“Microsoft Monday” takes a look back at the past week of news related to Microsoft. This week, “Microsoft Monday” includes details about Windows 10 spying becoming worse, Bill Gates launching a clean energy coalition with more than 20 other billionaires, the release of Cortana beta for iOS, 35,000 traffic cameras added to Bing Maps, the drop in employee gender diversity, plans for the older versions of Internet Explorer and HP signing a major Azure deal. 
Windows 10 Spying Becomes Worse
Earlier this month, Microsoft released the Windows 10 November Update (also known as Threshold 2). The November Update included many useful features like new Skype integrations, improved snapping, the ability to “Find My Device” and Edge password and bookmark syncing features. A problem with Windows 10 is that Microsoft corporate vice president Joe Belfiore admitted that Windows 10 tracks how you are using it and how information is sent back to Microsoft by default. Even though some tracking elements are turned off, Forbes contributor Gordon Kelly pointed out that “core data collection simply cannot be stopped.”
At first it seemed like Microsoft removed the background service that tracks information known as the Diagnostic Tracking Service (DiagTrack). Unfortunately, Microsoft simply renamed DiagTrack to the ‘Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service.’

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