In the early days of Microsoft, Bill Gates and Paul Allen were so focused on getting their software company up and running, the notion of stopping to eat a proper… Read More
Microsoft joined a growing list of companies that have said they will assist with expenses if employees have to travel for abortions or gender-affirming health care. The Redmond, Wash.-based tech… Read More
Microsoft is diving deeper into cybersecurity with three new managed services to help companies with their security needs. Microsoft Security Experts “combines expert-trained technology with human-led services to help organizations… Read More
Microsoft’s Xbox division is collaborating with Epic Games to put the popular free-to-play online game Fortnite up on its cloud gaming servers. As of May 5, anyone in one of… Read More
Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard cleared a hurdle Thursday as Activision shareholders approved the deal, with more than 98% of votes in favor. Some activist investors had urged… Read More
A team from the University of Washington’s MS in Technology Innovation program at the Global Innovation Exchange has reached the finals of Microsoft’s 2022 Imagine Cup, a global student technology… Read More
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is happening not only by land, sea, and air, but through computers and the internet. “We’re seeing the world’s first hybrid war,” Microsoft President Brad… Read More
Continued growth in Microsoft’s cloud business boosted its quarterly revenue to $49.4 billion, up 18%, with profits of $16.7 billion, up 8%, beating Wall Street’s expectations with earnings per share… Read More
Streaming video subscriptions might be more disposable than imagined, but the juggernaut of cloud infrastructure and enterprise services is another matter entirely. That’s the underlying theory behind Wall Street’s expectation… Read More
President Joe Biden breezed into Seattle on Thursday, and continues his stay this morning with plans for Earth Day remarks at Seward Park (see tweet at bottom). He also plans… Read More
Microsoft released a new video Wednesday that shows the latest progress on a multi-year redevelopment project reshaping a large swath of its headquarters in Redmond, Wash. In an update on… Read More
Microsoft is currently working on a method of bringing ads into various free-to-play games on the Xbox platform, according to a report from Business Insider. Microsoft has yet to officially… Read More
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) said it disrupted the ZLoader botnet, a malware-as-a-service network run by an organized crime gang that has compromised home, work, and other machines to extort… Read More
Microsoft previewed several new features for Windows 365 Cloud PCs, the subscription-based service that streams the operating system from the cloud over an internet connection. Users will be able to… Read More
Carmen Best has joined Microsoft as director of global security risk operations. Best served as Seattle Police chief from August 2018 to September 2020, and spent more than two decades… Read More
Microsoft is joining a hot trend in tech acquisitions: process mining. The Redmond, Wash., company this morning announced the acquisition of Minit, a 50-person company based in Amsterdam that makes… Read More
Sony announced a rebranded PlayStation Plus subscription service on Tuesday morning, which merges its two existing monthly offerings into a single three-tiered option that’s implicitly meant to be competitive with… Read More
Next week, Sony reportedly intends to announce a service to compete with Microsoft’s Game Pass, which has the potential to move the “console wars” into a new, subscription-based era. As… Read More
Microsoft is expanding its cybersecurity training program globally, seeking to give workers the skills needed to help fill what Cybersecurity Ventures estimates will be 3.5 million open jobs in the… Read More
Microsoft wants more indie game developers to use its cloud services with the debut of a new suite of cloud-based tools called ID@Azure. The program, announced as part of the… Read More
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission asked Microsoft and Activision Blizzard “for additional information and documentary material” for its review of the tech giant’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of the game… Read More
The average workday span has increased 13%, or 46 minutes, in the past two years, as people continue to log on earlier and sign off later than they did prior… Read More
A self-funded artificial intelligence startup is partnering with Microsoft to address a long-standing problem in the medical field: infections caused by central lines placed into the body to deliver chemotherapy… Read More
Microsoft on Thursday released its annual Environmental Sustainability Report for 2021, covering its progress on goals for climate impacts, water conservation, waste reduction and ecosystem protection. While the Redmond, Wash.-based… Read More
It’s 2022, and Microsoft’s cloud business is on track to become half of its overall revenue. Big investments in Xbox and video games, over two decades, have positioned Microsoft to… Read More
Media mogul Barry Diller acknowledged that he made what turned out to be a lucrative investment in options to buy Activision Blizzard shares prior to Microsoft’s announcement that it would… Read More
Microsoft completed its $19.7 billion acquisition of voice technology company Nuance Communications on Friday morning, two days after clearing their final regulatory hurdle. Nuance and Microsoft announced the acquisition agreement… Read More
Microsoft says it will suspend all new sales of its products and services in Russia and stop “many aspects” of its business in Russia in line with government sanctions. “Like… Read More
The University of Oregon on Tuesday launched the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health on Tuesday, with a gift of more than $425 million from Connie and Steve Ballmer, an early… Read More
Zain Nadella, the son of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and his wife, Anu Nadella, died Monday at the age of 26, according to a message sent to the company’s executives.… Read More