Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 67 of 225

Podcast

Week in Geek: Microsoft’s ‘gorgeous’ new laptop, Apple’s giant cash pile, and nerdy basketball math

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=74kPEJWpCD4 Microsoft is known for its utility tools: Windows, Office and the like. What it’s not known for is design. But… Read More

Reid Hoffman: ‘If you could train an AI to be a Buddhist, it would probably be pretty good’

What would happen if we put artificial intelligence on a path to enlightenment? LinkedIn founder and Microsoft board member Reid… Read More

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman: How Seattle can help Silicon Valley become less myopic

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman built a technology giant in Silicon Valley, but he has been spending more time in Seattle… Read More

Surface Pro 5? Microsoft to hold mystery event May 23 in Shanghai

Microsoft just unveiled a new addition to its Surface lineup this week, with the announcement of its Surface Laptop, but… Read More

Microsoft is teaching machines to read and understand context in pursuit of building smarter AI

Microsoft is going beyond the concepts of image recognition and machine learning to make artificial intelligence smarter, and building systems… Read More

How Microsoft is helping top Spanish soccer league LaLiga track fan behavior and expand globally

LaLiga wants to learn more about its fans and expand its footprint around the globe — and it’s getting help… Read More

Dell EMC furthers bet on hybrid cloud with support for Azure Stack

Businesses that still want to roll their own infrastructure in the age of the cloud have a new option from… Read More

Microsoft Ventures doubles down on AI with new investments in Agolo and Bonsai

Ever feel like there’s just too much information out there? New York-based Agolo is hoping so. The startup is developing a… Read More

With $256 billion, Apple has more cash than Amazon, Microsoft and Google combined

Apple passed a new milestone Tuesday — reporting more than $256 billion in cash and marketable securities. That’s a lot… Read More

Microsoft says new $999 Surface Laptop is lighter, faster with longer battery life than MacBooks

Microsoft showed off its newest Surface device, the Surface Laptop at Tuesday’s education-oriented event in New York City. Images of… Read More

Microsoft introduces Windows 10 S, a streamlined version of operating system designed for classroom

Today as part of its education-oriented showcase in New York City, Microsoft introduced Windows 10 S, a stripped down version… Read More

Microsoft’s Julie Larson-Green leaves key Office exec role for health reasons, remains with company

Julie Larson-Green, a longtime Microsoft engineering executive, has stepped down from her position as leader of the Office Experience Organization as she… Read More

Microsoft Research leader Jeannette Wing leaving for new Columbia University role

Noted computer scientist Jeannette Wing, the Microsoft Research corporate vice president, will leave the Redmond company to lead Columbia University’s Data… Read More

Leaked images show new Microsoft Surface Laptop with ‘Windows 10 S’

Leaked images reveal a new 13.5-inch notebook computer from Microsoft, dubbed the Surface Laptop, running the “Windows 10 S” operating system… Read More

Microsoft prepares to take a new run at Google Chrome OS, starting in schools

Microsoft Windows still runs the vast majority of desktop and notebook computers around the world, but the trends in U.S.… Read More

Podcast

Week in Geek: How Amazon, Microsoft, T-Mobile, Starbucks and Expedia fared in the first quarter

Quarterly earnings season is an opportunity to look behind the scenes of the largest tech companies in the world, to… Read More

Microsoft hires former FTC commissioner to lead privacy and regulatory affairs

Microsoft has hired former FTC commissioner Julie Brill as its new corporate vice president in charge of privacy, data protection and other… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlines its cloud computing strategy for Wall Street

Microsoft is a huge multinational technology company, with lines of business spread across PCs, productivity software, gaming, internet search, and… Read More

Why Microsoft’s Surface hardware revenue fell 26% in the latest quarter

Microsoft’s revenue from its Surface hardware business slipped to $826 million in the last quarter, a 26 percent decline from a… Read More

Microsoft’s commercial cloud run rate tops $15B as Azure revenue soars

Azure was the star of Microsoft’s cloud division during its third fiscal quarter, with revenue growing 93 percent as part… Read More

Microsoft boosts profits by 16% even as LinkedIn drags on bottom line

Microsoft this afternoon posted revenue of $23.6 billion, up 6 percent, and earnings of 73 cents a share, an increase… Read More

Tech earnings extravaganza: Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Expedia set to report today

Thursday is the mother lode of tech earnings. Three of the top five most valuable tech companies by market cap —… Read More

Serverless computing might finally deliver on the promise of the cloud

The original promise of cloud computing was simple: no longer would you need to buy, configure, and maintain racks and… Read More

Chocolate, underwear, and supertankers: Now on Microsoft Azure

Microsoft showed off five new Azure customers at an event in New York on Wednesday, more evidence that companies born… Read More

Three years after $7B Nokia deal, Microsoft’s smartphone strategy has changed dramatically

It’s hard to believe that it was only three years ago today that Microsoft officially completed its purchase of Nokia’s… Read More

Nearly 5 years later, this original Microsoft Surface RT is still useful, at least as a spare

It pays to have a spare tire. Even if it’s one of those “space saver” spare tires that you can… Read More

Microsoft says hello to Trello with new Teams tie-in as it battles Slack and others in packed chat market

The popular project management program Trello is now integrated into Microsoft Teams, the Redmond tech giant’s new enterprise messaging platform within… Read More

LinkedIn tops 500M members, as Microsoft starts to take advantage of all that LinkedIn data

LinkedIn has surpassed 500 million members globally, one of the first big milestones for the business social network since its acquisition by… Read More

Microsoft Windows and Office 365 updates will now arrive on a regular schedule

The company that brought you Patch Tuesday is now going to release Windows and Office 365 updates together on a… Read More

New IoT services from Microsoft Azure promise to make managing connected devices way easier

As cloud computing matures, more and more technical concepts that once required a lot of specialized expertise are being simplified… Read More