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Modernizing legacy frontends: refactor, replatform, or rearchitect?

Legacy frontends often evolve over many years, accumulating technical debt, architectural constraints, and delivery friction. At some point, teams face… Read More

Microsoft’s historic plunge: Why the company lost $357 billion in value despite strong results

Microsoft beat its own forecast. Revenue rose 17%. Cloud crossed $50 billion. So why did the stock fall 10%, erasing $357 billion in market value? We dig into the numbers behind the company’s worst post-earnings drop in 13 years. Read More

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GeekWire Field Trip: Starbucks rebounds, Microsoft slides, and Amazon resets

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: We hit the road for a driving tour of the week’s news, making stops… Read More

Microsoft beats expectations, cloud tops $50B as OpenAI and Anthropic deals reshape its business

Microsoft’s big financial bet on artificial intelligence got even bigger in the December quarter, but it also showed continued signs… Read More

Microsoft unveils Maia 200 AI chip, claiming performance edge over Amazon and Google

Microsoft says its new Maia 200 chip outperforms Amazon’s and Google’s latest AI silicon on key benchmarks. The chip is already running Copilot and GPT-5.2 in production. Read More

The Microsoft-OpenAI Files: Internal documents reveal the realities of AI’s defining alliance

Internal emails, texts, slide decks, and deposition testimony show how Microsoft went from being sidelined at OpenAI’s founding to wielding decisive influence over the AI lab that launched the generative AI era — and how that power is now being tested as OpenAI emerges as a platform company with leverage of its own. Read More

Microsoft debuts Copilot Checkout, joining AI shopping race vs. Amazon, Google and OpenAI

Microsoft is rolling out a new “Copilot Checkout” feature that lets shoppers complete purchases directly inside its AI chatbot, betting that its enterprise ties and retailer relationships can help it compete with OpenAI, Google and Amazon in the race toward AI-driven commerce. Read More

Filing: Human rights proposals win more than 25% of votes at Microsoft shareholder meeting

Two human rights proposals at Microsoft’s annual shareholder meeting drew support from more than a quarter of voting shares — far more than any other shareholder proposals this year. Read More

30 years after Microsoft went ‘all-in’ on the internet, the tech giant’s AI strategy echoes the past

Thirty years after Bill Gates declared Microsoft was going “all-in” on the internet, echoes of that moment are resurfacing in the company’s sweeping AI push. The parallels — and the differences — reveal how Microsoft is navigating another era-defining shift. Read More

Microsoft to invest $5B in Anthropic, as Claude maker commits $30B to Azure in new Nvidia alliance

The frenzy of AI deals and cloud partnerships reached another zenith Tuesday morning as Microsoft, Nvidia, and Anthropic announced a surprise alliance that includes a $5 billion investment by Microsoft in Anthropic — which, in turn, committed to spend at least $30 billion on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. Read More

Inside Microsoft’s new ‘Experience Center One’: What we learned at the edge of the AI frontier

In the glowing demo rooms of Microsoft’s new Experience Center One, the company is making a high-stakes pitch for the potential of AI agents — attempting to get businesses on board with its vision of the future. Read More

Microsoft beats expectations, reports nearly $35B in Q1 capital spending amid Azure outage

Microsoft reported revenue and profits ahead of analysts’ expectations, with Azure revenue growth climbing to 40% as the company continued to grapple with the effects of a widespread cloud outage. Read More

Microsoft’s Azure reports cloud outage, disrupting global customers including Alaska Airlines

An outage on Microsoft’s Azure cloud services Wednesday morning disrupted operations for customers worldwide including Alaska Airlines, Xbox users and 365 subscribers. Read More

Microsoft cuts off Israeli military’s access to tech that was reportedly used in Palestinian surveillance

The move by the Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant is in response to an Aug. 6 report by The Guardian, which revealed how Microsoft Azure was being used to store and process millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank. Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

Amazon will offer OpenAI’s open-weight models, sidestepping Microsoft via Apache 2.0 license

OpenAI released its first open-weight AI models in more than five years, and Amazon quickly said they will be available… Read More

Microsoft plans record $30 billion in quarterly capital spending to meet surging AI demand

Microsoft plans to invest more than $30 billion in capital expenditures in the upcoming quarter — a new high —… Read More

Microsoft earnings preview: AI fuels cloud growth, boosts capital costs, reshapes workforce

[Update, July 30: Microsoft beats expectations, says Azure revenue tops $75B annually in new financial disclosure.] Microsoft is expected to… Read More

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

Microsoft: No evidence Israeli military used its technology to harm civilians, reviews find

[Updated below with comments from the employee group No Azure for Apartheid.] Microsoft said Thursday that it found no evidence… Read More

Microsoft earnings preview: All eyes on AI — here are the numbers to watch for MSFT Q1-FY25

FOLLOW-UP: Microsoft beats expectations with nearly $25B in quarterly profits, as AI revenue boosts cloud growth Investors and analysts will… Read More

With new Amazon Web Services partnership, Oracle’s cloud database trade-off is complete

Oracle announced a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services on Monday afternoon that will further integrate its database offerings and… Read More

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

Risk vs. revenue: Microsoft results will offer a new AI benchmark after a tumultuous quarter

Some of the downsides of artificial intelligence have come into clearer focus for Microsoft recently, including high-profile AI deepfakes, an… Read More

Microsoft earnings preview: Growth slows as tech giant awaits payoff from big AI bets

Barring a big surprise, the sluggish economy will continue to take a toll on Microsoft’s overall growth in its financial… Read More