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A cell phone with the pilot version of the Utah's mobile ID is shown on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in West Valley City, Utah. The card that millions of people use to prove their identity to everyone from police officers to liquor store owners may soon be a thing of the past as a growing number of states develop digital driver's licenses. In Utah, over 100 people have a pilot version of the state's mobile ID, and that number is expected to grow to 10,000 by year's end. Widespread production is expected to begin at the start of 2022. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Pandemic gives boost as more states move to digital IDs

By Sophia Eppolito May. 08, 2021 11:07 AM EDT

Louisiana National Guard member Antonio Abalos gives Alex Campbell a J&J vaccine during a Louisiana Dept. of Health shot give-away with the help of the Louisiana National Guard at the St. Tammany Parish Fair Grounds in Covington, La., Friday, April 9, 2021. (David Grunfeld/The Advocate via AP)
Louisiana offering digital proof of COVID-19 vaccination

May. 05, 2021 07:03 PM EDT

FILE - This Jan. 8, 2021 file photo shows the logo of Microsoft displayed outside the headquarters in Paris. Microsoft’s business beat Wall Street expectations for the first three months of 2021, thanks to ongoing demand for its software and cloud computing services during the pandemic. The company on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $14.8 billion, up 38% from the same period last year. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, file)
Microsoft profits soar as cloud demand continues in pandemic

By Matt O'brien Apr. 27, 2021 04:26 PM EDT

This image provided by VIZ Media, shows the book cover of "Ask Iwata". Nintendo's late president Satoru Iwata oversaw the video-game maker's global growth, helping make Super Mario and Pokemon household names. “Ask Iwata" was published after his death from cancer in 2015 at 55 and an English translation of the book is being published this month by VIZ Media. (VIZ Media © HOBONICHI via AP)
Late president's book outlines vision for Japan's Nintendo

By Yuri Kageyama Apr. 12, 2021 08:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, a child wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus runs in front of the logos of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC on Saturday, March 20, 2021 announced a ban on fans from abroad attending the the games, which open on July 23. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Japan spends millions on technology for absent Olympic fans

By Yuri Kageyama Mar. 23, 2021 02:49 AM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, July 1, 2019, file photo, people make their way into the Salesforce Transit Center after it reopened, in San Francisco. San Francisco-based business software maker Salesforce says it will let most of its employees work remotely even after the pandemic, at least for part of the week. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Salesforce won't force workers to go into office post-COVID

By Barbara Ortutay Feb. 09, 2021 08:17 PM EST

FILE - Pedestrians pass a GameStop store on 14th Street at Union Square, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Behind GameStop’s stock surge is the grim reality that the video game retailer is floundering even as the industry around it is booming. Many investors fully understand the contradiction between GameStop’s stock price and its business fundamentals. But for those who imagine it to be the next Tesla or Amazon, the truth is: It’s likely not. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
GameStop's stupefying stock rise doesn't hide its reality

By Anne D'innocenzio Feb. 03, 2021 12:01 AM EST

The logo of Microsoft is displayed outside the headquarters in Paris, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. As the pandemic raged through the U.S., Microsoft's business continued chugging ahead and beat Wall Street expectations for the last three months of 2020, powered by ongoing demand for its workplace software and cloud computing services as people worked from home. The company on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $15.5 billion, up 33% from the same period last year. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, file)
Microsoft keeps chugging as pandemic continues

By Matt O'brien Jan. 26, 2021 04:32 PM EST

FILE - This Nov. 12, 2020 selfie photo provided by the Renown Regional Medical Center shows Dr. Jacob Keeperman, the Renown Transfer and Operations Center medical director who made the photo on the opening day of the Renown Regional Medical Center's alternative care site located in a parking garage. On Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting this photo at an auxiliary care site for COVID-19 patients proves that the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax. The photo, which shows empty hospital beds, was taken the day the site was opened, and patients had yet to arrive. (Jacob Keeperman/Renown Regional Medical Center via AP)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press Dec. 04, 2020 02:31 PM EST

FILE - Officials sort ballots during an audit at the Floyd County administration building in Rome, Ga. on Friday morning, Nov. 13, 2020. On Friday, Nov. 20, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that the identities of deceased residents in Georgia were used to illegally cast ballots in the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

The Associated Press Nov. 20, 2020 12:57 PM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Circleville, Ohio. Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign was powered by a cell phone app that allowed staff to monitor the movements of his millions of supporters, and offered intimate access to their social networks. The app lets Trump’s team communicate directly with the 2.8 million people who downloaded it and if they gave permission, with their entire contact list as well. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Financially troubled startup helped power Trump campaign

By Garance Burke Nov. 17, 2020 10:43 AM EST

This Nov. 16, 2020, screenshot from a smartphone shows the "Official Trump 2020 App," which allowed President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign to monitor the movements of his millions of supporters and offered intimate access to their social networks. Phunware Inc., the software company that built the app, is in financial distress and has been sustained at key points by the administration and the campaign, according to interviews with former employees, financial filings and court documents. (AP Photo)
Financially troubled startup helped power Trump campaign

By Garance Burke Nov. 17, 2020 10:23 AM EST

FILE - This April 12, 2016 file photo shows the Microsoft logo in Issy-les-Moulineaux, outside Paris, France. Microsoft took five hours to resolve a major outage of its workplace applications on Monday, but has not clarified what caused the outage. The company said the outage, which affected users’ ability to log into Office 365 applications, began early evening Monday Eastern time. Microsoft did not reply to questions Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 about what caused the outage, but said on its service-status Twitter account that it had identified a “recent change” that caused problems. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
Cloud growth helps Microsoft beat Wall Street expectations

Oct. 27, 2020 04:45 PM EDT

FILE - This March 19, 2018, file photo shows a Google app in Baltimore. Google will try to make a bigger splash in the smartphone market with a cheaper high-end model while it also aims to expand its presence on bigger screens with a new TV service. The products unveiled Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, focus on two areas where Google has struggled to make significant inroads. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Google unveils latest Pixel phone, rolls out new TV service

By Michael Liedtke Sep. 30, 2020 03:15 PM EDT

Epic Systems requiring workers to come back by Sept. 21

Aug. 04, 2020 05:04 PM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Epic Systems is requiring its 9,000-plus employees to return to work in person at its sprawling campus outside of Madison by Sept. 21. ...

FILE - In this May 7, 2018, file photo, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella looks on during a video as he delivers the keynote address at Build, the company's annual conference for software developers in Seattle. Microsoft says the coronavirus pandemic has increased demand for its flagship cloud computing and workplace productivity products as it reported quarterly earnings Wednesday, July 22, 2020, that beat Wall Street expectations. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Microsoft weathers pandemic, beats Wall Street expectations

Jul. 22, 2020 05:25 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2020, file photo a Microsoft computer is among items displayed at a Microsoft store in suburban Boston. Microsoft said Friday, June 26, it is permanently closing nearly all of its physical stores around the world. Like other retailers, the software and computing giant had to temporarily close all of its stores in late March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Microsoft to permanently close all physical stores

Jun. 26, 2020 10:26 AM EDT

FILE - This April 12, 2016 file photo shows the Microsoft logo in Issy-les-Moulineaux, outside Paris, France. Ongoing demand for Microsoft's cloud computing services help softened the blow of the coronavirus pandemic on the software giant's other products during the first three months of the year. The company on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $10.75 billion, up 22% from the same period last year. Net income of $1.40 per share beat Wall Street expectations of $1.27 a share. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
Microsoft's cloud business helps offset pandemic woes

By Matt O'brien Apr. 29, 2020 05:30 PM EDT

Stocks rise...Feds, short term rate to stay near zero...Microsoft beats expectations

Apr. 29, 2020 05:21 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks charged higher around the world today following an encouraging report on a possible treatment for COVID-19. The S&P closed 2.7%...

In this April 5, 2020, photo, multimedia technician Joseph Stoute prepares for a livestream online broadcast for congregants of St Paul's United Methodist Church in the Brooklyn borough of New York who are homebound due to citywide restrictions aimed at controlling the new coronavirus outbreak. As in-person worship services and religious gatherings have been shut down around much of the country, faith leaders have been left scrambling to shift all their worship services, fundraising, administrative work and community announcements to digital platforms. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Church software companies rush to accommodate surge in usage

By Aysha Khan Apr. 10, 2020 06:03 PM EDT