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Geof Wheelwright has been living "10 minutes into the future" for more than three decades. He covers AI, cloud, technology leaders, the impact of public policy on innovation — and has been known to write about some things just because they're really, really cool. He's a veteran of Microsoft, AWS, a lot of start-ups, and a longtime contributor to magazines, newspapers and news web sites in the UK, Canada and the United States.

30 years after Microsoft went ‘all-in’ on the internet, the tech giant’s AI strategy echoes the past

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30 years after Microsoft went ‘all-in’ on the internet, the tech giant’s AI strategy echoes the past

Thirty years after Bill Gates declared Microsoft was going “all-in” on the internet, echoes of that moment are resurfacing in the company’s sweeping AI push. The parallels — and the differences — reveal how Microsoft is navigating another era-defining shift. Read More

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30 years after Microsoft went ‘all-in’ on the internet, the tech giant’s AI strategy echoes the past

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