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| Microsoft Corporate Blogs

Today in Technology: The top 10 tech issues for 2019

| Rich Sauer - Microsoft Corporate Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

Six principles to guide Microsoft’s facial recognition work

Teacher helps young student at Hour of Code

| Mary Snapp - Corporate Vice President and Head of Microsoft Philanthropies

Microsoft Computer Science Education Week 2018: Cracking the code

Jacqueline Beauchere, second from left, with, from left, Judah, Bronte and Christina, three members of Microsoft’s inaugural Council for Digital Good at the Family Online Safety Institute annual conference.

| Jacqueline Beauchere - Microsoft Chief Online Safety Officer

Year in review: Council for Digital Good shines; new councils to spread digital civility in 2019

| Dev Stahlkopf - Corporate Vice President and General Counsel

Celebrating 10 years of Microsoft’s Law Firm Diversity Program and honoring 2018’s top performer

Photographer in a cave

| Microsoft Corporate Blogs

Microsoft and National Geographic Society announce AI for Earth Innovation grantees

Eleanor Roosevelt holding copy of UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: An important anniversary for people and for technology

Grid of Diverse Faces

| Brad Smith - President

Facial recognition: It’s time for action

Photograph of barn in rural setting

| Brad Smith - President

The rural broadband divide: An urgent national problem that we can solve

Baroness Patricia Scotland with the president of Ghana and Jamal Edwards of Microsoft

| Kate O'Sullivan - General Manager of Digital Diplomacy

Continuing on the path toward digital peace

Girl at computer in Democratic Republic of Congo

| Joan Krajewski - General Manager of Safety, Compliance and Sustainability

Continuing our work: Microsoft shares its FY2018 devices and supply chain report

Security center showing wall map of world

| Courtney Gregoire - Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit

New breakthroughs in combatting tech support scams

Speakers at the Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities Forum in the United Arab Emirates included Jacqueline Beauchere, Microsoft's chief online safety officer

| Jacqueline Beauchere - Microsoft Chief Online Safety Officer

World faith leaders join governments, nongovernmental organizations and industry to protect children online

Students in a coffee shop

| Jacqueline Beauchere - Microsoft Chief Online Safety Officer

People’s online social circles are becoming riskier, new Microsoft research shows

French President Emmanuel Macron speaking at UNESCO in Paris

| Brad Smith - President

An important step toward peace and security in the digital world

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| Jacqueline Beauchere - Microsoft Chief Online Safety Officer

Microsoft hosts tech industry hackathon to combat child online grooming

Members of Team Rubicon working in the field

| Justin Spelhaug - General Manager, Microsoft Philanthropies

New Dynamics 365 Nonprofit Accelerator supports organizations with end-to-end solutions

Photo of Teri List-Stoll

| Carolyn Frantz - Secretary and Vice President, Deputy General Counsel

Microsoft’s Board of Director Video Series: An interview with board member Teri List-Stoll

American soldier with a laptop

| Brad Smith - President

Technology and the US military

| Microsoft Corporate Blogs

Microsoft releases biannual digital trust reports

Sunset at wind farm

| Microsoft Corporate Blogs

Buying renewable energy should be easy — here’s one way to make it less complex

| Lucas Joppa - Chief Environmental Officer

Microsoft supports I-1631

Mary Snapp on stage in front of a crowd speaking at the launch of Skillful Indiana

| Mary Snapp - Corporate Vice President and Head of Microsoft Philanthropies

Ensuring more Americans can benefit from the digital economy

Young boy in class raises his hand

| Jacqueline Beauchere - Microsoft Chief Online Safety Officer

‘Power of Zero’ campaign promotes healthy online behaviors from early ages

Student with a laptop device

| Jacqueline Beauchere - Microsoft Chief Online Safety Officer

Millennials encounter the most risk online, new Microsoft research shows