Microsoft is expanding its AI and cloud infrastructure investments in Spain by $2.1 billion over the next two years, company President Brad Smith announced on Monday.
Microsoft announced five projects to help news organizations incorporate generative artificial intelligence into their operations, building on its existing efforts to use technology to support the role of journalism in… Read More
When I met Satya Nadella in 1992, we were both engineers at Microsoft, and I never would have guessed we’d go on to be life-long friends or that he’d end… Read More
Microsoft’s revenue from its Azure cloud platform and related services rose 30% in the quarter ended Dec. 31, including a 6 percentage point boost from its artificial intelligence technologies. The… Read More
Some of the downsides of artificial intelligence have come into clearer focus for Microsoft recently, including high-profile AI deepfakes, an FTC probe, a New York Times lawsuit, and a brief… Read More
Updated below with Microsoft statement. NBC Nightly News released an early written excerpt from an interview scheduled to air Tuesday evening with Satya Nadella, in which anchor Lester Holt presses… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we assess the outcome of the drama at OpenAI, considering what the removal and ultimate return of its CEO Sam Altman, and everything that… Read More
OpenAI’s announcement last night that Sam Altman will return as CEO, under a newly formulated board, brings an apparent end to a wild ride that spotlighted OpenAI’s unusual corporate structure,… Read More
The OpenAI saga appears to be in a holding pattern, at least for the moment, as hundreds of employees threaten to leave en masse if the board doesn’t resign and… Read More
Microsoft turned one of the most bizarre weekends in modern tech history into one of the most consequential for itself and perhaps the rest of the industry. With Satya Nadella’s… Read More
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was as bullish as ever about artificial intelligence and the ChatGPT maker’s latest advances when he spoke Thursday at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in… Read More
AI is starting to generate real money for the big cloud providers. Global spending on cloud infrastructure services topped $68 billion in the third quarter, up 18% year-over-year. That’s the… Read More
One of Microsoft’s longest-running executive leaders is leaving after more than three decades with the company. Chris Capossela, Microsoft’s chief marketing officer, will be replaced in the role by another… Read More
Microsoft exceeded Wall Street’s expectations with revenue of $56.5 billion, up 13% year-over-year, and earnings of $2.99 per share, up 27%, with increased cloud revenue foreshadowing strong interest in its… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella issued a statement on the war in Israel and the company shared a memo it sent to employees. “Heartbroken by the horrific terrorist attacks on Israel… Read More
You may have read the juicy sound bites from Satya Nadella in Google’s antitrust trial this week, as the Microsoft CEO made the case that the search giant unfairly leverages… Read More
“All partnerships are tactical. There is no such thing as a strategic partnership.” That’s one of the lessons that business and technology leader Bob Muglia tells the companies he works… Read More
Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI has looked at times like a glimmer of hope for its Bing search engine in its longstanding battle with Google, but Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella painted… Read More
Kate Johnson is based in Denver in her role as Lumen Technologies CEO and president, but she has been spending a lot of time in the Seattle area recently, and… Read More
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, the United Kingdom’s chief financial minister, visited Seattle on Friday as part of a West Coast tour to promote the expansion of the UK’s tech sector, and… Read More
Microsoft executives appeared in New York City this morning to unveil a torrent of new AI features for Windows and other products, in addition to new Surface PCs. “It’s kind… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Oracle Chairman and CTO Larry Ellison made a rare joint appearance this afternoon to announce the next stage in their partnership, a new service that… Read More
A robotic Indian lander set down safely on the moon today, setting off a wave of pride that reached from Mission Control in Bengaluru to Seattle’s tech community. “India is… Read More
Cricket fans in 87 countries around the globe watched MI New York defeat the Seattle Orcas in Texas on Sunday evening for the first-ever championship of Major League Cricket. Despite… Read More
Microsoft ended its fiscal 2023 in June with 221,000 employees globally, according to the company’s annual 10K filing Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That’s a decline of 11,000… Read More
Investors will be looking for early signs of traction from Microsoft’s artificial intelligence investments Tuesday afternoon when the company reports results for its fiscal fourth quarter. They’ll likely need to… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft staked its financial claim in the AI gold rush this week, announcing pricing for its upcoming Microsoft 365 Copilot technology: a whopping $30/user… Read More
Microsoft will seek to capitalize on the intense interest in artificial intelligence at work with a significant price hike for businesses that decide to use its Microsoft 365 Copilot capabilities… Read More
Microsoft says it has achieved an important physics breakthrough representing the first milestone in its long-term initiative to build a quantum supercomputer capable of solving some of the world’s most… Read More
A new report from Microsoft acknowledges the burden that technology has placed on many information workers — describing a growing “digital debt” in which the volume of communication has drowned… Read More