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Pentagon cancels disputed JEDI cloud contract with Microsoft ROBERT BURNS, AP National Security Writer July 6, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon said Tuesday, July 6, 2021, that it is canceling a cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion and will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon.Charles Dharapak/AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said it canceled a disputed cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion....

AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said it canceled a disputed cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion. It will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon and possibly other cloud service providers. “With the shifting technology environment, it has become clear that the JEDI Cloud contract, which has long been delayed, no longer meets the requirements to fill the DoD’s capability gaps,” the Pentagon said in a statement Tuesday. The statement did not directly mention that the Pentagon faced extended...

The speech-recognition pioneer's technology is aimed at helping doctors predict patients’ needs and upgrading hospitals’ digital record-keeping.

SHARE Microsoft is buying speech technology company Nuance Communications in an all-cash deal valued at $19.7 billion, including debt, making a massive bet on health care artificial intelligence. The software giant is offering to purchase Nuance at $56 per share, a 23 per cent premium to Friday’s close, according to a statement on Monday. The deal marks Microsoft’s largest acquisition since LinkedIn. It will “minimally” decrease earnings in the year that begins July 1 and start to add to profit the following year, Microsoft said. Microsoft is tapping the company tied to the Siri voice...

Microsoft Buys Nuance for $19.7B in Healthcare Tech Bet Related Stories March 30, 2021 March 30, 2021 March 30, 2021 Microsoft Corp. is buying speech technology company Nuance Communications Inc. in an all cash deal valued at $19.7 billion, including debt, making a massive bet on healthcare artificial intelligence. The software giant is offering to purchase Nuance at $56 a share, a 23% premium to Friday’s close, according to a statement, which confirmed an earlier Bloomberg report. The deal marks Microsoft’s largest acquisition since LinkedIn Corp. The deal will “minimally” decrease...