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Department for Education (DfE) said it believes the issue has only affected a ‘small number of devices’ (Peter Byrne/PA)

Malware reported on Government-issued laptops used by children homeschooling

January 21, 2021

face-to-face teaching

Schools & Family

Online learning ‘unsustainable’ for rural families as Microsoft issues could take weeks to fix

January 12, 2021

Device marks the tech giant’s return to smartphone sector (Microsoft/PA)

Microsoft’s Surface Duo foldable phone to launch in the UK in early 2021

December 15, 2020

Apple plans to cut fee paid by developers to 15% if they earn below one million dollars through the App Store (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Spotify and Epic Games lambast ‘calculated’ Apple fee cut for small developers

November 18, 2020

Apple boss Tim Cook said the move will ‘help small business owners write the next chapter of creativity and prosperity’ (Victoria Jones/PA)

Apple to halve App Store fee for smaller developers

November 18, 2020

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Russian and North Korean hackers targeting Covid vaccine work, says Microsoft

November 13, 2020

An influx of players downloading updates and new games on Tuesday is thought to be behind a surge in internet demand (Microsoft/PA)

Record traffic for internet providers as gamers unpack new Xbox console

November 12, 2020

Outlook users experienced issues accessing their emails (Niall Carson/PA)

Microsoft Outlook users unable to access emails after fault

November 10, 2020

Microsoft posted revenue of 37.2 billion dollars in the July-September period (PA)

Cloud growth helps Microsoft beat Wall Street expectations

October 27, 2020

The Xbox Series S (Xbox)

Xbox confirms Series S compact next-gen console

September 8, 2020

A sign outside Microsoft’s offices at South County Business Park in Leopardstown, South Dublin (Niall Carson/PA)

Microsoft backs Epic Games in payments row with Apple

August 24, 2020

The phone is Microsoft’s first since 2016 (Microsoft/PA)

Microsoft’s Surface Duo foldable phone will launch in the US in September

August 12, 2020

Xbox Series X (Xbox/PA)

Microsoft confirms Xbox Series X to launch in November

August 12, 2020

The video-sharing app is already the subject of takeover discussions with Microsoft (Peter Byrne/PA)

Twitter ‘interested in TikTok buyout’

August 10, 2020

Surface Go 2 (Jamie Harris/PA)

Should you buy… the Surface Go 2?

July 4, 2020

Xbox One (Yui Mok/PA)

Microsoft: Record numbers using Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Live and Mixer

March 30, 2020

The alert system informs partners of potentially harmful misinformation about the virus (Anthony Devlin/PA)

Media and tech giants join forces to alert each other over coronavirus fake news

March 27, 2020

Microsoft said it hoped key workers would be able to use the system to share updates on their patients (Niall Carson/PA)

NHS staff given free access to Microsoft Teams communication tool

March 19, 2020

Twitter has altered its safety rules (Lauren Hurley/PA)

Twitter to remove fake coronavirus treatment content

March 19, 2020

Workplace from Facebook is made available to governments and emergency services for free during the coronavirus outbreak (Niall Carson/PA)

Facebook makes advanced Workplace platform free for emergency services

March 18, 2020