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Microsoft

Jul 24, 2025, 7:43 AM

Microsoft contains SharePoint security wildfire, but questions linger about on-premises software

Editor’s note: This is a guest analysis from Christopher Budd, who previously spent a decade at the Microsoft Security Response… Read More

Jul 22, 2025, 10:43 AM

Microsoft grapples with another security breach: The latest on the SharePoint attacks

Microsoft is once again in the cybersecurity spotlight, acknowledging Tuesday morning that hackers linked to China are among those exploiting… Read More

Jul 21, 2025, 3:08 PM

Madrona’s Matt McIlwain called it: A year later, Microsoft and Amazon are outpacing Apple

Speaking on CNBC this afternoon, Madrona’s Matt McIlwain noted that he had been on the business news network a year… Read More

Jul 17, 2025, 8:00 PM

Bill Neukom, 1941-2025: Microsoft’s top lawyer led company through key milestones and battles

William H. “Bill” Neukom, Microsoft’s top lawyer during its pivotal corporate milestones and legal cases of the 1980s and 1990s,… Read More

Jul 10, 2025, 10:25 AM

AI optimism pushes Microsoft above $500/share — will it be next to join the $4 trillion club?

Microsoft shares closed above $500 for the first time Wednesday — a symbolic milestone as Wall Street increasingly bets on… Read More

Jul 9, 2025, 9:39 AM

As AI reshapes its workforce, Microsoft commits $4 billion to help others adapt

Microsoft is making a $4 billion, five-year commitment to support schools and nonprofits with AI tools and training through a… Read More

Jul 7, 2025, 6:35 AM

Microsoft and the microbiome: Viome works with tech giant to optimize AI for molecular health

Viome, a life sciences startup founded by veteran tech entrepreneur Naveen Jain, announced a collaboration with Microsoft to scale its… Read More

Jul 5, 2025, 7:43 AM

Managing in the age of AI, with former Microsoft leader, executive coach, and author Sabina Nawaz

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Executive coach and former Microsoft leader Sabina Nawaz joins the podcast to talk about… Read More

Jul 2, 2025, 6:13 AM

Microsoft cuts another 4% of its workforce, about 9,000 jobs, in continued efficiency push

Microsoft will reduce its global workforce by another 4% — approximately 9,000 jobs in all — not just in games… Read More

Jul 1, 2025, 6:00 AM

Microsoft teaming with Premier League to enhance soccer fans’ digital experience using AI

Microsoft announced a new strategic partnership with the Premier League on Tuesday in which the tech giant will use its… Read More

Jun 21, 2025, 5:59 AM

Podcast: Amazon, Microsoft, and the new realities of AI at work

Amazon just told its workers that AI is coming for their jobs. Microsoft says we’re trapped in an “infinite workday.”… Read More

Jun 18, 2025, 2:18 PM

Microsoft isn’t done cutting jobs yet: Report says sales roles are next on the chopping block

Microsoft often restructures its operations and makes strategic cuts around the end of its fiscal year — and this year… Read More

Jun 17, 2025, 12:01 AM

The ‘infinite workday’ is here — and Microsoft says AI will make it worse if we’re not careful

AI could accelerate burnout and chaos at work unless companies fundamentally change how they manage time and priorities, Microsoft warns… Read More

Jun 16, 2025, 3:37 PM

Microsoft adds generative AI to NFL scouting app in latest evolution of sports tech partnership

Back in the day, pro football scouts used stopwatches and notepads to track top draft prospects at the NFL Combine.… Read More

Jun 14, 2025, 9:21 AM

Inside the Microsoft protests: Fired engineer speaks out on Palestine, Israel, AI, and big tech

A wave of protests has swept through Microsoft events in recent months, targeting the company’s cloud and AI contracts with… Read More

Jun 8, 2025, 4:50 PM

Xbox Ally vs. Nintendo Switch 2: Microsoft enters a handheld console war that lacks actual competition

This isn’t quite what we expected to see last year, but the ROG Xbox Ally still marks a new chapter… Read More

Jun 8, 2025, 1:39 PM

Microsoft reveals new handheld Xbox Ally gaming PC in partnership with Asus

Follow-up: Xbox Ally vs. Nintendo Switch 2: Microsoft enters a handheld console war that lacks actual competition After months of… Read More

Jun 7, 2025, 6:18 AM

15 years, 5 big shifts: What we’ve seen in Seattle tech since starting the GeekWire Podcast

Fifteen years ago, Steve Jobs and Apple had just introduced the first iPad, Steve Ballmer’s Microsoft had been left for… Read More

Jun 4, 2025, 8:15 AM

Microsoft taps LinkedIn CEO for dual role leading Office in AI strategy shift

LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky will take on a second role under a new Microsoft organizational structure, overseeing Office apps in… Read More

Jun 3, 2025, 3:30 PM

Reality check: Microsoft Azure CTO pushes back on AI vibe coding hype, sees ‘upper limit’

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich cautioned that “vibe coding” and AI-driven software development tools aren’t capable of… Read More

Jun 3, 2025, 12:18 PM

Latest Microsoft layoffs target engineering, product and legal roles, records show

Software engineers, product managers, technical program managers, product marketers, and legal staff were most impacted by Microsoft’s latest round of… Read More

Jun 2, 2025, 2:10 PM

Microsoft makes additional job cuts, laying off more than 300 in Washington state

Updated at 3:30 p.m. with Microsoft statement. Microsoft is making another round of layoffs, a few weeks after cutting nearly… Read More

Jun 2, 2025, 12:39 PM

Steve Ballmer nearly dumped his Microsoft stock after leaving — here’s why he decided to hold on

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer came close to selling his entire stake in the company around 2015 or 2016, after… Read More

May 31, 2025, 7:45 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft, Remitly, and the new shape of work — plus, Amazon’s NYT AI deal

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Amazon’s new licensing agreement with The New York Times to train its… Read More

May 30, 2025, 8:01 AM

Rebooting Redmond: Microsoft’s new campus reflects ongoing transformation, uncertain future

For this final installment in GeekWire’s Microsoft@50 series, we visited the company’s redeveloped headquarters. The new campus offers insights into Microsoft’s evolution over the past five decades, and a glimpse of the place where its future will take shape. Read More

Elon Musk in VAB
May 24, 2025, 7:57 AM

Did Elon Musk really intern at Microsoft? Plus: AI agents, job cuts, and an economic warning

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Satya Nadella’s offhand remark at Microsoft Build, about Elon Musk once interning at Microsoft,… Read More

May 23, 2025, 10:14 AM

Nearly two years later, FTC drops final challenge to Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard deal

Like a seasoned gamer navigating a tricky boss fight, Microsoft has completed one of the most high-stakes regulatory campaigns in… Read More

May 22, 2025, 7:52 AM

Securing the brand: Microsoft surges up annual reputation poll as top-ranked tech company

Axios released the Axios Harris Poll 100 for 2025 and it’s got news that will have them cheering in Redmond.… Read More

May 21, 2025, 9:47 AM

Microsoft leads crackdown on ‘Lumma Stealer’ malware with DOJ, Europol, and others

Microsoft announced a coordinated effort to hobble Lumma Stealer, a widely used piece of malware known for stealing personal information… Read More

May 21, 2025, 9:45 AM

Microsoft makes largest-ever biochar carbon removal deal as AI boom threatens climate ambitions

Microsoft today announced the world’s largest deal ever for biochar carbon removal: an agreement with Exomad Green to remove at… Read More

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