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Microsoft is the maker of Windows, Office, Xbox, Surface devices, and the Azure cloud platform, and a leading player in AI through Copilot. Coverage here includes software updates, hardware launches, gaming news, and the company’s deepening AI partnerships. Follow this tag to keep up with one of tech’s most influential companies.
Xbox content and services revenue slipped 2% and hardware fell 14% in Microsoft’s latest quarter. Here is what changed, what the margin gap means and what to watch next.
Microsoft’s voluntary exit offer reaches about 60,000 employees, roughly a quarter of its workforce. The number is an offer pool, not a layoff count, and it is tied to a huge AI spending bill.
Microsoft told Arkane Lyon staff it plans to close the studio, and a French deadline is closing in. Here is what is confirmed, what changed this week and what it means for Marvel’s Blade.
Xbox Cloud Playtime packs start at $3.99 for 10 hours, and gamers say they are paying twice for games they bought. We break down the prices, the new Game Pass caps and how rivals compare.
Microsoft’s diagnostic AI scored 83.2% on hard NEJM cases versus 22.3% to 36.1% for generalist doctors in a new Science paper. Here is what the numbers show, what they skip, and when it meets real patients.
Microsoft launched Guardian Agents and new Defender controls built on a blunt premise: frontier models cannot be trusted, so the software that watches them should not come from the labs that make them.
Microsoft president Brad Smith says AI faces fewer safety rules than milk and wants an emergency brake, mandatory incident reports and approval before release. Here is where his plan stands.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says AI needs a new trust architecture, with containment from the start and a way to pause any model mid-task.
Microsoft revealed prices for the Nvidia RTX Spark Surface Laptop Ultra and a $6,000 dev box, plus a Windows 11 feature meant to sandbox AI agents.
Xbox Disc to Digital is now live for all players. Insert an eligible Xbox One or Series X disc and get a digital license, but the entitlement follows the disc, not you.