Microsoft president Brad Smith took aim at Google ahead of an House hearing on antitrust.
A Chinese-sponsored hacking group attacked Microsoft Exchange servers in 30,000 US organizations.
Google accused Microsoft of attempting to divert public attention away from a major Microsoft server hack.
Kent Walker, Google s head of global affairs, said in a blog post Microsoft is attacking his firm to divert attention away from the massive hack on Microsoft Exchange servers. The statement came ahead of a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on competition among news outlets at which Microsoft testified.
Microsoft president Brad Smith said in a testimony ahead of a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing that Google dominates digital advertising and requires news outlets use the tech firm s tools to operate.
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Google and Microsoft are in a firefight over Australia s code mandating payments to news publishers. Microsoft has supported the new code, while Google threatened