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Michelle Chapman And Matt OBrien FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, people walk near a Microsoft office in New York. Microsoft, on an accelerated growth push, is buying speech recognition company Nuance in a deal worth $19.7 billion including debt. (AP Photo/Swayne B. Hall, File) April 12, 2021 - 8:30 AM Microsoft, on an accelerated growth push, is buying speech recognition company Nuance in a deal worth about $16 billion. Microsoft will pay $56 per share cash...

“AI is technology’s most important priority, and healthcare is its most urgent application,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in a statement. Microsoft also has its own digital voice assistant, Cortana, but its consumer use has been limited compared to similar features from Amazon, Google and Apple. Nuance has sought to refine its voice recognition technology beyond consumer use to better understand the complexities of medical language. Aside from health care, Nuance provides voice-relate...

Israel By Hamodia Staff YERUSHALAYIM - A Microsoft office in New York. (AP Photo/Swayne B. Hall, File) Israel’s Cyber Authority on Wednesday warned Microsoft email users to patch a vulnerability being exploited by a Chinese-sponsored outfit. The warning came less than a day after Microsoft informed its customers about the hacking danger. Microsoft revealed late Tuesday that it had sustained a large-scale cyber attack. The Israel National Cyber Directorate quoted Microsoft’s descripti...

China-based government hackers have exploited a bug in Microsoft Corp’s e-mail server software to target US organizations, the company said on Tuesday. Microsoft said that a “highly skilled and sophisticated” state-sponsored group operating from China has been trying to steal information from a number of targets in the US, including universities, defense contractors, law firms and infectious-disease researchers. Microsoft has released security upgrades to fix the vulnerabilities to its Exc...

Demand has been high for off-the-wall virtual parties, said Jonathan Como, founder of Offsyte, a marketplace for corporate team events, which has organized online holiday events for companies including health insurance giant Blue Shield, the ride-hailing company Lyft, and the dating app Tinder. Most popular are celebrations that involve sending food and drink to employees for online cocktail or chocolate-making classes, Como said. Also big are virtual escape rooms where employees can play games...

Kelvin Chan And Alexandra Olson FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, file photo, ornaments hang on a Christmas tree on display in New York. Office holiday parties are tricky in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. Dancing, drinking and fancy dinners are out. Many companies are foregoing parties altogether, deciding instead to send staff gift baskets, extra time off or donations to charities that employees choose. (AP Photo/Swayne B. Hall, File) December 17, 2020 - 10:...