Tag: Microsoft
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Six comedians, one AI-powered game, endless laughs
Microsoft YouTube Channel – 3.21.19 (3.19.19) Comedians Seth Herzog, Janelle James, Jordan Carlos, Dave Hill, Corinne Fisher, and Nick Thune entered the Laugh Battle Royale at the National Comedy Center, but only one could emerge victorious. Laugh Battle is powered by Microsoft AI: Our facial recognition API can detect even the tiniest smirk or…
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Muse brings their latest album to life with VR
Microsoft YouTube Channel – 3.20.19 (3.15.19) Muse worked with Microsoft to create three custom virtual reality games themed to music videos off their latest album, Simulation Theory. The games help bring the album themes and songs to life for fans, who are immersed in the VR games at the Enhanced Experience pre-show on Muse’s…
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‘Power of Zero’ campaign launches, promoting digital civility and positive online behaviors
Microsoft Blogs – 3.14.19 (3.13.19) Earlier this week, Power of Zero, a new global campaign calling for zero violence, zero hate and zero bullying from age zero launched in New York City. Microsoft was on hand to support the lead organization NoBully and to promote civility and positive online behaviors among children, young people and all digital citizens.…
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13 New Titles Announced for ID@Xbox Ahead of GDC 2019
Microsoft Blogs – 3.13.19 (3.11.19) It’s that time of year again where talented game developers from around the world come together for the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, and the ID@Xbox team is ready to kick off another showcase of amazing titles from independent developers in the ID@Xbox program. Read more: 13 New…
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Ways to encourage girls to keep pursuing STEM this Women’s History Month
Microsoft Blogs – 3.11.19 (3.8.19) In 2018, we conducted a study in collaboration with Dr. Shalini Kesar called Closing the STEM Gap. Our findings revealed that 31 percent of girls believe that jobs requiring coding and programming are “not for them.” In high school, that number jumps up to 40 percent. And by the time they’re in…
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A progress report on digital transformation in healthcare
Microsoft Blogs – 3.10.19 (3.7.19) It’s been an incredible year so far for the health industry. We’ve seen the dream and the opportunity of digital transformation and AI start to really take shape in the marketplace. We saw many examples of this last month at HIMSS 2019, many of our partners and other cloud providers…
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Guidelines for Human-AI Interaction – Microsoft Design
Microsoft Blogs – 3.7.19 (3.5.19) Today we’re excited to share a set of Guidelines for Human-AI Interaction. These 18 guidelines can help you design AI systems and features that are more human-centered. Based on more than two decades of thinking and research, they have been validated through a rigorous study published in CHI 2019. Read more: Guidelines…
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‘You Can in :90’ Season 2 gets you going with Minecraft, OneNote, Teams and PowerPoint tips
Microsoft Blogs – 3.6.19 (3.4.19) Welcome to the second season of You Can in :90, our simple video series that cuts to the chase with great tips on using tools from Microsoft Education. In this handy little playlist, you’ll hear from experts and students on useful activities you can bring into our classroom right now – and…
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A letter to educators from the author and illustrator of the ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ book series
Microsoft Blogs – 3.4.19 (2.27.19) My name is Cressida Cowell and I’m the author and illustrator of the How to Train Your Dragon and Wizards of Once book series. I have spent 20 years writing middle grade fiction, and over those 20 years I have lost count of the times people have asked me, “Have you ever thought…
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Chief Gaming Officer Experience
Microsoft YouTube Channel – 3.2.19 (2.27.19) In January 2019, Microsoft Rewards flew sweepstakes winner William D. and a guest to Seattle for the Chief Gaming Officer Experience. They met Major Nelson and Jen Taylor (the voice of Cortana) at Studio D for a live Mixer session. William was awarded lifetime memberships to Xbox Live…