Microsoft offered up some fantastic announcements this week at their 2017 build conference, but is the real takeaway that the future of tech going to be another innovation-stifling oligopoly? Can we break this cycle, or is it too late?

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• frightful-5-will-dominate-digital-life-for-foreseeable-future.html?_r=0" class="link">Tech’s ‘Frightful 5’ Will Dominate Digital Life for Foreseeable FutureNew York Times: "There’s a little parlor game that people in Silicon Valley like to play. Let’s call it, Who’s Losing?"
• Microsoft Build 2017The official page. :)
• Microsoft revealed its plans for world domination at BuildEngadget: "Microsoft just wrapped up its Build developer conference, and the unifying theme was clear: Windows and Cortana everywhere. Whether it's linking Windows to all your other devices or letting developers code for various platforms from their PCs, Microsoft is making a bigger effort to get its hooks in all aspects of our tech lives."