Q&A: Satya Nadella on Microsoft’s new world view, dual-screen devices and Pentagon cloud deal 

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Nadella also [discusses the controversy over Microsoft winning the Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI cloud deal]( saying that staying out of politics and focusing on customer needs and technology helped the company win the contract over Amazon Web Services, which was considered the front-runner. [Read the edited transcript and listen to the podcast](. Related: [Go inside the new Microsoft Experience Center]( a physical manifestation of the company’s vision for the future. Amazon’s grocery tech team is “running internal tests” at a prime retail location in Seattle’s popular Capitol Hill neighborhood, [the company told GeekWire](. It’s the first time Amazon has publicly confirmed its work at this mysterious location. Google is doubling down on healthcare tech and wearables [with a $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit](. The deal comes one year after Google made a [secretive purchase]( of Seattle digital health startup Senosis. Seattle has birthed another real estate tech startup. 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