

Steve Ballmer’s new gov’t data project assumes that facts change minds

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has a lot of money and nothing to prove. Post-Microsoft, his biggest achievement so far has been paying $2 billion to buy the LA Clippers , but on Monday The New York Times dropped an extensive report about his next venture: a project called " USAFacts ," which aggregates publicly available government data to tell you how your city, state, and federal tax dollars are spent.

Supreme Court sympathetic to Microsoft in Xbox owners’ suit

The Supreme Court suggested Tuesday that it is sympathetic to Microsoft Corp. in a dispute with disgruntled owners of the Xbox 360 video-game system who sued saying the console has a design defect that scratches game discs. The justices heard arguments Tuesday in a case that involves the Xbox 360 owners' attempts to get class action status for their lawsuit, which was filed several years ago in the state of Washington, where Microsoft is headquartered.

Trump’s Next Move on Immigration to Hit Closer to Home for Tech

After the new president banned refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries, Google, Facebook, Salesforce, Microsoft and others railed against the move, saying it violated the country's principles and risked disrupting its engine of innovation. Trump's next steps could strike even closer to home: His administration has drafted an executive order aimed at overhauling the work-visa programs technology companies depend on to hire tens of thousands of employees each year.