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Microsoft

Mar 16, 2022, 10:05 AM

Microsoft cites risk of digital overload as flexible work creates potential “24/7 workday”

The average workday span has increased 13%, or 46 minutes, in the past two years, as people continue to log… Read More

Mar 15, 2022, 8:30 AM

Microsoft and Portland startup pilot AI-powered tool to thwart central line infection

A self-funded artificial intelligence startup is partnering with Microsoft to address a long-standing problem in the medical field: infections caused… Read More

Mar 10, 2022, 10:30 AM

Here’s why Microsoft’s carbon footprint grew 21% last year, as profits swelled

Microsoft on Thursday released its annual Environmental Sustainability Report for 2021, covering its progress on goals for climate impacts, water… Read More

Mar 10, 2022, 7:11 AM

Steve Ballmer offers a scorecard on Microsoft’s big acquisitions, and revisits his own legacy as CEO

It’s 2022, and Microsoft’s cloud business is on track to become half of its overall revenue. Big investments in Xbox… Read More

Mar 9, 2022, 10:32 AM

Barry Diller calls his Activision-Blizzard options trade in advance of blockbuster Microsoft deal a ‘lucky bet’

Media mogul Barry Diller acknowledged that he made what turned out to be a lucrative investment in options to buy… Read More

Mar 4, 2022, 7:41 AM

Microsoft’s $19.7B Nuance deal is finally final, nearly a year after it was announced

Microsoft completed its $19.7 billion acquisition of voice technology company Nuance Communications on Friday morning, two days after clearing their… Read More

Mar 4, 2022, 6:30 AM

Microsoft suspends sales of products and services in Russia, condemns ‘unlawful’ invasion of Ukraine

Microsoft says it will suspend all new sales of its products and services in Russia and stop “many aspects” of… Read More

Mar 1, 2022, 5:14 PM

Steve Ballmer, ex-Microsoft CEO, and wife Connie donate $425M to new Univ. of Oregon institute

The University of Oregon on Tuesday launched the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health on Tuesday, with a gift of more… Read More

Feb 28, 2022, 10:26 PM

Zain Nadella, 1996-2022: Microsoft CEO’s son remembered for love of music, profound impact on his dad

Zain Nadella, the son of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and his wife, Anu Nadella, died Monday at the age of… Read More

Feb 28, 2022, 12:16 PM

Microsoft keeps expanding ranks of climate leadership, announces new hire from Shell

Microsoft is adding to its climate leadership ranks by hiring Elisabeth Brinton as corporate vice president of sustainability. The software… Read More

Feb 28, 2022, 10:12 AM

Microsoft detected ‘destructive cyberattacks’ against Ukraine hours before Russian invasion

Microsoft says it began detecting “destructive cyberattacks directed against Ukraine’s digital infrastructure” several hours before the Russian military began launching… Read More

Feb 25, 2022, 9:24 PM

Microsoft brings Amazon’s Twitch back to the Xbox dashboard

Microsoft’s Xbox department announced on Wednesday that Xbox users can once again stream their gameplay directly from their consoles to… Read More

Feb 24, 2022, 10:10 AM

Microsoft employees will return to a campus that’s in the midst of a massive transformation

REDMOND, Wash. — After working from home for more than two years, Microsoft employees returning to the company’s headquarters starting… Read More

Feb 16, 2022, 2:14 PM

Google Maps veterans hired by Microsoft as new VPs in Maps and Local team

Two former members of the Google Maps team have navigated their way to Microsoft, joining the Redmond company as corporate… Read More

Feb 15, 2022, 5:17 PM

Why Microsoft’s return to the office may not be the norm across the rest of the tech industry

What does Microsoft’s return to the office mean for everybody else? That was one of the questions raised by the… Read More

Feb 14, 2022, 9:34 AM

Microsoft and Expedia announce next phases in office reopenings, finally emerging from pandemic

Updated below with information on Expedia reopening. One of the longest “three weeks” in history will soon come to an… Read More

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

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