Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 40 of 234

Dec 19, 2019, 7:00 AM

Microsoft’s M12 backs AI-powered contract management startup Evisort in $15M round

Microsoft is getting behind Evisort, a startup that makes artificial intelligence software to automate processing and tracking of corporate contracts.… Read More

Dec 17, 2019, 5:35 AM

Microsoft wants you to call its next-generation console just ‘Xbox,’ hints at additional devices

The surprising announcement of the new Xbox Series X console last week garnered plenty of reaction, and one of the… Read More

Dec 15, 2019, 11:30 AM

Console vs. cloud: What Microsoft’s new Xbox Series X says about the future of gaming

A few months after the announcement of Project Scarlett, Microsoft took to the Game Awards stage on Thursday night to… Read More

Dec 13, 2019, 8:50 AM

The most powerful console yet, or a refrigerator? Reactions to Microsoft’s new Xbox Series X

The design and power of the new Xbox Series X captured the attention of the internet in the wake of… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Build 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)

Dec 13, 2019, 5:16 AM

Despite Amazon’s legal challenge, Microsoft reportedly moving forward with JEDI hiring push

Microsoft’s push to recruit people to work on the JEDI project to build cloud infrastructure for the U.S. Department of… Read More

Dec 11, 2019, 10:26 AM

New employer satisfaction data hints at techlash’s impact and Microsoft’s exception

It’s been a tough year for tech, and the barrage of negative headlines dogging the industry may be hitting companies… Read More

Dec 11, 2019, 8:47 AM

DIY AI: One mom’s quest to use machine learning to help others detect a rare fetal condition

Melissa Mulholland was 16 weeks pregnant with her second child when her doctor noticed something unusual in an ultrasound scan.… Read More

Dec 10, 2019, 11:38 AM

Microsoft Teams app for Linux debuts in public preview

Microsoft today made Microsoft Teams workplace communication app for Linux available in a public preview. It’s the first Microsoft 365… Read More

Dec 5, 2019, 10:30 AM

Gates Foundation CEO stepping down from $47B philanthropy, handing reins to internal successor

Sue Desmond-Hellmann, the physician and scientist who led the world’s largest philanthropy as CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates… Read More

Dec 5, 2019, 9:35 AM

Microsoft 365 consumer bundle reportedly under development for next year

A consumer version of Microsoft 365, the bundle of some of the tech giant’s top programs and services, is on… Read More

Dec 5, 2019, 6:34 AM

Slack CEO shrugs off Microsoft Teams’ rapid growth, trumpets big Office 365 customers wins

Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield is bracing for fast-growing rival Microsoft Teams to hit 100 million users as soon as a… Read More

Dec 4, 2019, 1:30 PM

Microsoft reportedly plans to release a disc-less, digital-only version of Project Scarlett in 2020

Several sources, such as Kotaku and The Verge, reported today that Microsoft’s plans for its next-generation Xbox also include a… Read More

Dec 4, 2019, 9:50 AM

Microsoft shareholders reject proposal to put employee on board with less than 5% of votes

Microsoft shareholders roundly defeated a proposal to put a rank-and-file employee on the company’s board of directors. Speaking during the… Read More

Dec 3, 2019, 10:26 AM

Amazon cloud boss targets Microsoft’s core business, eyes $3.7 trillion enterprise IT market

LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy put the company’s neighboring tech giant directly in his sights here… Read More

Dec 3, 2019, 9:17 AM

CEOs of Microsoft, Apple, Google and more urge Trump administration to stay in Paris climate deal

An alliance of some of the world’s biggest companies and labor unions want the U.S. to stay in the Paris… Read More

Dec 3, 2019, 7:45 AM

Why this investment firm is pushing Microsoft to put an employee on the tech giant’s board

When Microsoft published its proxy statement in October, it contained an unusual shareholder resolution. The proposal? Adding a rank-and-file employee… Read More

Dec 2, 2019, 9:17 AM

IntraWorlds merges with Conenza, a Seattle startup led by Microsoft Alumni Network founder

IntraWorlds, a Munich-based talent relationship management software provider, is merging with Conenza, a Seattle startup launched in 2006 by Tony… Read More

Nov 30, 2019, 9:13 AM

Microsoft VP Gretchen O’Hara on helping launch Women in Cloud, the work-life continuum, and more

Gretchen O’Hara is a diehard Microsoft fan. You might have guessed as much given that she’s worked for the Redmond,… Read More

Nov 27, 2019, 10:49 AM

Microsoft resumes political spending despite ongoing employee concerns

Microsoft has quietly started making political contributions again after suspending donations in July to address employee concerns. Federal election reports… Read More

Nov 27, 2019, 10:09 AM

Slack makes the case against Microsoft Teams’ rapid growth to 20M users, further escalating rivalry

Rivals Microsoft and Slack are sparring yet again, this time over new growth figures that show Teams pulling well ahead… Read More

Nov 27, 2019, 7:00 AM

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins Seattle office for Sweden’s Sinch; Glossier hires CTO from Amazon

— Swedish cloud communications platform Sinch named Vikram Khandpur, a 13-year Microsoft veteran, as chief product officer. He’ll be based… Read More

Nov 27, 2019, 5:25 AM

Xbox chief Phil Spencer confirms virtual reality not a priority for company’s next-generation console

It looks like virtual reality capabilities won’t be coming to Xbox any time soon. VR doesn’t fit with Xbox’s perspective… Read More

Nov 26, 2019, 3:36 PM

In Seattle exhibition, Microsoft AI and mixed reality power immersive look at historic French monastery

An immersive new exhibition at Seattle’s Museum of History & Industry is blending technology from the 17th and 21st centuries… Read More

Nov 26, 2019, 10:36 AM

Microsoft sleighs ’em again in holiday ad as girl uses translation technology to speak to reindeer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnmy7IPE08I&feature=emb_logo It’s one thing to leave a note for Santa and hope for some sort of reply. It’s quite another… Read More

Nov 26, 2019, 6:00 AM

Microsoft and AT&T reveal the 1st major initiative to come out of their big cloud-5G partnership

Microsoft and AT&T today unveiled the first big plan as part of their multi-year cloud alliance: Combining AT&T’s burgeoning 5G… Read More

Nov 22, 2019, 5:24 AM

Microsoft cleared to sell ‘mass market’ software to Huawei following reprieve from Trump admin

Microsoft said it has been granted a license to sell software to Huawei, the latest development in the complicated relationship… Read More

Nov 21, 2019, 10:37 AM

Microsoft delays release of wireless Surface Earbuds until 2020 to ‘get all the details right’

Microsoft’s place in the battle of wireless earbud makers is going to be delayed a bit as the tech giant’s… Read More

Nov 19, 2019, 8:00 PM

Update: Microsoft Teams and other Office 365 services back online after untimely outage

Update: Microsoft said it resolved the issue as of 10:30 p.m. Pacific Tuesday. Microsoft is citing a “recent networking update”… Read More

Nov 19, 2019, 7:08 AM

Salesforce and Amazon double down on cloud partnership following surprising Microsoft alliance

Amazon and Salesforce today strengthened their relationship with a new cloud partnership focused on technology for customer service centers. The… Read More

Nov 19, 2019, 6:00 AM

Microsoft Teams hits 20M daily users, up 50% in 4 months — here’s how that compares to rival Slack

Microsoft Teams now has more than 20 million daily active users, a 50 percent spike in four months that puts… Read More