Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 10 of 232

Sep 10, 2024, 10:12 AM

Unions finally get a foot in the door at Microsoft … for an AI summit, and possibly more

Organized labor has arrived at Microsoft headquarters. A two-day AI Labor Summit between AFL-CIO leaders and Microsoft executives this week… Read More

Sep 5, 2024, 8:08 AM

Microsoft @ 50: GeekWire series and event will explore tech giant’s future, informed by its past

From a newsstand in Harvard Square to a storefront in Albuquerque, N.M., to a burger joint in Bellevue, Wash., and… Read More

Aug 28, 2024, 9:41 AM

Tech Moves: Microsoft leader joins Shopify as CTO; StraighterLine taps Seattle tech vet as CEO

— Shopify hired one of Microsoft’s top engineering leaders as its new chief technology officer. The Toronto-based e-commerce giant called Mikhail… Read More

Aug 15, 2024, 7:30 AM

Key artifacts from Microsoft and Apple history to be sold by Christie’s from Paul Allen’s collection

Christie’s announced the items that will be auctioned in three sales from the Paul G. Allen Collection, including historic computers… Read More

Aug 5, 2024, 1:49 PM

Real or Not? New Microsoft quiz targets deepfake AI images and we still can’t really tell the difference

Doggone it, deepfakes are tough to sniff out. Microsoft President Brad Smith got our attention this morning with a picture… Read More

Aug 5, 2024, 8:26 AM

Internal memo: Microsoft makes security a ‘core priority’ for employee review process

Microsoft will elevate security to the status of “core priority” for all employees as part of the process of focusing… Read More

Jul 30, 2024, 1:15 PM

Microsoft will give employees a special one-time cash award on top of annual bonuses

Microsoft told employees Tuesday that it will provide them with a special one-time cash award amounting to an additional 10%… Read More

Jul 29, 2024, 7:08 AM

Microsoft’s earnings report will offer a new gauge for AI demand and cloud investments

Microsoft’s earnings report Tuesday afternoon, July 30, will provide new insights into the impact of artificial intelligence on its business,… Read More

Jul 25, 2024, 1:56 PM

OpenAI’s ‘SearchGPT’ challenges Google and puts a new wrinkle into Microsoft partnership

OpenAI announced its long-rumored search engine on Thursday, calling it “SearchGPT,” although it’s being labeled as a prototype for now,… Read More

Jul 23, 2024, 7:20 AM

Business lessons from Windows Vista: Insights from a forgotten trove of internal Microsoft emails

There’s still a lot to learn from Vista. That thought struck me this weekend as I was reading through a… Read More

Jul 22, 2024, 2:48 PM

Seattle health provider appeals to blood donors after CrowdStrike outage impacts collections

In the latest sign of the fallout from the CrowdStrike outage, Seattle-based Bloodworks Northwest says the incident delayed shipments of… Read More

Jul 20, 2024, 10:09 AM

CrowdStrike outage hits 8.5M Windows devices; Microsoft collaborates with Amazon and Google

The flawed update from cybersecurity software company CrowdStrike has affected 8.5 million Windows devices, Microsoft said in a post Saturday… Read More

Jul 19, 2024, 10:00 AM

‘A little frightening’: CrowdStrike outage puts Microsoft’s role in global IT back in the spotlight

Microsoft didn’t create the defective CrowdStrike update that crippled Windows machines around the world Friday morning, but its reputation took… Read More

Jul 18, 2024, 8:53 AM

Microsoft D&I cuts impact two positions — company says main team and larger goals remain intact

Reports of D&I’s death at Microsoft are greatly exaggerated. That’s the gist of the company’s response to a media snowball… Read More

Jul 10, 2024, 9:46 AM

Microsoft inks the largest carbon removal deal ever

Microsoft has made a deal to buy 500,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide removal credits from a subsidiary of Occidental… Read More

Jul 10, 2024, 9:32 AM

Microsoft relinquishes role as OpenAI board observer amid FTC scrutiny of AI investments

Microsoft will no longer serve as an observer on the OpenAI board, despite a multi-billion dollar investment that gives the… Read More

Jul 8, 2024, 9:59 AM

New York Times Co. fights OpenAI’s request for reporters’ source materials in copyright dispute

The New York Times Co. is asking a federal judge to deny OpenAI’s request to turn over reporters’ notes, interview… Read More

Jul 3, 2024, 12:32 PM

Microsoft lays off employees in new round of cuts

Microsoft conducted another round of layoffs this week in the latest workforce reduction implemented by the Redmond tech giant this… Read More

Jun 27, 2024, 10:43 AM

Microsoft and Amazon team up to launch Xbox cloud gaming app on Fire TV devices

Microsoft and Amazon announced Thursday that they are partnering to bring the Xbox gaming app to two models of Fire… Read More

Jun 26, 2024, 8:11 AM

Under fire in the U.S. and Europe, Microsoft tests its new approach to government scrutiny

In the giant dog park of global government regulation, Microsoft is showing its belly. What happens next remains to be… Read More

Jun 18, 2024, 10:34 AM

Microsoft and PC makers release first Copilot+ PCs without flagship ‘Recall’ AI feature at launch

Microsoft and its PC partners Tuesday pressed ahead with the release of the first Copilot+ PCs despite delaying the AI-powered… Read More

Jun 13, 2024, 7:56 AM

Congressional hearing pits Microsoft’s actions vs. words in public grilling over security failures

Updated below with details from hearing. Microsoft President Brad Smith previewed his approach in prepared written testimony for his appearance… Read More

Jun 7, 2024, 10:49 AM

Microsoft updates Recall feature after security and privacy backlash

Microsoft announced Friday that it is making changes to a new feature called “Recall,” turning it into an opt-in experience… Read More

Jun 5, 2024, 10:25 PM

Reports: Microsoft under new antitrust scrutiny over Inflection deal and AI dominance

Microsoft is facing a pair of new antitrust probes from the Federal Trade Commission, according to reports Wednesday evening from… Read More

Jun 4, 2024, 9:02 AM

80 years after D-Day, Microsoft uses AI to enhance archival materials and keep memories alive

Microsoft is using artificial intelligence to help preserve the history of D-Day, 80 years after allied forces landed on the… Read More

Jun 4, 2024, 7:00 AM

Bill Gates announces new book, ‘Source Code,’ a memoir about his early years, coming in 2025

Not just books but entire bookshelves have been devoted to the life and career of Bill Gates at this point,… Read More

Jun 3, 2024, 4:03 PM

Microsoft cuts jobs in Azure, HoloLens, and other units in latest move to control costs

Microsoft is cutting a total of around 1,000 jobs across the company, in areas including its Azure cloud unit and… Read More

May 25, 2024, 8:35 AM

Microsoft Copilot+ PCs: Is this the AI computer revolution we’ve been looking for?

Microsoft and major PC makers this week announced a plan to incorporate artificial intelligence directly into personal computers, adding on-board… Read More

May 21, 2024, 12:51 PM

OpenAI’s Sam Altman appears at Microsoft Build amid dustup over voice technologies

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman played the role of closing act for the opening keynote at Microsoft’s Build developer conference in… Read More

May 21, 2024, 8:30 AM

Microsoft will make Khan Academy’s Khanmigo AI tool free to U.S. teachers in cloud shift

Online education platform Khan Academy is shifting a portion of its cloud workload to Microsoft Azure under a partnership announced… Read More