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Dina Bass

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ARTICLES BY DINA BASS

File photo of the Activision building in California, US. Microsoft revamped its bid to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard on Tuesday.

How Microsoft revived its deal to buy Activision

9 min read . 23 Aug 2023

Microsoft offices in New York (AP)

Microsoft, Google get ready for new battle after ending their 5-year cease-fire

11 min read . 01 Jul 2021

An elderly man receives a dose of vaccine against COVID-19 at a vaccination center (AFP)

Microsoft unveils new vaccine tools to address earlier failures

2 min read . 20 Mar 2021

Microsoft pledges to get gaming service on iPhones

1 min read . 22 Sep 2020

Health officials said there may be hundreds of infections that haven’t been reported yet in Washington state and potentially more nationwide. (AP)

How Seattle is grappling with America’s largest coronavirus outbreak

5 min read . 03 Mar 2020

Google’s chief executive officer, Sundar Pichai, has described AI as ‘more profound than fire or electricity’. (Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

In the era of AI, who is really the inventor?

4 min read . 19 Feb 2020

FILE: The Pentagon has awarded Microsoft a $10 billion cloud computing contract called JEDI, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. The contentious bidding process for the contract pitted Microsoft, Amazon and Oracle, among others, against one another. (AP)

Microsoft’s Pentagon contract win changes cloud game, but comes at a cost

4 min read . 28 Oct 2019

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. The company’s shares have jumped this year on optimism about the cloud business (Reuters)

The 'death' of Windows 7: Microsoft to end support early next year

4 min read . 24 Oct 2019

Microsoft executives have said that the company will continue to supply tech to the US military

Microsoft employees call to end ICE contract

2 min read . 11 Oct 2019

The new Samsung Galaxy Note 10 comes in eight colours.

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 to come with Outlook email app pre-installed

2 min read . 08 Aug 2019

GitHub CEO Nat Friedman has instructed his team that the needs of GitHub customers come first, even if they conflict with Microsoft's desire to promote its other products. (Reuters)

Microsoft reboots the way it works with software developers

8 min read . 04 Jun 2019

Microsoft edges toward $1 trillion valuation on results beat

3 min read . 25 Apr 2019

Microsoft has more than doubled in value since Satya Nadella took over as chief executive in 2014 and refocused the software behemoth on newer businesses. Photo: Reuters

Microsoft boosts cloud belief and shares with results

5 min read . 20 Jul 2018

Dell has about $46 billion of debt. That includes about $3 billion of bonds maturing in 2018 and $4.35 billion due next year while the firm also has loans outstanding. Photo: Bloomberg

Dell Technologies is said to be considering IPO, other options

1 min read . 26 Jan 2018

The SoftBank Vision Fund, with a $100 billion target, has taken stakes in scores of startups over the past year, including Uber, Slack and Didi Chuxing. Photo: Bloomberg

SoftBank leads $865 million investment in start-up Katerra

3 min read . 24 Jan 2018

Microsoft is advocating for changes to labour laws to properly classify workers and allocate benefits like health care and retirement planning. Photo: Reuters

Microsoft sees need for regulation, laws for AI advances

2 min read . 18 Jan 2018

The changes will replace the original X-shaped buildings where co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates moved the company in 1986. Photo: Bloomberg

Microsoft plans multibillion-dollar campus overhaul in Redmond, Washington

2 min read . 29 Nov 2017

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

For Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, philanthropy is ‘saved for later’

6 min read . 31 Oct 2017

Phil Spencer has cut prices and introduced new models, stabilizing Xbox sales which topped $9 billion last year. Photo: Bloomberg

Microsoft promotes Xbox chief Phil Spencer in sign games are big deal again

1 min read . 20 Sep 2017

The new cloud service also means that Microsoft won’t have the capability to turn over data in response to government warrants and subpoenas. Photo: Reuters

Microsoft adds cloud security to keep out hackers and government snoops

2 min read . 14 Sep 2017