How to watch the Windows maker’s biggest developer event live
Much like Apple, Google and others, Microsoft has decided to keep its developer event schedule running this year, opting for a free all-digital livestream, kicking off Tuesday at 9 a.m. PT / noon ET / 5 p.m. BST / 2 a.m. on May 26 in Australia. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is scheduled to give the half-hour opening keynote address, which “will highlight how Microsoft is creating new opportunities for developers across the modern tech stack,” according to Microsoft.
In the past, Nadella’s also used his opening speeches to discuss the company’s philosophy. He and Apple CEO Tim Cook are the loudest, high-profile tech executives calling for additional privacy protections in technology .
“We need to ask ourselves not only what computers can do, but what computers should do,” he said during his 2018 keynote address . Nadella used that speech to announce an internal “ethics board” to “govern” the products Microsoft builds. “We also have a responsibility as a tech industry to build trust in technology.”
Microsoft’s also used its keynotes to discuss new technologies like its HoloLens augmented reality glasses , which overlay computer images on the real world. Microsoft primarily sells those devices to companies and the military .
