Accessibility
Noise-cancelling headphones, smart glasses: how technology is making museums more accessible
More than one billion people experience some form of disability. Museums are looking at ways to better serve everyone.
Accessibility
5 ways technology is changing how people with disabilities experience the world
Seeing AI, Soundscape and other innovations are making the world more inclusive.
AI for Earth
How scientists are confronting environmental challenges with the help of AI
AI holds the promise of better conservation methods for the environment with programs like SilviaTerra and FarmBeats
Cybersecurity
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Microsoft Is Right: We Need a Digital Geneva Convention
Heidi Tworek writes about Brad Smith’s call to action in Wired Opinion.
Brad Smith takes call for Digital Geneva Convention to U.N.
Watch Microsoft’s president speak in Geneva in 2017.
Defending Democracy Program
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Defending against disinformation in partnership with NewsGuard
Microsoft is helping organizations combat disinformation efforts that seek to distort democratic discourse.
Protecting democracy with Microsoft AccountGuard
Two developments in our work to protect critical democratic processes.
Privacy
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The CLOUD Act is an important step forward, but now more steps need to follow
There remains important and urgent work ahead of us, writes Brad Smith in April 2018.
Balancing law enforcement needs with privacy: digital data laws
Brad Smith reflects on two important issues facing Congress, in June 2017.
Rural Broadband
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How we can all help bring broadband to rural communities
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Eliminating the rural broadband gap
Microsoft calls for U.S. strategy, to be completed in five years.
Today in Technology: innovation in the heart of America
Cutting-edge technology once took root in the center of the country. It can happen again.
Sustainability
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Microsoft brings directly purchased renewable energy total to 1.2 gigawatts
That is enough to light up 100 million LED bulbs.
Microsoft celebrates Earth Day with new ways to enable anyone to protect the planet
The company has taken steps on critical issues like carbon, energy and water.
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