Twitter CEO, staff donate $1.5 million to fight Trump visa ban

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and about 1,000 of his colleagues have donated over $1.5 million to a leading rights group that has pledged to fight President Donald Trump's temporary ban on refugees and......

Maha teacher wins $1mn for promoting girls' education

A primary school teacher from India was on Thursday named the winner of the USD 1-million annual Global Teacher Prize 2020 in recognition of his efforts to promote girls' education and trigger a......

17 US states, tech giants sue against new visa rule

As many as 17 United States states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's new visa policy for international students, calling it a "cruel, abrupt, and......

Modi 9th on Forbes' most powerful person list; Xi tops

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked among the top 10 most powerful people in the world by Forbes in a list that has been topped for the first time ever by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who......

Microsoft filing for fewer H-1B visas

As the US Citizenship and Immigration Services started accepting applications from Wednesday for the much sought-after H-1B work visas for professionals, software giant Microsoft said this year it......

Microsoft joins other tech giants in fighting online snooping

Following steps taken by Twitter, Yahoo, Facebook and Google, technology giant Microsoft has also initiated measures to fortify encryption of customer data on its networks and services in a move......

Microsoft unveils cybercrime centre in US

Software giant Microsoft has set up a new Cybercrime Center in Redmond, the US, as part of its efforts to develop new solutions to fight global cybercrime. The centre combines Microsoft's legal and......

Nokia says Microsoft deal to be delayed by a month

Finnish handset maker Nokia on Monday said its $7.2 billion deal with software giant Microsoft is expected to be delayed by a month and will now be finalised by April due to pending regulatory......