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AI Helps Boost Microsoft Cloud Revenues By 33 Percent
Microsoft says Azure cloud revenues up 33 percent for September quarter as capital expenditures surge to keep pace with AI demands
Russia Carrying Out Targeted Attacks In UK, Microsoft Warns
Russian-backed hacking group impersonating Microsoft, AWS in 'highly targeted' social engineering attacks with UK in crosshairs
Nadella’s Microsoft Pay Jumps 63 Percent In Spite Of Incentive Cut
Microsoft chief Satya Nadella sees pay soar 63 percent for latest financial year, even though he requested cut to cash incentive
Microsoft Brings Call Of Duty To Game Pass In Major Bet
Microsoft for first time makes major Call of Duty release available on Game Pass subscription plan, after $75bn Activision Blizzard buyout
Nvidia Surpasses Apple As World’s Most Valuable Company
Stock rally takes Nvidia once again to top of list as world's most valuable listed company, amist continued AI data centre boom
LinkedIn Fined €310m By Irish Data Protection Commission
Heavy fine for LinkedIn, after Irish data protection watchdog cites GDPR violations with people's personal data for targeted ads
UK Government Signs Five Year Deal With Microsoft
Multi-year partnership signed between UK government and Microsoft to accelerate public sector digitalisation
Microsoft Settles Gamer Lawsuit Over Activision Purchase
Gamers who sued Microsoft to halt its purchase of Activision Blizzard have agreed to the dismissal of their lawsuit
Browser Firms Press EU To Reconsider Microsoft Edge As Gatekeeper
Browser firms write to European Commission alleging Microsoft's Edge web browser enjoys an unfair advantage
Microsoft Invests €4.3 Billion In Italy For AI, Cloud
Data centre and AI spending spree continues over at Microsoft, with Italy earmarked for €4.3 billion investment
ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Raises $6.6bn In Funding
OpenAI closes $6.6bn funding round from big name backers, but reportedly asks them not to finance rival AI startups
Microsoft Relaunches Controversial AI Snapshot Tool
Microsoft to introduce snapshot tool Recall to CoPilot+ PCs in November with security changes, amidst privacy concerns
LinkedIn Suspends Use Of UK Data For AI
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn suspends use of UK user data to train generative AI after concerns expressed by data protection office
Microsoft’s Hiring Of Inflection AI Staff Does Not Meet EU Merger Thresholds
European Commission says Microsoft's hiring of Inflection AI's staff will not be investigated under EU merger rules
Microsoft Cuts Hundreds Of Gaming Staff
Post Activision - Microsoft Gaming confirms it will axe 650 employees, after thousands of job losses earlier this year
Microsoft To Host Cybersecurity Summit After CrowdStrike IT Outage
CrowdStrike follow-up. Windows endpoint security ecosystem summit to be held at Microsoft's Washington headquarters
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Google Confirms Iranian Hackers Behind US Presidential Hacks
Hackers linked to Iran's government conducted phishing campaigns against Israel and targetted U.S. presidential election accounts
Russia Microsoft Hack Accessed Home Office Data
Russian attack on Microsoft systems in January led to breach of Home Office email data, report finds, amidst criticism of company's security
Delta Calls CrowdStrike Outage ‘Unacceptable’
Delta trades barbs with CrowdStrike, Microsoft over worldwide outage that led to 7,000 cancelled flights and $500m losses at airline
Microsoft, CrowdStrike Hit Back At Delta’s Compensation Bid
Delta's old infrastructure blamed for its long recovery from global IT outage that resulted in over 6,000 cancelled flights
CrowdStrike Sued By Shareholders After Huge IT Outage
IT outage fallout. CrowdStrike sued by shareholders who allege firm defrauded them by concealing inadequate software testing
Microsoft Slowdown In Cloud Growth Worries Wall Street
Share price falls after investors react negatively, as Microsoft's Azure growth misses ambitious expectations
CrowdStrike Shares Plunge Amid Delta Compensation Report
Shares in CrowdStrike take another hit after report suggests Delta Air Lines will seek compensation for recent global IT outage
Microsoft Expected To Report 31 Percent Azure Growth Amidst AI Pressure
Microsoft expected to report 31 percent growth in Azure cloud unit as it faces pressure from investors to justify billions spent on AI
LinkedIn To Pay $6.625m In Ad Lawsuit Settlement
Microsoft's LinkedIn agrees to $6.625m settlement with advertisers over alleged overcharging based on inflated ad metrics
OpenAI Tests Search Engine Prototype Called ‘SearchGPT’
Google's dominance of online search is being challenged, after OpenAI unveiled a search prototype tool called SearchGPT
CrowdStrike Blames ‘Undetected Error’ For World’s Largest IT Outage
CrowdStrike CEO summoned to testify before US Congress, as firm provides update about update that crashed millions of computers last week
Microsoft Blames 2009 EU Agreement For World’s Biggest IT Outage
Redmond says EU deal gave CrowdStrike the keys to the Windows kernel, allowing last week's huge IT outage to happen