Tag: Microsoft

Will the premiere of the 25th James Bond movie, “No Time to Die” — delayed since last year because of the Covid pandemic — result in big ticket sales for the much beleaguered movie theater industry? So far, demand for the film is tracking well in presales — and in excitement — which is in fitting with an overall upward trend in ticket sales since they sank at the start of the pandemic.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Tuesday 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.

You’ll see different kinds of laptop deals from various retailers, but not all of these machines on sale will be able to meet your expectations. If you need a laptop that will perform well under pressure while looking stylish at the same time, you should take a look at the Surface Pro deals that we’ve rounded up, as these include Walmart’s $300 discount for the Microsoft Surface Laptop 3, which brings its price down to $999 from its original price of $1,299.

Microsoft announced legal action Monday seeking to disrupt a major cybercrime digital network that uses more than 1 million zombie computers to loot bank accounts and spread ransomware, which experts consider a major threat to the U.S. presidential election.