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Microsoft grapples with another security breach: The latest on the SharePoint attacks

Microsoft is once again in the cybersecurity spotlight, acknowledging Tuesday morning that hackers linked to China are among those exploiting… Read More

End of an era: Microsoft to shut down Skype, shifting users to Teams, 14 years after $8.5B deal

Before Zoom, before FaceTime, and before video-calling became a default feature of today’s messaging apps — there was Skype. Microsoft paid… Read More

Microsoft asks Trump to loosen chip export limits to avoid giving China an AI advantage

Microsoft urged the Trump administration to change Biden-era limits on chip exports, warning that provisions of the regulations could give… Read More

Grab tickets now for Microsoft@50, a GeekWire event in Seattle marking milestone anniversary

The impact of Microsoft over the past 50 years will be the focus of a special GeekWire event in Seattle… Read More

Microsoft invests in Veeam, deepens cloud and AI partnership with data protection company

Microsoft made an equity investment in Veeam, deepening its partnership with the Kirkland, Wash.-based data protection and ransomware recovery company,… Read More

Podcast

Microsoft’s quantum breakthrough; WA state targets Uber, Lyft; GeekWire 200; Bezos and Bond

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Microsoft’s quantum breakthrough; a Washington state bill that targets Uber and Lyft… Read More

Amazon to retire Chime meeting service, shift to Zoom internally as it rolls out Microsoft 365 apps

There will be no more apologies about Chime from Amazon employees to outsiders joining their meetings. That ritual of logging… Read More

Microsoft reveals new gaming-focused generative AI model ‘Muse’ that could revive classic games

In a new blog post on Wednesday, Microsoft’s research department debuted a new generative AI model called Muse that it… Read More

Microsoft quantum breakthrough promises to usher in the next era of computing in ‘years, not decades’

Microsoft says it has developed a new quantum processor based on a novel state of matter, giving it a clear… Read More

How Xbox lost its fans, and won them back — and more from a new book about Microsoft innovation

A new book, The Insider’s Guide to Innovation at Microsoft, finds universal business lessons in the company’s successes and also its failures, through case studies about different products and teams in various scenarios and stages of evolution. Read More

Bill Gates on Microsoft at 50, and what’s next for AI and innovation

Bill Gates talks about Microsoft’s 50th anniversary, parallels between AI and the early days of the PC, and where he sees the next big opportunities for innovation. Read More

How to avoid a $97 billion distraction: What Elon Musk’s bid for OpenAI means for Microsoft

Elon Musk’s $97.4 billion bid for the nonprofit that controls OpenAI could have significant implications for Microsoft, as the ChatGPT… Read More

Tech Moves: Google Cloud hires Microsoft exec Hayete Gallot in new president role; Impinj CRO retires; WSU names president

— Google named Hayete Gallot, most recently Microsoft’s corporate vice president of commercial solutions, to the newly created position of… Read More

Microsoft alums were surprised by the sheer scale of its success, new oral history project shows

Even with Microsoft’s hard-driving culture, and its vision for a computer on every desk and in every home (running Microsoft software), the magnitude of its success took many of the company’s early employees by surprise, a new oral history project shows. Read More

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Interview: Bill Gates on his early years, key influences, and outlook on the world today

In advance of the release of his new memoir, Source Code: My Beginnings, Bill Gates sat down with GeekWire for… Read More

Bill Gates’ book ‘Source Code’ is a surprisingly candid memoir of the Microsoft mogul’s early years

Never go to the dentist the morning after an LSD trip. That’s one of the more unexpected takeaways from Bill… Read More

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Podcast: DeepSeek reality check; Amazon, Bezos, and the Post; lost in the Microsoft garage

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we dive deep into DeepSeek, the AI project shaking up the tech world, to… Read More

Microsoft’s new Surface Copilot+ PCs use Intel’s Lunar Lake chips in push for business adoption

Microsoft announced new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop devices for businesses running on Intel Core Ultra series 2 processors —… Read More

Microsoft’s AI revenue run rate reaches $13B annually as tech giant tops earnings expectations

Microsoft says it’s generating revenue from its artificial intelligence products and services at a rate of $13 billion annually, exceeding… Read More

DeepSeek defense: Microsoft earnings will offer new chance to detail AI capital spending plans

Reporting quarterly earnings Wednesday afternoon, it will be tough for Microsoft to avoid the issue of the AI breakthroughs from… Read More

Microsoft + TikTok, 2025 edition: Trump comment stirs new speculation about possible deal

The potential for Microsoft to acquire TikTok is looping back around again like a viral social dance clip on endless… Read More

Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, addresses a crowd in Redmond.

Microsoft CEO says AI use will ‘skyrocket’ with more efficiency amid craze over DeepSeek

In an apparent response to the attention on a new AI model out of China, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted… Read More

‘I’m good for my $80 billion’: What Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella really meant by his Stargate zinger

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella had the quote of the week in response to a question from CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin… Read More

‘The Road Ahead’ at 30: What Bill Gates’ classic book about the future says about the world today

GeekWire revisits Bill Gates’ classic book, The Road Ahead, with insights from one of his coauthors, and finds parallels to the AI revolution happening now. Read More

Filing: Microsoft executive Chris Young resigns as business development and strategy leader

Chris Young, a tech industry veteran who joined Microsoft to lead its business development initiatives in 2020, turned in his… Read More

Microsoft launches $5M grant program for AI projects in WA state as part of 50th anniversary

Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab is offering a total of $5 million in cloud computing credits in its home state… Read More

Microsoft and OpenAI tweak the terms of their cloud deal, enabling $500B Stargate AI project

Microsoft will no longer be the exclusive provider of new cloud computing capacity to OpenAI — a new twist in… Read More

Microsoft increases price of Microsoft 365 bundle for consumers — the first bump in 12 years

Microsoft is increasing the price of its consumer Microsoft 365 bundle by $3 per month as it adds AI features… Read More

Microsoft’s free 365 Copilot Chat will let business users access AI agents in bid to expand adoption

Microsoft is adding a new wrinkle to Microsoft 365 Copilot, its AI service for businesses, with a free chat experience… Read More

Microsoft’s former head of Windows and Devices design to lead Amazon Devices & Services design

Ralf Groene, a key figure in the design of Microsoft’s devices for more than 17 years, has emerged from a… Read More