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ManagedMethods Launches Google Classroom Monitoring & Reporting

NewsColony13 October 2020

by NewsColony13 October 2020027

ManagedMethods, a leading Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) and Microsoft 365 cybersecurity, student safety and compliance platform for K-12 school districts, today announced the launch...

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Big tech firms may be handing Hong Kong user data to China

NewsColony30 September 2020

by NewsColony30 September 2020021

Big technology companies may already be complying with secret Chinese requests for user information held in Hong Kong and ought to “come clean” about the...

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Global Microsoft outage brings down Office 365, Outlook and Teams

NewsColony29 September 2020

by NewsColony29 September 2020036

Microsoft has said it is investigating an outage that brought down Microsoft’s cloud-based office services including the meetings software, Teams, worldwide. Microsoft reported issues with...

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Game changer: Microsoft buys Elder Scrolls company ZeniMax for $7.5bn

NewsColony21 September 2020

by NewsColony21 September 2020018

Microsoft is acquiring ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, publisher of the best-selling video game franchises The Elder Scrolls, Fallout and Doom. The...

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Tell Me Why game review: a poetic exploration of memory against a stunning Alaskan landscape

NewsColony14 September 2020

by NewsColony14 September 2020019

As the first major studio game release to feature a trans lead character, Tell Me Why represents a pretty major milestone. The first two chapters...

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TikTok: ByteDance ‘to partner with Oracle’ in US after rejecting Microsoft bid

NewsColony14 September 2020

by NewsColony14 September 2020019

Bytedance will not sell TikTok’s US operations to Microsoft, the US tech-giant said in a statement, with reports it has instead picked a consortium led...

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Gaggle Reports Over 95% of School Districts Renew Their Partnerships

NewsColony11 September 2020

by NewsColony11 September 2020021

Many districts across the United States are starting the 2020–21 school year using hybrid or fully remote learning, so students’ online safety remains a top...

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Russian hackers targeting US political campaigns ahead of elections, Microsoft warns

NewsColony10 September 2020

by NewsColony10 September 2020038

The same Russian military intelligence outfit that hacked the Democrats in 2016 has attempted similar intrusions into the computer systems of organizations involved in the...

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Ex-CIA agent drags Microsoft’s crypto patent into right-wing conspiracy

NewsColony10 September 2020

by NewsColony10 September 2020032

Cryptocurrencies are not immune to the feverish climate in 2020 — a year in which the line between mainstream politics and an online morass of...

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Ex-CIA agent drags Microsoft’s crypto patent into right-wing conspiracy

NewsColony10 September 2020

by NewsColony10 September 2020029

Cryptocurrencies are not immune to the feverish climate in 2020 — a year in which the line between mainstream politics and an online morass of...