Microsoft has avoided the scrutiny over privacy issues that has ensnared rivals by working with regulators and advocating its own solutions (Daria Solovieva/Fast Company)

Daria Solovieva / Fast Company:
Microsoft has avoided the scrutiny over privacy issues that has ensnared rivals by working with regulators and advocating its own solutions  —  Quietly but confidently, Microsoft is back.  —  For the first time in almost a decade, it's the most valuable company in the world while its archrival Apple stumbles.

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