Is Microsoft moving too quickly to capitalize on artificial intelligence at the expense of long-term shareholder value? That was a key question at the company’s shareholder meeting Thursday morning. Krist… Read More
Microsoft is getting a voice on the revamped OpenAI board as a non-voting observer, according to a memo sent to OpenAI employees on Wednesday. The change may help prevent Microsoft, a… Read More
The hills are alive on this year’s ugly holiday sweater from Microsoft. Throwing things back to the early 2000s, the tech giant’s latest soft-wear features “Bliss,” the default desktop image… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we assess the outcome of the drama at OpenAI, considering what the removal and ultimate return of its CEO Sam Altman, and everything that… Read More
Microsoft turned one of the most bizarre weekends in modern tech history into one of the most consequential for itself and perhaps the rest of the industry. With Satya Nadella’s… Read More
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was as bullish as ever about artificial intelligence and the ChatGPT maker’s latest advances when he spoke Thursday at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in… Read More
Microsoft publicly confirmed its long-rumored plan to introduce its own datacenter processors, including one optimized for artificial intelligence and refined based on feedback from its primary AI partner, ChatGPT maker… Read More
Where have we seen that before? That was my first thought upon reading this week’s coverage of the new Ai Pin from the startup Humane, with features including the ability… Read More
A brief restriction on employees’ ability to use ChatGPT inside Microsoft triggered at least one report Thursday that the tech giant was taking a curious approach in its multibillion-dollar investment… Read More
Bouyed by the growing wave of software developers adopting artificial intelligence, GitHub is previewing a system called Copilot Workspace that uses natural language to help developers plan and implement projects.… Read More
Reporting from San Francisco: OpenAI rolled out voice interaction as a premium feature for its ChatGPT mobile apps in September, making it possible for users to speak with the AI… Read More
The news that Jeff Bezos is leaving Seattle feels like a bookend, of sorts — not a doomsday moment for the city, by any stretch, but perhaps the symbolic end… Read More
AI is starting to generate real money for the big cloud providers. Global spending on cloud infrastructure services topped $68 billion in the third quarter, up 18% year-over-year. That’s the… Read More
One of Microsoft’s longest-running executive leaders is leaving after more than three decades with the company. Chris Capossela, Microsoft’s chief marketing officer, will be replaced in the role by another… Read More
Microsoft exceeded Wall Street’s expectations with revenue of $56.5 billion, up 13% year-over-year, and earnings of $2.99 per share, up 27%, with increased cloud revenue foreshadowing strong interest in its… Read More
The official launch of Microsoft 365 Copilot, the company’s new artificial intelligence service for large businesses, is still more than a week away, on Nov. 1. However, investors will be… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella focused on artificial intelligence in his annual shareholders letter published Thursday, detailing why “this is Microsoft’s moment.”
Amazon has committed more than $1 billion to license Microsoft 365 cloud productivity software for 1 million of its corporate and frontline workers in a surprise “megadeal” between the crosstown… Read More
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) outlined the scope of its planned investigation into major public cloud platforms, singling out Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure over concerns that… Read More
Updated on Oct. 13 with details of acquisition closing. Microsoft completed its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard on Friday morning, nearly 21 months after the deal was announced, finalizing… Read More
An IRS audit examining nearly a decade of Microsoft financial reporting has found that the company owes $28.9 billion in tax for 2004 to 2013, plus penalties and interest, Microsoft… Read More
You may have read the juicy sound bites from Satya Nadella in Google’s antitrust trial this week, as the Microsoft CEO made the case that the search giant unfairly leverages… Read More
“All partnerships are tactical. There is no such thing as a strategic partnership.” That’s one of the lessons that business and technology leader Bob Muglia tells the companies he works… Read More
Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI has looked at times like a glimmer of hope for its Bing search engine in its longstanding battle with Google, but Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella painted… Read More
REDMOND, Wash. — Mike Sievert knew exactly how to break the ice with this crowd. “It’s really great for me to be able to finally come and collect your thanks… Read More
Microsoft considered selling its Bing search engine to Apple in a deal that would have replaced Google as the default search offering on Apple’s devices, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
Kate Johnson is based in Denver in her role as Lumen Technologies CEO and president, but she has been spending a lot of time in the Seattle area recently, and… Read More
It was a big week for Microsoft, with the unveiling of the company’s latest Windows and AI features and new Surface devices at a special event in New York City.… Read More
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, the United Kingdom’s chief financial minister, visited Seattle on Friday as part of a West Coast tour to promote the expansion of the UK’s tech sector, and… Read More
Microsoft’s plan to sell Activision Blizzard’s cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft appears to have appeased UK antitrust regulators who previously sought to block its $68.7 billion acquisition of the Call… Read More
