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Satya Nadella

‘Uncharted territory’: What Satya Nadella is telling Microsoft employees about the COVID-19 outbreak

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella thanked employees for their hard work and said the company has a key role to play… Read More

Bill Gates leaves Microsoft and Berkshire boards in historic milestone for tech pioneer

Bill Gates is leaving Microsoft’s board, 45 years after co-founding the company with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Gates also… Read More

Microsoft revenue rises 14% to $36.9B, profits exceed estimates, cloud rises and games fall

Microsoft posted revenue of $36.9 billion for the December quarter, up 14%, and surpassed Wall Street’s expectations with profits of… Read More

Microsoft pledges to be ‘carbon negative’ by 2030, launches $1B Climate Innovation Fund

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft says it will be carbon negative by 2030, removing more carbon from the environment than it… Read More

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

Microsoft taps Eric Holder to audit Israeli partner in demonstration of tech’s struggle to self-regulate

Microsoft’s decision to retain former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate how one of its partner companies uses facial… Read More

Microsoft reports incremental progress on diversity, releases new ‘Inclusion Index’ sentiment analysis

Microsoft published its most comprehensive report yet on diversity and inclusion Tuesday morning, including an “Inclusion Index” indicating that 88… Read More

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

Satya Nadella: Staying out of politics, focusing on tech, helped Microsoft win Pentagon cloud contract

Microsoft’s surprise victory last week in a protracted competition to build the Pentagon’s war cloud has some critics asking whether… Read More

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Q&A: Satya Nadella on Microsoft’s new world view, dual-screen devices and Pentagon cloud deal

A lot has changed in the world, in tech and at Microsoft since Satya Nadella published his book, “Hit Refresh,”… Read More

An employee on Microsoft’s board? Shareholder proposal floats concept, board calls it ‘unnecessary’

A shareholder resolution up for a vote at Microsoft’s Dec. 4 annual meeting asks the company to consider putting a… Read More

Podcast

Microsoft President Brad Smith: Tech sector needs to face up to responsibility and embrace regulation

Microsoft President Brad Smith has a light-up globe, a neon blue miniature likeness of Earth, spinning on his desk inside… Read More

Podcast

Microsoft has finally found its smartphone: Why the Samsung Galaxy partnership is so promising

Do I really have to email pictures to myself? How can I get text messages on my PC? Those were… Read More

Microsoft invests $1 billion in OpenAI, vows to build AI tech platform of ‘unprecedented scale’

Microsoft will invest $1 billion in OpenAI and work with the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence powerhouse to create a computational… Read More

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How Microsoft became a secret startup ingredient, and what the trend says about the tech world

Would you have guessed that nearly 25 percent of the Seattle region’s top tech startups are led by CEOs with… Read More

Satya Nadella’s ‘karma’ gaffe was ‘one of the best things that ever happened for Microsoft,’ says former board member who was on stage with him

It has been five years since Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told Harvey Mudd College President Dr. Maria Klawe — on… Read More

How Melinda Gates made her mark at Microsoft by not fitting in, and her thoughts on its culture now

After graduating from Duke University with degrees in computer science and business, Melinda Gates could have worked for any number… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Build 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)
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Which tech giant do you trust? How Google, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft are doing privacy

There’s a common theme running through the spring season of developer conferences and tech events: trust and privacy. With the… Read More

Trust, privacy, and then what? Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella opens Build developer conference

Over the decades, Microsoft’s developer conferences have provided the first glimpse of some of the company’s most important products, from… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: Celebrating $1 trillion market cap would be ‘the beginning of the end’

Under Satya Nadella, Microsoft has returned to the tech elite, punctuated by the company hitting a financial milestone of a… Read More

Satya Nadella shares Microsoft’s inclusion strategy amid sexual harassment claims

Microsoft’s workplace culture is under a magnifying glass now that emails from dozens of women have surfaced with damning stories… Read More

Internal memo: Satya Nadella promises Microsoft HR overhaul following new sexual harassment complaints

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is pledging to take action as women at the company share a growing number of allegations… Read More

From ‘evil empire’ to model citizen? How Microsoft’s good deeds work to its competitive advantage

Microsoft, the tech powerhouse once maligned as the “evil empire,” is engaged in a radical shift, taking on the mantle… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella defends controversial $480M HoloLens-U.S. Army contract

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella defended a $480 million contract to outfit the U.S. Army with 100,000 HoloLens headsets that has… Read More

Beyond email: Microsoft time management exec and Satya Nadella mentee on the future of Outlook

Outlook is one of Microsoft’s oldest products — at nearly 22 years old, it is the same age as some… Read More

Q&A: Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott talks diversity, taking some load off Satya Nadella, and whether the company needs to be cool

A company doesn’t have to be cool to make an impact — just ask Microsoft. The tech giant is, depending… Read More

Microsoft and BlackRock aim to solve retirement planning crisis in new alliance between tech and finance giants

Microsoft and BlackRock, the world’s largest money manager, are coming together in a new partnership focused on changing how people… Read More

Microsoft tops Forbes ‘Just 100’ list of most responsible companies

Microsoft has taken the top spot on the annual “Just 100” list of the most responsible U.S. companies, compiled by… Read More

Microsoft CEO joins tech leaders at White House summit on emerging technologies

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is heading to the nation’s capital for a meeting at the White House Thursday. He’ll be… Read More

Microsoft is No. 1: Tech giant overtakes Apple for title of most-valuable U.S. company

Microsoft ended the week with the title of the most-valuable company in the U.S., pulling ahead of Apple Friday afternoon… Read More

Microsoft execs field questions on diversity, Windows 7 holdouts, and offbeat campus plan at annual Q&A session

BELLEVUE, Wash. — The Q&A portion of Microsoft’s annual meeting is the one time each year that shareholders in the… Read More

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