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Massive Outage Hits Microsoft 365 Outlook Users
A global glitch shut down Microsoft 365 applications like email, calendars, and Powerpoint. The tech giant said it was working on a fix.Business - Inc. - Yesterday -
AMD and Alphabet hit earnings targets this week — now Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Intel get their shot
The stock market is giving Big Tech tougher demands for its continued support.Business - MarketWatch - October 30 -
Investors Want to See a Payout on Microsoft’s AI Efforts
As the tech giant readies a report of what’s forecast as its slowest quarterly growth in a year, shareholders want to see genuine demand for the AI applications it’s spent billions to develop.Business - Inc. - October 28 -
Microsoft dips on weak guidance after beating on earnings
Microsoft reported better-than-expected results for the fiscal first quarter as Azure topped estimates. But quarterly growth guidance was light.Business - CNBC - October 30 -
Microsoft Earnings Show Quarterly Revenue Is Up 16% to $65.6 Billion
The company’s profit increased 11 percent to $24.7 billion, beating Wall Street’s expectations and its own predictions.Tech - The New York Times - October 30 -
Meta and Microsoft Won’t Stop Spending on AI
Both tech giants reported strong third quarters but their stocks fell anyway.Business - Inc. - October 31 -
OpenAI launches ChatGPT search, competing with Google and Microsoft
OpenAI on Thursday launched ChatGPT search, positioning the company to better compete with search engines like Google, Microsoft's Bing and Perplexity.Business - CNBC - October 31 -
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Launch Times Revealed
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is set for release on November 19, but when exactly does the game launch that day? Microsoft has now published the official launch times for the game.. The game ...Tech - GameSpot - November 12 -
Bethesda Workers Go On Strike Against Microsoft
Last year, quality-assurance workers at Bethesda and ZeniMax studios formed ZeniMax Workers United, the largest certified video game union in the United States. Now that union is putting its ...Tech - GameSpot - November 13 -
US regulators plan to investigate Microsoft’s cloud business
FTC chair Lina Khan continues to pursue Big Tech in final days of Biden presidencyBusiness - Financial Times - November 14 -
Elon Musk Adds Microsoft to Suit Against OpenAI
In a new legal filing, the Tesla chief executive accuses the A.I. start-up of undermining antitrust law.Tech - The New York Times - November 15 -
Elon Musk Ramps Up Legal Fight With OpenAI, Microsoft
The billionaire accused the ChatGPT maker of anticompetitive behavior in new court filings.Tech - The Wall Street Journal - November 15 -
Elon Musk targets Microsoft in expanded OpenAI lawsuit
Billionaire alleges Microsoft and OpenAI illegally sought to monopolize AI market and sideline competitors. Elon Musk has expanded his lawsuit against the ChatGPT maker OpenAI, adding federal ...World - The Guardian - November 15 -
Microsoft 365 is experiencing an outage. Here's what to know.
Microsoft said it's investigating an issue impacting access to Microsoft 365 and its Teams app.Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
Microsoft investigating outages affecting Outlook, Teams
Microsoft said Monday it is investigating outages impacting its Microsoft 365 service, with thousands of users reporting issues with their Outlook, Exchange or Teams features. Microsoft 365 ...Politics - The Hill - Yesterday -
Microsoft Outage Takes Outlook and Teams Offline
The software giant said it was working on a fix for the issue, which has affected the many companies that use Microsoft’s products. It later said it had fixed all affected services except Outlook ...Tech - The New York Times - Yesterday -
Microsoft says Google is running 'shadow campaigns' in Europe to influence regulators
Microsoft suggested Google has a pattern of funding organizations with the mission of discrediting the software company with regulators.Business - CNBC - October 28 -
Microsoft accuses Google of ‘shadow campaigns’ to undermine its business
War of words between Big Tech companies reveals fierce rivalry in cloud computingBusiness - Financial Times - October 28 -
What to know about the new way Microsoft will report cloud numbers Wednesday
Some on Wall Street are upbeat about the move. Others are not.Business - CNBC - October 29 -
Microsoft’s earnings are about to look pretty weird. Here’s what to know.
Microsoft has shuffled its reporting categories, meaning investors shouldn’t compare Wednesday afternoon’s segment results to the consensus view.Business - MarketWatch - October 29 -
Google’s AI-Fueled Results Bode Well for Rivals Amazon and Microsoft
Sales gains in its cloud business point to growing, sustained demand for AI-juiced computing power.Business - Inc. - October 30 -
Microsoft Cloud revenue rises on AI boom but softer outlook weighs on shares
Warnings of slowing Azure growth and rising data centre costs damp initial optimism on tech giant’s quarterly earningsBusiness - Financial Times - October 31 -
Microsoft CFO says OpenAI investment will cut into profit this quarter
Microsoft has invested over $13 billion in OpenAI, a bet that's weighing on the company's profitability.Business - CNBC - October 31 -
Microsoft Shares Slip as Forecast Sparks Concern About AI and Cloud Revenue
The company’s projection points to less growth than anticipated, causing concern about the payoff for its massive AI investment.Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 31 -
Why Microsoft’s stock selloff may be a buying opportunity, according to analysts
Microsoft’s guidance disappointed, but analysts see the stock as less crowded nowadays — with ample AI opportunity ahead.Business - MarketWatch - October 31 -
Microsoft's stock has worst day in two years after disappointing forecast
Microsoft's stock fell more than 6% on Thursday after guidance fell short of analysts' estimates.Business - CNBC - October 31 -
Analysts tout an 'underappreciated growth driver' at Microsoft that can benefit from AI
RBC analysts cheered Microsoft stock on Tuesday. But, this time it's for more than just the company's cloud computing business and AI ambitions.Business - CNBC - November 5 -
China is catching up with the West on tech, Microsoft president says
According to Microsoft's web page about its presence in China, the company has operated there since 1992.Business - CNBC - November 13 -
Microsoft brings AI to the farm and factory floor, partnering with industry giants
Microsoft collaborates with Siemens, Bayer, and Rockwell Automation to launch industry-specific AI models designed to boost efficiency in manufacturing, agriculture, and finance through tailored AI ...Tech - VentureBeat - November 13 -
How Microsoft’s next-gen BitNet architecture is turbocharging LLM efficiency
A smart combination of quantization and sparsity allows BitNet LLMs to become even faster and more compute/memory efficientTech - VentureBeat - November 14 -
Microsoft's PC-Only Games Are An "Anomaly," Says Phil Spencer
Between World of Warcraft: The War Within , Ara: History Untold , and the early-access release of Towerborne , Microsoft has an unusually prominent slate of PC-only games this fall. Of those ...Tech - GameSpot - November 15 -
Elon Musk adds Microsoft to lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI
Mr Musk, a co-founder of the company, is accusing it and the tech giant of operating a monopoly.Top stories - BBC News - November 15 -
Tencent challenges Amazon and Microsoft's cloud dominance by tapping into its WeChat ecosystem
Tencent Cloud is increasingly leveraging the WeChat ecosystem to set itself apart from competitors, CEO Dowson Tong said.Business - CNBC - November 18