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Posted at 14:30 17 May

Minecraft's answer to Pokemon Go

Minecraft Earth: Minecraft's answer to Pokemon Go

Newsbeat is one of the first to get a look at the newly announced Minecraft augmented reality game

Posted at 20:56 16 May

Microsoft and Sony in games streaming deal

Analysts say Sony needs the outside expertise and infrastructure if its to move into streaming higher quality games

Dave Lee

North America technology reporter

The console rivals have a struck a deal designed to fend off threats from Google, Amazon and others.

Posted at 11:33 16 May

Global virus fear prompts Windows update

Fears that a massive computer virus outbreak is imminent prompt Microsoft to update old software

Posted at 22:15 15 May

US snubs effort to tackle online extremism

The scheme aims to tackle terror content after the Christchurch attacks, but the US opts out.

Posted at 12:28 7 May

Microsoft Word AI 'to improve writing'

A new tool in Word promises to make writing clearer and more concise.

Posted at 15:49 25 Apr

Microsoft hits $1 trillion market valuation

It is one of only three public companies to have achieved the milestone, along with Apple and Amazon.

Posted at 15:10 25 Apr

Microsoft hits $1tn market cap briefly

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Nasdaq has been boosted by a raft of positive earnings results from technology firms on Wednesday.

Facebook is top of the index, and it is followed by semiconductor manufacturer Lam Research, up 6.1% to $207.36 after topping analysts' expectations on earnings.

In third place is Microsoft, which rose 4.7% to $130.92 with $30.6bn in revenues thanks to growing demand for its cloud business.

On Wednesday, Microsoft briefly reached the $1tn market cap for the first time ever in late trading after its results were announced, and then hit it again on market open on Thursday.

Microsoft's shares are now just below the $1tn market cap at $130.09.

On Wednesday, electric car marker Tesla reported a $702m quarterly loss and predicted a loss for the following second quarter of 2019.

Tesla's shares opened 2% lower, but have now recovered and are down 0.3% to $257.61.

Posted at 13:46 25 Apr

How Microsoft Paint's survival helped one illustrator's livelihood

Cartoonist Pat Hines explains how important Paint is for his work.

After Microsoft said it was phasing out their Paint program in 2017, outpouring of support for the app means the company has now decided to keep it in the next Windows 10 update in May. In a world of advanced graphics tools flooding the market, why does Paint still remain popular? Pat Hines is an illustrator based in Boston he explains why he's happy the program is here to stay.

(Photo: Watercolour background Credit: Calvin Dexter / Getty Images)

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Posted at 10:51 24 Apr