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Microsoft is putting its artificial intelligence technology to work to help the visually impaired. The company said that it’s releasing an iOS app called Seeing AI that uses an iPhone’s camera to tell people about objects in front of them. The app shows off Microsoft’s current capabilities in AI, while also addressing a group that the technology industry too often ignores.

Microsoft R Server 9.1 on Azure HDInsight is generally available. With this, it brings more power to the cloud on Spark 2.1 on HDInsight 3.6. Expert data scientists are adopting Advanced Analytics (AA) and Machine Learning (ML) at a rapid pace. This pace can be significantly increased when enterprise-grade AA and ML are available within environments where the customers’ data is, infusing intelligence into mission-critical applications is made much easier and, enterprises can turn to a single vendor to make the world of AA and ML synthesized and supported with the SLAs they have come to expect.

Microsoft Corp has kicked off Microsoft Inspire in Washington, D.C. where the company unveiled Microsoft 365, a new set of commercial offerings that draws from the best of the company’s commercial products across Office 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility + Security. Microsoft 365 is designed to empower all companies and all workers, recognizing that people are at the heart of digital transformation. It puts people at the center, giving them flexibility to work where and how they want, and giving them new ways to collaborate with others all while protecting company data

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke to an audience at his keynote at Microsoft Inspire, where partners from 140 countries gathered this week in Washington, DC. Nadella said, “Don’t celebrate technology for technology’s sake. Our success is in our customers’ success.” This statement alone says a lot about how companies and businesses are transforming in the digital era. Technology impacts every aspect of our global society and economy, and Microsoft is a giant whose ecosystem drives local economies and creates massive growth in various sectors”. The Microsoft Inspire event was attended by the company’s partners gathered from across the globe, including 176 from India.

Microsoft has released an extension of its Visual Studio Code for Arduino. The latest development would bring joy for hardware makers that are using Arduino to build their IoT (Internet of Things) projects. With the arrival of the new Visual Studio Code Extension, Microsoft is apparently trying to address all the issues faced by IoT developers. The Visual Studio team at Microsoft had been closely worked with developers to learn their pain points while developing IoT projects and ultimately built an appropriate model.

Microsoft has launched an all-in-one software product called ‘Microsoft 365’, a new set that brings together Office 365, Windows 10, enterprise mobility and security for businesses. The company introduced two ‘Microsoft 365’ offerings, ‘Microsoft 365 Enterprise’ and ‘Microsoft 365 Business’.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced it has formed a go-to-market alliance with Microsoft through Cloud28+, the world’s largest, open community dedicated to increasing enterprise cloud adoption. By becoming a Cloud28+ member, Microsoft will combine forces with HPE to provide partners with new business opportunities and tools, while accelerating customer business outcomes powered by a rich hybrid IT ecosystem.

Microsoft is reportedly testing a new feature that would allow users to reset their account passwords from the lock screen with the help of digital assistant Cortana. The new feature is available in the latest preview of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. It can be seen on the lock screen alongside the sign-in options link. Microsoft has designed the whole process to be intuitive, once users click on the option that reads “I forgot my password,” they are provided with a wizard guiding them throughout the entire process, with Cortana asking for password recovery information, including secondary email, phone number, or Microsoft Authenticator verification code.

Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella introduced a new “transformative” tool for businesses to go digital and make complete use of the latest advancement in the IT and digital world. Describing Microsoft 365 as the fusion of intelligent cloud with already existing proven cloud solutions, the Indian-American CEO said the new digital offer from the top global IT Company is coming together of its other popular products Office 365, Windows 10 and Enterprise mobility and security.

Halo 5: Guardians, the fifth entry in the Halo franchise, was a notable omission from the list of existing Xbox One games that Microsoft announced would be getting an update for 4K graphics for the Xbox One X at E3 last month. However, it looks like Halo fans need not have worried- 343 Industries have just announced that Halo 5 will be getting an update for 4K graphics for the Xbox One X after all.