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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
Cramer’s week ahead: Earnings from Alphabet, Meta, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Friday urged investors to keep a level head during next week's busy slate of corporate earnings and influential economic reports.
Business - CNBC - October 25
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
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
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
Samsung falls short of expectations as chipmaker fails to reap AI benefits

Third-quarter operating profit far lower than analyst consensus and trails domestic rival SK Hynix
World - Financial Times - October 31
Donald Trump and the autocrats' playbook

‘This is a man who should be nowhere near power’
World - Financial Times - October 31
UK Labour’s Budget borrows big, taxes more

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a £40bn tax increase and a sharp rise in borrowing
World - Financial Times - October 31
Bank of Japan holds rates but signals normalisation still on track

Political uncertainty following election upset raises risks of abrupt policy shifts, warn analysts
World - Financial Times - October 31
FirstFT: US consumers continue to spend, spend, spend

Also in today’s newsletter, North Korea fires its longest-ever test missile, and the activists ready to challenge the election result
World - Financial Times - October 31
Making sense of sentiment

And Trump equity trades
World - Financial Times - October 31
Stellantis hit by sales slide in US and Europe

Fiat, Jeep and Peugeot owner suffers 27% drop in third-quarter sales but signals improvement to US inventory
World - Financial Times - October 31
Amazon, Google and Microsoft Are Investing in Nuclear Power

Large technology companies are investing billions of dollars in nuclear energy as an emissions-free source of electricity for artificial intelligence and other businesses.
Business - The New York Times - October 16
Microsoft’s Differential Transformer cancels attention noise in LLMs

A simple change to the attention mechanism can make LLMs much more effective at finding relevant information in their context window.
Tech - VentureBeat - October 16
What’s at Stake in a Strained Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership

The alliance between the technology giant and the company behind OpenAI has been hugely consequential — but a disruption could shake up the A.I. race.
Business - The New York Times - October 18
Microsoft and OpenAI’s Close Partnership Shows Signs of Fraying

The “best bromance in tech” has had a reality check as OpenAI has tried to change its deal with Microsoft and the software maker has tried to hedge its bet on the start-up.
Tech - The New York Times - October 21
Microsoft Will Let Clients Build Their Own AI Agents

In November, customers can start using Copilot Studio to make their own AI apps to perform many routine tasks.
Business - Inc. - October 21
Foreign Election Interference May Escalate, Microsoft Says

Efforts by Russia, Iran and China to sway U.S. voters could intensify, according to a new report from the tech giant.
Business - Inc. - October 24
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
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 and these other stocks are the way to play AI now, says Goldman Sachs

So-called “platform” stocks, such as Microsoft and Snowflake are the most attractive part of the AI sector according to Goldman Sachs.
Business - MarketWatch - October 14
Cyber criminals increasingly helping Russia and China target the US, Microsoft says

Russia, China and Iran are expanding their partnerships with cyber criminals to conduct cyberespionage and cyberattacks against the U.S. and other nations, according to a new report from Microsoft
Tech - ABC News - October 15
Russia, China collaborating with criminal networks in cyberattacks against adversaries: Microsoft

Russia, China and Iran are increasingly collaborating with cybercrime networks to launch a variety of attacks against their adversaries, including the U.S., Microsoft said in a report Tuesday. The ...
Politics - The Hill - October 15
Microsoft settles video gamers' lawsuit over Activision takeover

Microsoft Corp. has settled a lawsuit from a group of gamers who sued to try to stop the company from buying video game publisher Activision Blizzard for $69 billion last year
Tech - ABC News - October 15
Microsoft Settles Lawsuit With Gamers Over Activision Blizzard Merger

When Microsoft announced its plans to buy Activision Blizzard in 2022 , it set off multiple lawsuits including a battle with the FTC that attempted to block the deal. Microsoft triumphed in that ...
Tech - GameSpot - October 15
Salesforce CEO Marc Beinoff slams Microsoft Copilot as ‘Clippy 2.0’

Fighting words? Salesforce co-founder and CEO Marc Benioff took to his personal X account last night to criticize Microsoft's AI assistant.
Tech - VentureBeat - October 17
Microsoft introduces ‘AI employees’ that can handle client queries

US company gives customers the ability to build own virtual agents as well as releasing 10 off-the-shelf bots. . Microsoft is introducing autonomous artificial intelligence agents, or virtual ...
World - The Guardian - October 21
Microsoft Warns Foreign Disinformation Is Hitting the US Election From All Directions

Russia, Iran, and China are targeting the US election with an evolving array of influence operations in the last days of campaign season.
Tech - Wired - October 23
Russia, Iran and China are trying to interfere with the U.S. election, Microsoft says

Microsoft issued a seven-page report on how Russia, Iran and China are trying to interfere with the 2024 U.S. elections. The company's threat analysis center is warning deepfake videos and other ...
Top stories - CBS News - October 23
Microsoft says Russia trying to smear Harris with deepfake video, AI

Russia is attempting to “undermine” Vice President Harris’s campaign using artificial intelligence (AI) generated videos while China has begun targeting a series of GOP congressional candidates ...
Politics - The Hill - October 23
Bots Linked to China Target Republican House and Senate Candidates, Microsoft Says

Chinese influence operations have focused less on this year’s presidential race and more on down-ballot races.
Tech - The New York Times - October 23
Chinese influence operation targets U.S. down-ballot races, Microsoft says

Affected lawmakers — all Republicans — include Rep. Barry Moore of Alabama, Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas and Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee.
Top stories - NBC News - October 24
Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity Are Promoting Scientific Racism in Search Results

The web’s biggest AI-powered search engines are featuring the widely debunked idea that white people are genetically superior to other races.
Tech - Wired - October 24
Microsoft bets on latest ‘Call of Duty’ to power up video games strategy

Tech giant hopes ‘Black Ops 6’ will boost Game Pass subscription service as Xbox sales decline
Business - Financial Times - October 25
Microsoft boss gets 63% pay rise despite asking for reduction

Satya Nadella asked for a reduction because of cyber attacks the firm suffered - but still saw his earnings increase massively.
Top stories - BBC News - October 25
Microsoft fires employees who organized vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza

Microsoft has fired two employees who organized an unauthorized vigil at the company’s headquarters for Palestinians killed in Gaza during Israel’s yearlong war with Hamas
Tech - ABC News - October 25
Microsoft Envisions Every Screen as an Xbox. How’s That Going So Far?

My journey to play games like Starfield on anything except an Xbox accidentally proved the console still has its place.
Tech - Wired - October 27

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