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Steve and Connie Ballmer give $7M to national gun control group co-founded by Michael Bloomberg

Steve and Connie Ballmer have made what’s believed to be their largest political contribution to date, giving $7 million to… Read More

Microsoft will bundle xCloud gaming service with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership

Microsoft announced today that its cloud gaming service Project xCloud will be included in its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership… Read More

Microsoft partners with Land O’Lakes to build agriculture tech on Azure

Microsoft’s latest cloud partnership is with Land O’Lakes, the farming giant which will use Microsoft’s Azure technologies to spur sustainable… Read More

Microsoft and Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures unveil winners of Female Founders Competition

Four women-led startups will receive a total of $6 million to scale their innovations from Microsoft’s venture capital arm, Mayfield,… Read More

Microsoft makes major cuts to MSN editorial team amid AI shift and broader fiscal year-end layoffs

Microsoft is further cutting back its MSN team amid a controversial shift to automation and AI for content decisions previously… Read More

‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ will take to the skies via PC next month in refresh of classic

Raise your seat backs and tray tables, Microsoft is taking off again with its refresh of the classic “Flight Simulator”… Read More

Microsoft spinning off XiaoIce as standalone AI venture, with former exec Harry Shum as chairman

Microsoft will spin off its XiaoIce artificial intelligence initiative as an independent venture, with the former head of its AI… Read More

Microsoft and Samsung partner to digitize building maintenance via Azure and smart appliances

Microsoft and Samsung announced a new partnership Monday to build technology for the real estate industry. The companies will pair… Read More

Microsoft releases preview of Text Analytics for health, battle-tested in COVID-19 partnership

Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform announced a new iteration of its Text Analytics technology for healthcare, bringing to market some of… Read More

Will your meeting suck less in a virtual auditorium? Microsoft unveils ‘Together’ mode for Teams

Microsoft is launching a new feature for video meetings that places participants against a shared virtual background, removing individual backdrops… Read More

Augmented reality startup Magic Leap hires key Microsoft exec Peggy Johnson as its new CEO

Microsoft leader Peggy Johnson is departing and will become the chief executive officer at high-profile augmented reality startup Magic Leap.… Read More

Microsoft will reveal more about Halo: Infinite and other Xbox Series X games at July 23 event

Halo fans can expect more news about the upcoming Halo: Infinite title at Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase event on July… Read More

Alice Jolla to take over as Microsoft’s chief accounting officer following Frank Brod’s retirement

Microsoft corporate controller Alice Jolla will take over as chief accounting officer following the retirement of Frank Brod. Microsoft announced… Read More

With Microsoft Mixer set to close, Amazon’s Twitch sets record with more than 5B hours watched in Q2

Twitch, the goliath of game streaming, is getting even more gigantic. Amazon’s streaming service registered more than 5 billion total… Read More

Q&A: Microsoft’s Brad Smith on job training initiative, philanthropy and Facebook

Microsoft is on an extraordinary philanthropic marathon, announcing a new plan Tuesday to train 25 million people around the globe… Read More

Microsoft unveils sweeping job training initiative to teach digital skills to 25M impacted by pandemic

Microsoft plans to provide digital skills training for 25 million people this year under a new, multi-million dollar initiative that… Read More

Microsoft is reportedly suspending advertising on Facebook and Instagram

Microsoft has paused advertising on Facebook and Instagram worldwide due to concerns about content surfaced alongside ads, according to Axios.… Read More

Mixer co-founder on Microsoft pulling the plug, Twitch’s market power, and his startup journey

Matt Salsamendi was barely old enough to drive when he and James Boehm founded a game-streaming startup called Beam Interactive,… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft’s retail bombshell; Amazon’s robotaxi deal; and Trump vs. tech, again

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week. Microsoft shocked the tech world Friday morning by announcing… Read More

Microsoft to permanently close physical retail locations; will incur pre-tax charge of $450M

So long, Microsoft Stores. Microsoft is shutting down its entire physical retail operation and instead will focus on its digital… Read More

Slack will let up to 20 organizations collaborate, extending reach and escalating Microsoft rivalry

Slack is rolling out a new capability called “Slack Connect” that will let up to 20 companies and organizations connect… Read More

Microsoft vows to use financial strength to fuel societal change in sweeping racial justice plan

Over the next three years, Microsoft says it will double its number of Black-owned suppliers and spend an incremental $500… Read More

Apple wins early support from its ‘friends at Microsoft’ in transition to new Mac processors

Apple confirmed plans to shift its Mac lineup to its own processors, moving its notebook and desktop computers away from… Read More

Microsoft shutters Mixer game streaming platform, will partner with Facebook Gaming

Mixer is over. Microsoft is shuttering its video game live-streaming platform, four years after it launched Mixer to compete with… Read More

Microsoft will acquire CyberX to beef up Azure IoT security offering

Microsoft will acquire CyberX, a Boston-area cybersecurity startup that helps companies protect their IoT devices and networks. The deal will… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: The case against Apple’s App Store; IPOs go crazy; quest for a better email inbox

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week. Not everyone loves Apple’s App Store, it seems. This… Read More

Microsoft president calls for antitrust scrutiny of app stores: ‘The time has come’

Microsoft President Brad Smith wants more scrutiny on app store policies imposed by its competitors such as Apple and Google.… Read More

Microsoft acquires data modeling startup ADRM Software

Microsoft has acquired ADRM Software, a company that sells industry-specific data models used by large companies. “As we worked closely… Read More

Supreme Court’s denial of Trump’s attempt to rescind DACA is a win for Dreamers and Microsoft

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to dissolve the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)… Read More

Documents reveal Microsoft pitched facial recognition tech to drug enforcement feds

Microsoft has long cast itself as a moral authority on facial recognition, calling for federal regulation of the technology and… Read More

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