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Accenture, Microsoft uses Metaverse to Unite Decision-Makers

XR Today - Virtual Reality

This week, the World Economic Forum (WEF) partnered with Microsoft and Accenture to scale its Global Collaboration Village , a Metaverse space for international business leaders and decision-makers. Microsoft to Develop Industrial Metaverse in 2024 Alongside its WEF Metaverse partnership.

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Microsoft's 'Crazy Huge Hack,’ Explained

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Last week, Microsoft announced that the on-premises version of its widely used email and calendaring product Exchange had several previously undisclosed security flaws. businesses and governments, primarily to… Read more. These flaws, the company said, were being used by foreign threat actors to hack into the networks of U.S.

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Lift Off for HoloLens! The US Space Force and Microsoft Build a AR Space Simulation

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The US Space Systems Command (SSC) has renewed its partnership with Microsoft as it builds an augmented reality (AR) space simulation. Moreover, Microsoft Azure will host the environment within its commercial and government clouds, with classified and unclassified entry requirements, depending on the mission’s context.

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Microsoft Wins $480M Defense Contract to Provide U.S. Army with AR Headsets

Road to VR

Microsoft has won a $480 million contract with the U.S. Army which is poised to outfit soldiers with 100,000 Microsoft-built AR headsets. This new work extends our longstanding, trusted relationship with the Department of Defense to this new area,” a Microsoft spokesman said in a statement provided to TechCrunch.

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Microsoft Wants U.S. to Adopt Internet Rules From Australia That Google Hates

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Microsoft would like the U.S. government to adopt media rules that would force big tech companies to share profits with newspapers when they link to news content, according to a new blog post by Microsoft president Brad Smith. And the entire concept is controversial, to say the least. Read more.

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Microsoft Sinks Attempted Hacks on Ukraine By Russian Spies

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Microsoft said that it had intercepted yet another string of Russian hacking attempts , this one coming from military spies targeting a wide range of think tanks, media orgs, and government institutions across Ukraine, the European Union, and the United States. Read more.

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Microsoft’s Battlefield AR Headset in Jeopardy After Deep Budget Cuts

Road to VR

Microsoft’s big defense contract that looks to supply the US Army with modified HoloLens AR headsets isn’t going so well. Even then, that was allegedly $200 million short of what Microsoft needed to recuperate development costs.

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