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Racing against time, medical researchers, life science companies and COVID-19 survivors launch national campaign to drive blood plasma donation
REDMOND, Wash., USA, and NEW YORK — May 26, 2020 — A coalition of world-leading medical and research institutions, blood centers, life science companies, technology companies, philanthropic organizations, and COVID-19 survivor groups has come together to support the rapid development…
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Microsoft’s New Machine Learning Model Spots Critical Security Bugs 97% of the Time
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Microsoft: Here’s why we love programming language Rust and kicked off Project Verona
Microsoft has explained why it's pursuing 'safe systems programming' through efforts like its experimental Rust-inspired Project Verona language and its exploration of the Rust programming language for Windows code written in C++.
Discussion of new changes to Microsoft Academic search, including expanded keyword search, phrase support, abstract search and more
In the wake of Covid-19, countless businesses and communities around the world have shifted to remote and work-from-home environments. This rapid shift placed an unforeseen burden on IT Administrators and the ecosystems that support them, so a team of researchers…
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Veterans Affairs Launches First Chatbot to Field COVID-19 Questions
The bot was developed and deployed via Microsoft’s Healthcare Bot platform. The Veterans Affairs Department recently deployed a coronavirus chatbot to help veterans and their caregivers find answers to pressing questions triggered amid the pandemic.
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Four common challenges governments face in a time of crisis
Recent global events have shown that digital technology and data have become indispensable tools for governments as they adapt to changes across their organizations. Many government leaders are taking stock and imagining a future with the most attentive, helpful citizen…
Assistive AI Makes Replying Easier
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and organization to achieve more. So, we are constantly looking for opportunities to simplify workflows and save people time and effort. Sending replies to email or chat messages is a common activity and…
Better Document Previews using the Microsoft Turing Model for Natural Language Representations
By Rahul Jha and Payal Bajaj Knowledge workers spend close to 20% of their time searching for and gathering information. When using document management systems such as Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint people find themselves looking at directories full of documents.…