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Microsoft, which last week announced it is was partnering with Amazon to let their respective AI-powered virtual assistants talk, said this week it has joined forced with Facebook to launch an open source AI resource repository called Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX).

Microsoft and Adobe are committed to unlocking the creativity of the modern-day workforce and foster a culture of teamwork for their shared customers. They are working together to create tech solutions to support a modern and evolving workplace and increase workforce productivity to drive more efficient business process, said the company in a statement.

The only strategy you need is to make sure that you are good at continuously identifying quickly and taking action against cyber threats that you may have inside your ecosystem,” Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari told IANS in an interview.

In February 2014, Satya Nadella had quoted writer Oscar Wilde in his first communication to Microsoft employees when he had taken over as the Chief Executive Officer of the technology major. An excited Nadella took to LinkedIn to talk about his book, ‘Hit Refresh’ that hits the stands on the 26th of this month.

At Huawei Connect 2017, Huawei and Microsoft have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Cloud Service under which Microsoft applications will be released on HUAWEI CLOUD.

Consultancy EY, data security firm Guardtime, Microsoft and ship operator Maersk have joined to build a blockchain-based marine insurance platform that will be the first real-world use of the nascent technology in the shipping industry.

Amazon and Microsoft are cooperating a lot more. Earlier this week, we saw the marriage of Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant and Microsoft’s Cortana. Then, the companies announced they were teaming up so programmers can more easily take code they manage in Microsoft’s tools, and roll it out on Amazon’s cloud.

Hosted by Microsoft Innovation Lab, a research lab for students of the institution, the roadshow showcased several robotics projects, including a robot capable of mapping unknown terrain with possible applications in military operations and mining, a self-configuring modular robot and a prosthetic arm using myoelectric impulses to help amputees.

Microsoft rolled out a new feature, ‘SMS Insights’, in Skype Lite app that will help users organize text messages. Skype Lite will now have the capability to aggregate and present the SMS information at a glance and sort it into various categories.

Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp have forged a partnership that will allow their voice-controlled virtual assistants to talk to each other later this year.