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The latest project from the folks at Microsoft Research is FlashBack, and new way form reproducing high-quality virtual reality on underpowered hardware.

The limitations of virtual reality may be slowly crumbling thanks to a demo by Microsoft Research that shows a user creating something in Minecraft with realistic interactions.

Microsoft has some pretty sizeable announcements to make at its Build conference later this week, but packed into the wider picture will be plenty of smaller details to chew on.

Microsoft has expanded its Work Folders service to the Android ecosystem, making the app available through the Google Play Store.

After acquiring several VR related startups and adding VR industry experts to its payroll, Apple is reportedly using a secret research unit to work on bringing a new VR headset.

Microsoft has posted a 12% decline in its 2016 quarterly revenue, while the revenue from Bing Search has gone up by 23% with earnings of more than $1 billion in the first quarter. The company recorded a decrease of 1% in its operating income at $5.8 billion, an increase of 2% in its net income at $4.6 billion, and an increase of 6% increase in its earning per share at $0.57.

Microsoft has signed a patent licensing deal with Asus. The taiwanese firm will start to preload Office on its Android smartphones and tablets.

By offering IP Advantage support in Azure Stack, customers of Microsoft’s hybrid cloud solutions can get more IP protection and access to 10,000 Microsoft patents.

New Surface Duo documentation for developers shows how Android will work across the dual screens of the upcoming smartphone.

The Surface Duo will get a feature called Leek that looks to solve the issue of having no interaction input from the outside of the smartphone.

API references point to a Pen Dock with Windows 10 support, lining up with earlier patents for a charging and docking station.

Microsoft has finally fixed a problem with the Surface Pro where the Surface Pen was not accurately interacting with the screen.

The Corporate Vice President in the Operating Systems Group at Microsoft has clarified that Windows 10 ARM Edition is not a phone-like experience.

Latest Surface Studio 2 update addresses security vulnerability and improves system stability and performance.

Google has agreed to make changes to its data portability tools in order to settle an antitrust probe by the Italian AGCM.

Apple machine learning chief Ali Farhadi has left the company and will now head the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (A12).

Apple may have to rebrand its new Vision Pro AR/VR headset due to a trademark conflict with Chinese rival Huawei.

Google’s decision to stop supporting JPEG-XL on Chromium has drawn criticism from the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and users.

This article was contributed by convertfree.com-founder Ann Pickett. Microsoft introduced SharePoint Syntex two years ago, which expands on the capabilities already provided by SharePoint and...

Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi is working on an under-screen camera that will rotate to work as a selfie and rear camera lens.