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Cigarette butts are poisoning shoreline animals. This beach rover may help clean all that up

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Microsoft put Windows in the cloud, making your PC available from any device, anywhere

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Millions are using a free skills program to find unexpected career opportunities in a challenging time

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Humana is working to end food insecurity – 14 meals at a time

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How data is helping some of the UK’s busiest airports reach new heights

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Watch Satya Nadella’s keynote and catch all the highlights from Microsoft Inspire 2021

Watch Satya Nadella’s keynote and catch all the highlights from Microsoft Inspire 2021

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How Microsoft employees in India rallied to save lives of colleagues and their loved ones during the pandemic

How Microsoft employees in India rallied to save lives of colleagues and their loved ones during the pandemic

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What is synthetic biology? New Explanimators episode gives you the lowdown

What is synthetic biology? New Explanimators episode gives you the lowdown

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Volunteers experience ‘magical’ moments at Seattle’s mass-vaccination site

Volunteers experience ‘magical’ moments at Seattle’s mass-vaccination site

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Before the next pandemic: Lessons learned, and those still to be absorbed

Before the next pandemic: Lessons learned, and those still to be absorbed

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Students have a new, less stressful way to improve their reading — and it’s easier for teachers, too

Students have a new, less stressful way to improve their reading — and it’s easier for teachers, too

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‘Peter Rabbit 2’ director Will Gluck makes the most of his Surface devices

‘Peter Rabbit 2’ director Will Gluck makes the most of his Surface devices

Story Labs

Take a 3D tour through a Microsoft datacenter

Take a 3D tour through a Microsoft datacenter