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Microsoft relinquishes role as OpenAI board observer amid FTC scrutiny of AI investments

Microsoft will no longer serve as an observer on the OpenAI board, despite a multi-billion dollar investment that gives the… Read More

New York Times Co. fights OpenAI’s request for reporters’ source materials in copyright dispute

The New York Times Co. is asking a federal judge to deny OpenAI’s request to turn over reporters’ notes, interview… Read More

Microsoft lays off employees in new round of cuts

Microsoft conducted another round of layoffs this week in the latest workforce reduction implemented by the Redmond tech giant this… Read More

Microsoft and Amazon team up to launch Xbox cloud gaming app on Fire TV devices

Microsoft and Amazon announced Thursday that they are partnering to bring the Xbox gaming app to two models of Fire… Read More

Under fire in the U.S. and Europe, Microsoft tests its new approach to government scrutiny

In the giant dog park of global government regulation, Microsoft is showing its belly. What happens next remains to be… Read More

Microsoft and PC makers release first Copilot+ PCs without flagship ‘Recall’ AI feature at launch

Microsoft and its PC partners Tuesday pressed ahead with the release of the first Copilot+ PCs despite delaying the AI-powered… Read More

Congressional hearing pits Microsoft’s actions vs. words in public grilling over security failures

Updated below with details from hearing. Microsoft President Brad Smith previewed his approach in prepared written testimony for his appearance… Read More

Microsoft updates Recall feature after security and privacy backlash

Microsoft announced Friday that it is making changes to a new feature called “Recall,” turning it into an opt-in experience… Read More

Reports: Microsoft under new antitrust scrutiny over Inflection deal and AI dominance

Microsoft is facing a pair of new antitrust probes from the Federal Trade Commission, according to reports Wednesday evening from… Read More

80 years after D-Day, Microsoft uses AI to enhance archival materials and keep memories alive

Microsoft is using artificial intelligence to help preserve the history of D-Day, 80 years after allied forces landed on the… Read More

Bill Gates announces new book, ‘Source Code,’ a memoir about his early years, coming in 2025

Not just books but entire bookshelves have been devoted to the life and career of Bill Gates at this point,… Read More

Microsoft cuts jobs in Azure, HoloLens, and other units in latest move to control costs

Microsoft is cutting a total of around 1,000 jobs across the company, in areas including its Azure cloud unit and… Read More

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Microsoft Copilot+ PCs: Is this the AI computer revolution we’ve been looking for?

Microsoft and major PC makers this week announced a plan to incorporate artificial intelligence directly into personal computers, adding on-board… Read More

OpenAI’s Sam Altman appears at Microsoft Build amid dustup over voice technologies

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman played the role of closing act for the opening keynote at Microsoft’s Build developer conference in… Read More

Microsoft will make Khan Academy’s Khanmigo AI tool free to U.S. teachers in cloud shift

Online education platform Khan Academy is shifting a portion of its cloud workload to Microsoft Azure under a partnership announced… Read More

Microsoft’s new ‘Team Copilot’ AI assistant runs meetings, manages projects, assigns tasks

Microsoft will test the limits of artificial intelligence in group collaboration with a new AI assistant that keeps meetings on… Read More

Microsoft’s carbon footprint keeps growing as AI drives data center expansions

In 2020, Microsoft made an ambitious commitment to make its operations carbon negative within a decade, removing more carbon from… Read More

Longtime CEO to leave Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s holding company

Bill Hilf, the veteran tech executive and longtime CEO of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s holding company, formerly known as… Read More

Shift AI Podcast: How AI is evolving in 2024, with Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Pablo Castro

As a distinguished engineer working on the Microsoft Azure AI Search team, Pablo Castro has insight into the inner workings… Read More

Microsoft to invest $3.3B in Wisconsin AI data center as Biden hits at Trump over jobs creation

Microsoft plans to invest $3.3 billion in an artificial intelligence-related initiative in Wisconsin, giving a boost to President Joe Biden’s… Read More

Microsoft study: 75% of knowledge workers using AI at work, nearly doubling in six months

Microsoft released a new version of a study that has documented the transformation of work over the past few years,… Read More

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Amazon vs. Trader Joe’s; Bill Gates still a force at Microsoft; Inside the Binance founder’s sentencing

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Amazon’s efforts to compete with Trader Joe’s, and the related tactics revealed… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Build 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)

Internal memo: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella delivers a new mandate on security

This is the text of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s internal memo sent to employees Friday, May 3, about the company’s… Read More

Microsoft will base part of senior exec comp on security, add deputy CISOs to product groups

Microsoft is changing its security practices, organizational structure, and executive compensation in an attempt to address a series of major… Read More

Capital spending soars in the cloud as Microsoft, Google, and others bet big on AI demand

Analysts, investors, and the media are suddenly focused intensely on capital expenditures by tech giants including Microsoft, Meta, Google, and… Read More

Haunted by breaches, Microsoft is ‘putting security above all else,’ vows CEO Satya Nadella

Satya Nadella has made a habit of touting the revenue growth in the company’s security technology business on Microsoft’s earnings… Read More

Microsoft beats expectations as quarterly profits rise 20% to nearly $22B

Updated with details from Microsoft’s earnings conference call. Microsoft posted a 17% increase in revenue, to $61.9 billion, with $21.9… Read More

In mind-bending chat with deepfake digital twin, Reid Hoffman discusses Microsoft’s big AI hire

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman — the entrepreneur, author, podcaster, venture capitalist and Microsoft board member — is on the front lines of… Read More

Microsoft and partners open major new pedestrian bridge to span campus and transportation needs

People on foot, riding bicycles, and even those cruising on electric skateboards crisscrossed over a busy highway between Microsoft’s old… Read More

Microsoft invests $1.5B in G42, the Emirati AI holding company based in Abu Dhabi

Microsoft is making another big AI-related investment, this time pouring $1.5 billion into G42, a AI holding company based in… Read More