Signage is displayed outside the Microsoft Corp. main campus in Redmond, Washington, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. In the race to commercialize a new type of powerful computer, Microsoft has just pulled up to the starting line with a slick-looking set of wheels. The Redmond, Washington-based tech giant is competing with Alphabet Inc.'s Google, International Business Machines Corp. and a clutch of small, specialized companies to develop quantum computers – machines that, in theory, will be many times more powerful than existing computers by bending the laws of physics. Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg
Microsoft Corp, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Apple Inc have thrown their support behind proposals in Congress to deal with cross-border data requests from law enforcement – even as the issue heads for review before the US Supreme Court.
The companies, along with Facebook Inc and Oath Inc, on Tuesday signed letters welcoming bipartisan House and Senate versions of the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act, or Cloud Act.
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