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Lucas Joppa, Microsoft Chief Environmental Officer, shares his vision for building a prediction engine for the planet.

 

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Intersecting art and science creates a universe of possibility to make the invisible visible. Asta Roseway, Microsoft Principal Research Designer/Fusionist, shares her thoughts on fusing art, technology and science to address crucial issues like climate change, pollution exposure, mental health and other challenges currently facing society. Asta shares about innovative creations such as speaking to plants with red light and blue light, wind chimes that create different sounds based on air quality and Ada, the new living architecture installment at Microsoft Campus designed by Jenny Sabin.

 

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What if we could store data in such a way that we never had to worry about quality loss or degradation? Microsoft Partner Deputy Lab Director Ant Rowstron shares his thoughts on redesigning the datacenter for a cloud-centric world. An ordinary piece of glass could have an extraordinary impact on the ways in which we store data and preserve collective memories. Using silica glass presents an energy efficient, sustainable and nearly indestructible method of data storage that could change the way we preserve our history, movies and music and more.

 

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The Gabriel Medina Institute's next-gen surfing technology | Microsoft In Culture

The Gabriel Medina Institute is inspiring the next generation of surfers through their passion for sports, community and cutting-edge technology.

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At an institute founded by two-time world champion Gabriel Medina, a new Microsoft Cloud-Connected surfboard is aiming to change the way surfers hone their skills and conquer their waves.

 

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Microsoft and UNHCR have launched the Connected Education program to provide future-ready skills training for young people in Kakuma refugee camp and in the host community. The program aims to reach 25,000 youth in Kenya by the end of 2020. With the help of NGO partners and local government, young people are learning digital skills to prepare them for livelihood opportunities.

 

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Microsoft takes down 50 domains operated by North Korean hackers | ZDNet

 

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Microsoft will be carbon negative by 2030 - The Official Microsoft Blog

 

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