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Microsoft

Feb 12, 2022, 8:43 AM

GeekWire Podcast: The realities of Amazon’s pay increase; inside Microsoft’s HoloLens business

Our guest on the GeekWire Podcast this week, Ashley Stewart, is a Seattle-based senior tech correspondent for Insider who reports… Read More

Feb 9, 2022, 9:45 AM

Microsoft looks to preempt Activision-Blizzard objections with new app store principles

Can a big tech company simultaneously run and participate in an online marketplace in a way that’s fair to third… Read More

Feb 4, 2022, 1:17 PM

Xbox vet Ed Fries on blockchain, life as a venture capitalist and the run of extraordinary gaming deals

Ed Fries is having a big week. His games-focused venture fund 1Up Ventures put money into two separate new gaming… Read More

Feb 3, 2022, 6:43 AM

Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’

“Your code will be attacked.” That warning, so obvious today, was a blunt wake-up call 20 years ago for many… Read More

Feb 1, 2022, 2:04 PM

Amazon and Microsoft led the world in corporate purchases of clean energy in 2021

Seattle-area tech giants Amazon and Microsoft were global leaders in clean energy power purchase agreements made by corporations last year.… Read More

Jan 31, 2022, 10:19 AM

Sony to buy Bungie, former Microsoft studio, for $3.6B in latest blockbuster video-game deal

Bungie, the Bellevue, Wash.-based game developer that originally developed the platform-defining Halo franchise for Microsoft’s Xbox, has agreed to be… Read More

Jan 26, 2022, 10:35 AM

Microsoft’s new heyday: PC ‘renaissance’ and cloud boom drive record revenue and employment

Microsoft surpassed $50 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time, with profits of $18.8 billion, up 22%, in its… Read More

Jan 25, 2022, 3:43 PM

Microsoft Teams surpasses 270M monthly active users, as growth slows from early days of pandemic

Microsoft’s Teams communications and collaboration platform topped 270 million monthly active users in the December quarter, continuing to add users… Read More

Jan 25, 2022, 1:12 PM

Microsoft beats expectations with $51.7B in revenue, $18.8B profit; stock down 5% after hours

Microsoft posted revenue of $51.7 billion in the December quarter, up 20% from the same quarter last year, and profits… Read More

Jan 24, 2022, 2:52 PM

Microsoft’s earnings will test strength of cloud business, and impact of supply chain constraints

Much of the spotlight has been on Microsoft’s gaming division over the past week, thanks to its $68.7 billion deal… Read More

Jan 22, 2022, 7:45 AM

Microsoft’s Candy Crush: Madrona’s Hope Cochran, former King CFO, on $68.7B Activision deal

Why would Microsoft pay $68.7 billion for video-game giant Activision Blizzard? Hope Cochran, managing director at venture capital firm Madrona… Read More

Jan 20, 2022, 2:46 PM

Microsoft Gaming head confirms Activision’s ‘Call of Duty’ will keep coming to PlayStation

New Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has confirmed that the best-selling video game series Call of Duty will continue to… Read More

Jan 20, 2022, 2:33 PM

Microsoft shares updates on its $750M affordable housing effort as homelessness crisis continues

Roughly 9,200 affordable housing units are being preserved or created in the greater Seattle area thanks to an initiative launched… Read More

Jan 19, 2022, 10:41 AM

Microsoft’s $68.7 billion Activision Blizzard deal will test new U.S. antitrust approach

Announcing its record-setting deal to acquire game publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, Microsoft pointed out that the combination would… Read More

Jan 18, 2022, 7:51 AM

Chart: Microsoft’s largest acquisitions, led by the blockbuster deal to buy Activision Blizzard

Microsoft’s plan to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in cash is a whopper by every stretch of the imagination… Read More

Jan 18, 2022, 6:05 AM

Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard will create a new gaming behemoth

Microsoft is aiming to vault itself into the upper echelon of video games with its $68.7 billion deal to acquire… Read More

Jan 13, 2022, 1:00 PM

Microsoft board approves outside review of harassment and discrimination policies, including assessment of Bill Gates investigation

Microsoft’s board is directing the company to hire an outside firm to review its sexual harassment and gender discrimination policies… Read More

the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Jan 13, 2022, 12:34 PM

Microsoft ends production of the Xbox One as focus turns to new consoles

Microsoft has discontinued its Xbox One video game console — or rather, it’s been discontinued for over a year. The… Read More

Jan 12, 2022, 4:11 PM

It’s official: PCs are back

Microsoft’s original mission was “a computer on every desk and in every home.” OK, sure, it was a “temporal goal,”… Read More

Jan 12, 2022, 6:00 AM

Microsoft Teams gets walkie-talkie button on Zebra devices in broader push for frontline workers

Zebra Technologies, maker of mobile devices widely used in warehouses, stores, and manufacturing facilities, will devote a hardware button on… Read More

Jan 10, 2022, 2:34 PM

Tech in the wild: Seattle-area startup Thingy will test Amazon Sidewalk to connect remote sensors

Scott Waller is a former Cisco and Microsoft systems engineer and network architect who was inspired by his experience as… Read More

A press image from Rainbow Six Extraction
Jan 5, 2022, 11:51 PM

‘Rainbow Six’ developer plans to bring Ubisoft+ subscription service to Xbox

The third-party development studio behind the Assassin’s Creed and Tom Clancy video game franchises is bringing its official game subscription… Read More

Jan 4, 2022, 1:55 PM

Microsoft’s Pluton security processor debuts on AMD chips in new Lenovo ThinkPad laptops

Lenovo unveiled two new laptops made out of materials including recycled aluminum and “recycled black vegan leather,” delivered in packaging… Read More

Paul Allen
Jan 3, 2022, 4:35 PM

Paul Allen’s L.A. site sells for $65M, part of effort to scale back late Microsoft co-founder’s projects

A 120-acre site purchased by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen for $20 million in 1997 in the Beverly Crest… Read More

Dec 28, 2021, 12:45 PM

‘I won’t throw another Surface’: Tom Brady says NFL will fine him if he tosses Microsoft device again

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is going to keep a better grip on his Microsoft Surface after hearing from… Read More

Dec 27, 2021, 11:11 AM

Surface Trio? Newly discovered Microsoft patent filing shows hinged device with three displays

Microsoft has released two versions of its Surface Duo handheld device, each with two displays. But a newly surfaced patent… Read More

Dec 21, 2021, 12:36 PM

EU approves Microsoft’s $19.7B Nuance deal, clearing last major hurdle for big acquisition

The European Commission gave unconditional approval to Microsoft’s pending acquisition of speech technology company Nuance Communications for $19.7 billion in… Read More

Dec 21, 2021, 9:18 AM

Microsoft to acquire AT&T’s Xandr advertising tech business, gearing up for a ‘post-cookie world’

Microsoft reached a deal to acquire AT&T’s advertising technology division, Xandr, seeking to strengthen its own advertising business as the… Read More

Dec 20, 2021, 8:48 AM

Tom Brady’s anger reaches the Surface: NFL star slams Microsoft tablet in rare shutout loss

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers weren’t the only ones to get battered and beaten during a “Sunday Night Football” game this… Read More

Dec 15, 2021, 10:34 AM

Microsoft: Hackers in China, Iran and elsewhere start exploiting widespread Apache Log4j flaws

Microsoft says groups connected to governments in China, Iran, North Korea and Turkey have begun exploiting vulnerabilities in the Apache… Read More

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