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Microsoft to join White House-led consortium to fight COVID-19

Microsoft to join White House-led consortium to fight COVID-19
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By MicrosoftMarch 24, 2020
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Microsoft On The Issues offers perspectives from Microsoft on legal, public policy and citizenship topics. Microsoft passionately believes in the power and potential of technology, and that the right tech policies can help underpin innovation, encourage competition and ensure tech innovations continue to benefit everyone. Microsoft shares their point of view and ideas on topics as diverse as privacy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, environmental sustainability, education and corporate citizenship. Learn more at Microsoft On The Issues.

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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced the launch of the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium to provide COVID-19 researchers worldwide with access to the world's most powerful resources that can significantly advance the pace of scientific discovery in the fight to stop the virus. As part of Microsoft's AI for Health program, the company will provide grants to ensure additional access for researchers to our Azure cloud and high-performance computing capabilities.

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