TLDR: Microsoft agrees to buy GitHub, tech for women’s safety, Alexa & Google Assistant coming to Xbox
Here’s where Microsoft’s GitHub acquisition ranks among the tech giant’s largest deals
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Why would Microsoft want GitHub? Developers, developers, developers ― and the cloud
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