In the news | The GitHub Blog
Octoverse spotlight: An analysis of developer productivity, work cadence, and collaboration in the early days of COVID-19
COVID-19 brought a sudden—and global—need for people to stay home. This pressed many organizations to support remote work wherever possible, changing the routines and environment of millions of people in a matter of days. This shift means developers and other…
VROOM: Giving body to telepresence
| Brennan Jones
Editor's Note: This post was written collaboratively by Brennan Jones, Sunny Zhang, Priscilla Wong, and Sean Rintel and told from the first-person perspective of Brennan Jones. One of my life missions is to connect people, and I’ve been pursuing this…
Quantum speedups for unstructured problems: Solving two twenty-year-old problems
| Robin Kothari
One of the goals of quantum computing research is to understand which problems quantum computers can solve faster than classical (non-quantum) computers and how big the speedup can be. Grover’s algorithm and Shor’s algorithm are two famous quantum algorithms that…
In the news | National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership
Interactive Tool: Catalyzing Policing Reform with Data Interactive
Nationwide protests in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd have underscored the urgency for rethinking policing in the nation, and many of the changes will need to happen at the local level. Understanding patterns of policing through analysis…
Researchers in Microsoft Research Asia lab launch COVID Insights website
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact communities around the world, researchers everywhere are fighting hard in the hopes of gradually understanding the mystery of the COVID-19 virus through the most advanced technologies available. Based on their expertise and research…
Quiz time with Microsoft Soundscape
Hi everyone, it seems that one of the most popular activities during this Coronavirus lockdown is the good old-fashioned quiz. We have written a few blogs with Soundscape tips over the last couple of weeks, so we thought now would…
In the news | Microsoft Azure Blog
DCsv2-series VM now generally available from Azure confidential computing
Security and privacy are critically important when storing and processing sensitive information in the cloud, from payment transactions to financial records, personal health data, and more. With the general availability of DCsv2-series virtual machines (VMs), we are ushering in the…
Hello, Amos from the Microsoft Soundscape team here again. In a recent article we posted, Frazier explained how he uses Microsoft Soundscape to get his daily exercise. This got me thinking about how I use Soundscape for a bit of…
In the news | GeekWire
UW and Microsoft release contact-tracing app, aiming to battle COVID-19 while preserving privacy
Microsoft and University of Washington researchers have teamed up on a new app, CovidSafe, that promises to alert people automatically if they’ve been in close proximity to someone infected by COVID-19, seeking to strike a balance between the sometimes competing…