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Tech giant Microsoft has seen nearly 46 per cent drop in recruitment activity while its professional career website LinkedIn has listed even worse - just 3 openings for its entire operation amid coronavirus crisis . According to data compiled by alternative data platform Thinknum, Satya Nadella-run tech giant listed 5,580 openings on its main careers site on March 22. "By April 20, that number sunk to 3,028, a 46% drop in hiring activity," said the platform that allows investors to get data-driven investment ideas by monitoring companies' websites. On March 1, LinkedIn listed 510 openings. "Microsoft-owned career website LinkedIn has seen an even starker drop in hiring. As of this week, LinkedIn shows only 3 openings for its entire business," the web platform revealed. Read More

Microsoft Corporation has agreed to buy the domain corp.com from a private owner for an undisclosed sum, in an effort to prevent cybercriminals from abusing it owing to a problem known as "namespace collision". According to KrebsOnSecurity, a blog run by journalist Brian Krebs, Microsoft has bought the domain from its Wisconsin-based owner Mike O'Connor "in a bid to keep it out of the hands of those who might abuse its awesome power". "We released a security advisory in June of 2009 and a security update that helps keep customers safe. In our ongoing commitment to customer security, we also acquired the Corp.com domain," the company said in a statement. Mike bought corp.com 26 years ago and hoped Microsoft would buy it someday because "hundreds of thousands of confused Windows PCs are constantly trying to share sensitive data with corp.com". Read More