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Microsoft is going to rethink its harassment policy. The approach to complaints about ex-boss Bill Gates and other directors is also being investigated and put into a public report.   Microsoft is investigating its policies and handling of sexual harassment and gender discrimination. The tech giant plans to publish a report on this by spring. It would also contain the results of investigations into harassment by board members and directors, including an investigation into complaints about co-founder Bill Gates. Gates, long one of the wealthiest people globally, was kicked out of Microsoft's board in 2020, presumably for having a relationship with an employee. The company's board launched an initial investigation into his conduct in 2019, and after that investigation deemed his role...

Microsoft Removes Top Chip Designer from Apple. Mike Filippo trades Apple for Microsoft. There he will focus on server chips for Microsoft Azure.   Filippo worked for Apple for over two years but has been active as a chip developer since 1996 and previously worked at AMD and ARM. According to Bloomberg sources, he is now moving to Microsoft. There is no formal comment on his move by either company. But it is generally assumed that Microsoft wants to switch faster in developing chips for its Azure data centres with its arrival. There is a trend where major technology players are developing their own chips specifically for their data centres, electric cars or AI applications. For example, at the end of 2020, Reuters learned from a good source that Microsoft wants to do this for its ...

Samsung Electronics has made an operating profit of 13.8 trillion won in the past three months. That is the best quarter ever for the Korean tech giant.   The profit is therefore 52.5 percent higher than a year ago. The turnover also reached new heights with 76 quadrillion won, 23.5 percent higher than a year ago. Samsung itself shares this in a prospect of the full results later this month. For the avoidance of doubt, this only concerns Samsung Electronics, not the industrial, insurance, or construction activities of the Samsung Group. The chip activities and strong demand for memory chips, among other things, made Samsung's cash register ring. Still, the sale of foldable smartphones is also said to have contributed to the success. With the provisional figures for the fourth qua...