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EU ‘Likely To Accept’ Microsoft Offer On Office, Teams

European Commission reportedly likely to accept Microsoft offer to ease competition with Office, Teams after antitrust complaints

21 hours ago

Microsoft Cuts Thousands Of Staff Amidst Heavy AI Spending

Microsoft cuts 3 percent of its workforce worldwide amidst profit margin pressure caused by heavy expenditures on AI data centres

2 days ago

OpenAI, Microsoft ‘Renegotiating’ Deal Around Future IPO

OpenAI, Microsoft reportedly reworking agreements worth more than $13bn as OpenAI seeks future IPO and Microsoft seeks ongoing tech access

3 days ago

OpenAI To Cut Microsoft Revenue Share – Report

More evidence of cooling relationship? OpenAI reportedly tells investors it expects to cut share revenue it pays to Microsoft by…

1 week ago

Skype Shuts Down Today (5 May), After 22 Years Of Service

Tech icon dead. Skype users wanting to save their Skype contacts and Skype conversations are advised to follow these steps.

2 weeks ago

Microsoft To Host Elon Musk’s Grok AI Chatbot – Report

Surprise development? OpenAI's long-term backer, Microsoft, is reportedly getting ready to host Elon Musk's Grok AI model

2 weeks ago

Microsoft Pledges To Protect European Operations From Trump

Redmond announces new European commitments, including expansion of its data centre footprint on this side of the pond

2 weeks ago

Microsoft Profit, Sales Rise Amid Trump Economic Woes

Microsoft's financials provide some welcome news for tech sector, as the Q1 GDP of the United States under Trump drops

2 weeks ago

Microsoft Pushes Ahead With Launch Of ‘Recall’ AI Snapshots

Microsoft moves step closer to general release of controversial AI Recall feature that stores comprehensive history of users' activities

1 month ago

Microsoft Overtakes Apple As Most Valuable Public Company

Apple's share price plummets over 23 percent in recent days, promoting Microsoft as world's most valuable public firm

1 month ago

Microsoft Ends Projects With Wicresoft In China

Some 2,000 support staff reportedly laid off as Microsoft ends China outsourcing deal with its own joint venture Wicresoft

1 month ago

The Microsoft Milestone: 50 Years On, It’s Personal

Marking 50 years of Microsoft, this editorial reflects on its evolution from startup to tech giant—and how it quietly shaped…

1 month ago

OpenAI Secures $40 Billion Funding Deal With SoftBank, Others

SoftBank has agreed a funding deal that will see OpenAI being provided with up to $40 billion in funding, upon…

1 month ago

Microsoft Shutters Shanghai Lab In Latest China Pullback

Microsoft closes down IoT and AI lab it operated in Shanghai tech district in latest move to pull back from…

1 month ago

Microsoft Drops AI Data Centre Projects

Microsoft drops data centre projects amounting to 2 gigawatts of power consumption as investors question massive AI capital expenditures

2 months ago

Nvidia, xAI Join BlackRock AI Infrastructure Project

Nvidia, xAI to participate in project backed by BlackRock, Microsoft to invest $100bn in AI data centres amidst heated competition

2 months ago

CMA Drops Microsoft’s OpenAI Probe Amid Government Growth Focus

UK regulator drops scrutiny of Microsoft and OpenAI partnership, amid pressure from Labour government to focus on growth,

2 months ago

Microsoft To Shut Down Skype After 20 Years

Microsoft to shut down Skype calling service, ending 20-year run for app that once had hundreds of millions of users

2 months ago

Microsoft To Retire Skype On 5 May

So long Skype, as Microsoft confirms retirement of former VoIP giant, in favour of its Teams communication product

3 months ago

Microsoft Cancels Data Centre Leases In AI Shift

Analysts say Microsoft has cancelled data centre leases in US, scaled back international spending in shift on AI expansion plans

3 months ago

Microsoft’s Quantum Chip Utilises New Matter State

Creation of quantum computers is years away, not decades, says Microsoft, as it unveils quantum chip called Majorana 1

3 months ago

Anduril To Take Over Microsoft’s US Army HoloLens Order

Anduril Industries, the defense-tech startup of Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, is to take over Microsoft's $22 billion Pentagon headset order

3 months ago

LinkedIn Lawsuit Over AI Training Is Dismissed

Plaintiff dismisses proposed class-action lawsuit against LinkedIn over alleged use of private messages for AI training

3 months ago

Microsoft Shares Sink After Cloud Unit Misses Projections

Microsoft's shares drop in after-hours trading after company says capacity constraints for AI cloud business to continue for months

4 months ago

Microsoft Probes Whether DeepSeek Stole Data From OpenAI

Microsoft security team investigating whether individuals possibly linked to DeepSeek exfiltrated large amount of data from OpenAI

4 months ago

LinkedIn Sued Over Alleged Use Of Private Messages To Train AI

Microsoft's LinkedIn sued for allegedly using customer data, including private messages, to train AI models without permission

4 months ago

Russian State-Linked Hackers Target WhatsApp Accounts, Warns Microsoft

Microsoft warns the WhatsApp accounts of US government officials are being targetted by Russian hacking group

4 months ago

Microsoft Confirms Job Cuts Based On Performance

Software and cloud giant Microsoft confirms it is cutting a small percentage of jobs across departments, based on performance

4 months ago

Microsoft To Spend $80bn On AI Infrastructure This Year

Microsoft planning to spend $80bn on data centres for AI and other cloud applications this fiscal year, as AI race…

4 months ago

UK Investigates IBM’s Planned $6.4bn HashiCorp Acquisition

UK competition watchdog launches Phase 1 inquiry into IBM's planned acquisition of cloud service provider HashiCorp

4 months ago