Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 7 of 235

Sep 23, 2025, 8:00 AM

Microsoft tames intense chip heat with liquid cooling veins, designed by AI and inspired by biology

Microsoft says it has developed a breakthrough microfluidics cooling system for chips, resembling the veins in a leaf and using AI to match the processor’s heat signature, promising greater overall efficiency in data centers. Read More

Sep 16, 2025, 2:42 PM

Microsoft will invest $30B in the U.K. by 2028 to fuel AI infrastructure and country’s largest supercomputer

The Redmond tech giant revealed the investment as President Donald Trump visits the U.K. this week. It’s the latest sign of Microsoft’s appetite to expand its cloud and AI capacity. Read More

Sep 12, 2025, 8:04 AM

Orange Crabs in the Machine: How Rust is rewriting the rules of modern software

At RustConf 2025 in Seattle, Microsoft, Amazon, and the broader developer community marked key milestones for Rust — an open-source programming language that has quickly gone from cult favorite to critical infrastructure. Read More

Sep 12, 2025, 4:51 AM

Microsoft Teams dispute resolved, five years after Slack complaint

A commitment by Microsoft to offer stripped-down versions of its productivity suites without the Teams communication service has been accepted by the European Commission — resolving a high-profile antitrust case against the Redmond company. Read More

Sep 11, 2025, 4:47 PM

Microsoft and OpenAI make a deal: Reading between the lines of their secretive new agreement

Microsoft and OpenAI announced a non-binding memorandum of understanding Thursday afternoon, signaling that they’ve agreed in principle on changing and continuing one of the defining partnerships of the AI era. Read More

Sep 11, 2025, 7:25 AM

Microsoft exec hints at new Copilot features, saying AI will become more of a ‘team sport’

Microsoft is preparing to go deeper into “human-to-human-to-AI collaboration,” one of the company’s top AI executives said this week — signaling plans for a broader rollout of features to let people work with each other and AI at the same time. Read More

Sep 9, 2025, 6:23 PM

Microsoft president calls on businesses and nonprofits to fight back against new taxes

Microsoft President Brad Smith continued his critique of state and local policymakers in Washington, warning that a tax-first agenda risks undermining the region’s economic foundation. Read More

Sep 9, 2025, 8:47 AM

Microsoft sets new RTO policy, requiring employees in the office 3 days per week

In a memo to staff, Microsoft said the change is grounded in data showing that in-person collaboration boosts energy, empowerment, and results, especially for AI-era innovation. Read More

Sep 8, 2025, 3:09 PM

Microsoft inks AI infrastructure deal worth up to $19.4B with data center company Nebius

Nebius Group N.V., a spinoff of Russian tech giant Yandex that provides computing power, signed a deal with Microsoft worth… Read More

Sep 8, 2025, 10:43 AM

Microsoft cuts 42 more jobs in Redmond, continuing layoffs amid AI spending boom

The ongoing trickle of smaller layoffs marks a departure from the traditional corporate mantra of “cut once, cut deep.” Microsoft’s approach has naturally left some employees feeling nervous about whether their job will be next. Read More

Sep 8, 2025, 8:00 AM

Ex-Microsoft strategist running for Congress wants a ‘realistic’ approach to regulating and guiding AI policy

A former Microsoft AI strategist is running for Congress in Illinois, positioning himself as a much-needed technology expert for a… Read More

Sep 6, 2025, 4:25 PM

Elon Musk’s xAI plans Seattle hub with engineering jobs paying up to $440k

The move by xAI is notable in part because of Musk’s complicated relationship with Microsoft. The company will join OpenAI and Anthropic among major Silicon Valley AI startups with Seattle-area outposts. Read More

Sep 6, 2025, 8:33 AM

Podcast: OpenAI’s big Seattle deal; Steve Ballmer under NBA scrutiny; the irony in Google’s antitrust case

GeekWire Podcast dives into Steve Ballmer’s Clippers controversy, OpenAI’s $1.1B Statsig acquisition in Seattle, and the latest Google antitrust ruling with big implications for Microsoft. Read More

Sep 5, 2025, 10:52 AM

Here’s what Bill Gates and Satya Nadella told President Trump at the White House tech summit

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Bill Gates were at the White House on Thursday night, part of a high-profile gathering of tech leaders who combined praise for President Donald Trump with promises to invest in U.S. infrastructure, manufacturing, and artificial intelligence. Read More

Sep 3, 2025, 10:14 AM

Google antitrust ruling gives Microsoft a shaky bridge over search giant’s competitive moat

A pivotal antitrust ruling aimed at addressing Google’s search monopoly may have handed Microsoft its best competitive opening in many… Read More

Aug 30, 2025, 8:13 AM

The Idea Man’s Last Big Idea: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in his own words

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: In light of his estate’s launch of the new $3.1 billion Fund for Science… Read More

Aug 29, 2025, 10:38 AM

Protesters deny planting listening devices inside Microsoft exec’s office; company fires four workers

A group that infiltrated Microsoft’s headquarters building this week disputed the company’s account of the incident — describing their sit-in… Read More

Aug 27, 2025, 7:06 AM

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s final act: New $3.1B foundation bets big on science and tech

Even in the final years of his life, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen was as excited as ever about what the… Read More

Aug 26, 2025, 6:11 PM

Microsoft President Brad Smith reclaims his office to address infiltration, protests, Israel contracts

Updated below with details about Microsoft firing two employees. REDMOND, Wash. — A few hours after his office was infiltrated… Read More

Aug 26, 2025, 3:01 PM

Protesters occupy Microsoft president’s office at Redmond HQ in latest action over Israel contracts

Protesters infiltrated the Microsoft building in Redmond where CEO Satya Nadella and other top executives have their offices Tuesday afternoon,… Read More

Aug 25, 2025, 1:02 PM

Microsoft poaches more Google DeepMind talent as Dave Citron joins as new corporate VP

Dave Citron, a former senior director of product at Google DeepMind, has joined Microsoft’s AI group as corporate vice president… Read More

Aug 22, 2025, 10:43 AM

Microsoft calls protest a ‘destructive’ act by outsiders; group alleges police brutality in arrests

Microsoft and protesters offered sharply conflicting accounts of a demonstration that led to 20 arrests on the company’s Redmond campus… Read More

Aug 20, 2025, 5:29 PM

20 arrested at Microsoft headquarters in latest protest over Israel tech contracts

Editor’s Note: This post has been changed to reflect an updated count of the number of arrests. See follow-up story:… Read More

Aug 20, 2025, 6:30 AM

Microsoft and NFL extend partnership, bringing AI and cloud tools to football sidelines and beyond

Microsoft is extending its longtime partnership with the National Football League, integrating AI and cloud tools into assorted workflows from… Read More

Aug 19, 2025, 5:27 PM

Protesters set up temporary encampment at Microsoft to pressure company on Israel contracts

Protesters took over part of Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., campus for more than an hour Tuesday — escalating their efforts to… Read More

Aug 19, 2025, 10:23 AM

Excel + AI: Microsoft brings new ‘COPILOT’ function directly into spreadsheet cells

Microsoft is building generative AI directly into the cells of Excel, attempting to bring one of the defining apps of… Read More

Aug 18, 2025, 9:18 AM

From MSNBC to ‘MS NOW’: Legacy of Microsoft’s news experiment echoes in network’s new name

Who’d have thought MS would outlast NBC? Except it’s not the MS it once was. A plan to rebrand the… Read More

Aug 15, 2025, 4:21 PM

Microsoft launches formal review into alleged use of its Azure cloud in Palestinian surveillance

Microsoft, under continued pressure over the use of its technology by the Israeli military, said Friday that it’s launching a… Read More

Aug 15, 2025, 10:29 AM

Reports of stricter Microsoft return-to-office policy add to post-layoff uncertainty

Is Microsoft about to shake up its workforce again? A new report this week by The Verge is adding to… Read More

Aug 11, 2025, 10:53 AM

GitHub will join Microsoft’s CoreAI division with departure of CEO Thomas Dohmke

Microsoft will bring GitHub into its CoreAI division with the announcement this morning that GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke will be… Read More