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It might not get the same kind of attention as Google and Apple, but Microsoft is still one of the biggest and most powerful tech companies operating today. It runs Azure, one of the biggest cloud computing services, and maintains Windows 11 and the whole Office suite of software. It also makes plenty of Surface hardware and has a whole slew of gaming products, including the Xbox Series X. But the company is ever expanding — building new hardware, acquiring new game studios, and making sure that even if Microsoft doesn't run your phone, it can touch plenty of the apps on it. 

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Google taunts Apple again over its lack of RCS messaging support

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Peacock’s John Wick prequel series, The Continental, shoots itself in the foot

The new FineWoven iPhone cases are very bad

GM CEO Mary Barra drops out of the Code Conference due to UAW strike

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