Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 11 of 234

Jan 22, 2025, 3:05 PM

Filing: Microsoft executive Chris Young resigns as business development and strategy leader

Chris Young, a tech industry veteran who joined Microsoft to lead its business development initiatives in 2020, turned in his… Read More

Jan 22, 2025, 6:12 AM

Microsoft launches $5M grant program for AI projects in WA state as part of 50th anniversary

Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab is offering a total of $5 million in cloud computing credits in its home state… Read More

Jan 21, 2025, 7:21 PM

Microsoft and OpenAI tweak the terms of their cloud deal, enabling $500B Stargate AI project

Microsoft will no longer be the exclusive provider of new cloud computing capacity to OpenAI — a new twist in… Read More

Jan 16, 2025, 2:34 PM

Microsoft increases price of Microsoft 365 bundle for consumers — the first bump in 12 years

Microsoft is increasing the price of its consumer Microsoft 365 bundle by $3 per month as it adds AI features… Read More

Jan 15, 2025, 9:05 AM

Microsoft’s free 365 Copilot Chat will let business users access AI agents in bid to expand adoption

Microsoft is adding a new wrinkle to Microsoft 365 Copilot, its AI service for businesses, with a free chat experience… Read More

Jan 14, 2025, 5:35 PM

Microsoft’s former head of Windows and Devices design to lead Amazon Devices & Services design

Ralf Groene, a key figure in the design of Microsoft’s devices for more than 17 years, has emerged from a… Read More

Jan 13, 2025, 8:26 AM

Microsoft creates new AI platform and tools division, led by former Facebook engineering chief

Microsoft is creating a new engineering division, led by the former global head of engineering at Facebook (now Meta), that… Read More

Jan 10, 2025, 9:02 AM

Mike Maples Sr., 1942-2025: Microsoft’s ‘adult in the room’ had a deep impact on the company

Mike Maples Sr. faced no shortage of skepticism when he joined Microsoft in 1988, after being personally (and persistently) recruited… Read More

Jan 8, 2025, 10:29 AM

Microsoft layoffs: Tech giant’s job cuts stretch into 2025, now focusing on performance

Microsoft plans to make a new round of layoffs across the company, impacting employees whose performance has been deemed to… Read More

Jan 6, 2025, 1:32 PM

Google calls out Microsoft for trickery over Bing’s response to ‘Google’ search query

Searching for “Google” on Microsoft Bing right now (when logged out) brings up a search experience that looks a lot… Read More

Jan 6, 2025, 6:00 AM

Windows 10’s days are numbered, and Microsoft is starting a big push for Windows 11 upgrades

Microsoft is looking to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week as a catalyst for Windows users to… Read More

Jan 3, 2025, 1:17 PM

Microsoft offers U.S. a roadmap to win AI race vs. China, signals $80B in FY25 capital spending

The United States needs an overarching national strategy to ensure it prevails in the global AI race — focusing on… Read More

Dec 30, 2024, 10:32 AM

Can Microsoft avoid the ghost of Clippy? Familiar theme emerges in Copilot rollout for Office apps

In late October, Microsoft announced that it was starting to test the integration of its Copilot AI assistant into Microsoft… Read More

Dec 18, 2024, 10:23 AM

A new era for Windows: Can Microsoft’s longtime engine power another tech revolution?

Microsoft is betting Windows on AI, hoping to breathe new life into one of the most successful products in tech history. Read More

Dec 18, 2024, 9:00 AM

Microsoft’s new open-source AI solution will beam wildlife data from remote corners of the world

Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab this morning unveiled a new open-source project and AI-powered edge computing device designed to improve… Read More

Dec 11, 2024, 3:42 PM

Bitcoin gets almost no support from Microsoft shareholders, as AI data scrutiny tops voting

None of the six outside shareholder proposals at Microsoft’s annual meeting Tuesday won enough support for adoption, but the specific… Read More

Dec 11, 2024, 2:14 PM

Microsoft will take $800 million charge on Cruise investment as GM exits robotaxi business

Microsoft will take an $800 million charge on its investment in the Cruise robotaxi business after General Motors announced it… Read More

Dec 10, 2024, 4:09 PM

Microsoft shareholders reject call to invest in Bitcoin, but company doesn’t entirely rule it out

Microsoft shareholders turned down a proposal calling on the company to consider diversifying its investments by including Bitcoin in the… Read More

Dec 10, 2024, 10:00 AM

Microsoft shareholders reject proposals to further study AI’s risks to its business

Microsoft investors turned down six shareholder proposals at its annual meeting Tuesday, three of them focused on the risks of… Read More

Dec 9, 2024, 9:00 AM

Microsoft shares new data center design featuring a closed-loop water system for cooling

Microsoft revealed details of new approach to cooling data centers that won’t lose water to evaporation. The strategy will still… Read More

Dec 5, 2024, 9:21 AM

Microsoft releases preview of voice-enabled ‘Copilot Vision’ AI browsing companion for Edge

A new opt-in Microsoft Edge feature, released in limited preview today, augments the browsing experience with AI that “sees” the… Read More

Dec 3, 2024, 12:19 PM

‘An easy button to get off Windows’: Amazon’s new AI moves Microsoft apps to Linux

LAS VEGAS — Amazon has a new use for AI: dumping Microsoft Windows. At the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference… Read More

Nov 30, 2024, 7:41 AM

AI, Google Docs, and the messiness of innovation, with Microsoft Deputy CTO Sam Schillace

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, our guest is Sam Schillace, a deputy CTO at Microsoft and author of the… Read More

Nov 23, 2024, 9:51 AM

Microsoft credited with spotting sophisticated Chinese hack that hit telecoms including T-Mobile

U.S. officials say a sophisticated Chinese hack that breached the networks of telecommunication giants may not have been spotted without… Read More

Nov 23, 2024, 7:35 AM

Podcast: Elon Musk’s problem with Microsoft; What the GeekWire 200 says about the startup scene

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Elon Musk’s suit against OpenAI, which now includes Microsoft, and assess the… Read More

Nov 22, 2024, 10:00 AM

Recall arrives: Windows Insiders on Copilot+ PCs finally getting preview of key Microsoft AI feature

After a series of delays, Microsoft is releasing a new build of Windows 11 to users in its Windows Insider… Read More

Nov 19, 2024, 5:30 AM

‘Embrace the red’: Microsoft puts up another $4M for cloud and AI bugs in broader security push

If security is really more important than everything else, will it be in the keynote? Microsoft, under intense pressure to… Read More

Nov 15, 2024, 3:48 PM

Internal emails: Elon Musk wanted to keep OpenAI from becoming ‘Microsoft’s marketing bitch’

Elon Musk, an original co-founder of OpenAI, attempted to keep the organization from becoming too cozy with Microsoft in an… Read More

Nov 14, 2024, 12:20 PM

Podcast: Revisiting Microsoft’s startup years, in search of new insights

Microsoft’s bet on a market that didn’t really exist at the time — personal computer software — paid off in ways that its founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen never imagined. Read More

Nov 13, 2024, 9:42 AM

Microsoft’s startup story: How the company became a tech giant, and what we can learn from it today

For this second chapter in our Microsoft @ 50 series, GeekWire spent the past month revisiting Microsoft’s early years, from its founding in 1975 to its IPO in 1986, looking for a new understanding and enduring lessons from its startup story. Read More