It’s 2022, and Microsoft’s cloud business is on track to become half of its overall revenue. Big investments in Xbox and video games, over two decades, have positioned Microsoft to… Read More
Zain Nadella, the son of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and his wife, Anu Nadella, died Monday at the age of 26, according to a message sent to the company’s executives.… Read More
“Your code will be attacked.” That warning, so obvious today, was a blunt wake-up call 20 years ago for many of the software developers reading the book Writing Secure Code,… Read More
Microsoft surpassed $50 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time, with profits of $18.8 billion, up 22%, in its financial results posted Tuesday afternoon. Generating profits at that rate,… Read More
Microsoft’s Teams communications and collaboration platform topped 270 million monthly active users in the December quarter, continuing to add users but at a much slower pace than in the initial… Read More
Microsoft posted revenue of $51.7 billion in the December quarter, up 20% from the same quarter last year, and profits of $18.8 billion, an increase of 21%, with earnings per… Read More
Much of the spotlight has been on Microsoft’s gaming division over the past week, thanks to its $68.7 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard. But that’s a long-term strategy, with… Read More
Announcing its record-setting deal to acquire game publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, Microsoft pointed out that the combination would make it the world’s third-largest gaming company by revenue. “Together… Read More
Microsoft’s board is directing the company to hire an outside firm to review its sexual harassment and gender discrimination policies and practices, saying it will “address the full scope” of… Read More
Looking at GeekWire’s most-read stories for 2021, this series of headlines stands out as a symbol of the past year, not just for Amazon but for the world at large.… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sold half of his stake in the company in a series of transactions last week, divesting about 840,000 shares for a sum of more than $285… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s total compensation rose more than 12% to $49.9 million in fiscal year 2021, ended June 30, the company’s new proxy statement shows. Nadella’s base salary remained… Read More
Carlos Rodriguez, the CEO of payroll services giant ADP, has been nominated to Microsoft’s board of directors. Microsoft’s board would expand to 12 members if his selection is approved by… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella offered new details about the company’s unsuccessful attempt to acquire TikTok a year ago on Monday night at the Code Conference. “It’s the strangest thing I’ve… Read More
Microsoft confirmed that it has hired longtime Amazon Web Services leader Charlie Bell to lead a newly formed engineering organization to address cybersecurity and related issues, but said it has… Read More
Microsoft announced this morning that it will release Windows 11 on Oct. 5 as a free upgrade for existing Windows 10 machines, and pre-installed on new computers. However, the actual… Read More
President Joe Biden brought together top executives from the nation’s biggest technology, financial services and energy companies this week to address the growing challenge of cybersecurity, speaking to tech leaders… Read More
[Updated below with Microsoft confirmation and related announcements from Amazon, Google, and Code.org.] Microsoft reportedly plans to quadruple its cybersecurity spending to $20 billion over a five-year period, according to… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, and Apple CEO Tim Cook are among the tech executives who’ve been invited to participate in a White House cybersecurity meeting on… Read More
When Microsoft announced its acquisition of LinkedIn for more than $26 billion five years ago, there was lots of skepticism, and for good reason. After all, Microsoft was a company… Read More
Microsoft’s biggest acquisition just joined the ranks of its biggest businesses. Five years after Microsoft announced its intent to acquire LinkedIn for more than $26 billion, the business social network… Read More
Microsoft posted quarterly profits of $16.5 billion Tuesday afternoon, up 47%, surpassing even the most optimistic Wall Street expectations. The results close out Microsoft’s 2021 fiscal year with fresh evidence… Read More
Is Microsoft’s cloud growth a temporary blip, driven by the fleeting circumstances of the pandemic, or an enduring trend reflecting a larger change in customer mindset? Wall Street is betting… Read More
Microsoft will release Windows as a paid cloud service, promising to stream the operating system to any device in an attempt to create what the tech giant describes as a… Read More
Microsoft is escalating its campaign against the traditional business model of online marketplaces, reducing the fees it charges independent software vendors in its commercial marketplace to 3% from the 20%… Read More
Updated below with Slack statement. Microsoft revealed the next version of its PC operating system, Windows 11, with a softer, translucent appearance and updated features focused on improving productivity across… Read More
— Adriane Brown, managing partner at Seattle VC firm Flying Fish, joined the board of global investment firm KKR. This is Brown’s second notable board appointment this year after she… Read More
Microsoft announced Wednesday that CEO Satya Nadella will take on the dual role of chairman of the company’s board, replacing independent director John Thompson. “In this role, Nadella will lead… Read More
Will Microsoft take Windows to 11? It’s not yet clear if it will be worthy of a full jump in the version number from Windows 10, but Microsoft is teasing… Read More
Microsoft unveiled new tools for automatically generating computer code and formulas on Tuesday morning, in a new adaptation of the GPT-3 natural-language technology more commonly known for replicating human language.… Read More