Michael Burry adds a new Microsoft bet, doubles down on software

CNBC - Top Stories - 28 minutes ago

Microsoft tackles quality control issues. Just kidding, it's encouraging experienced workers to leave -- Windows giant offers buyouts to eligible staffers willing to walk -- Software -- 24 Apr 2026

Meta to cut 8,000 jobs, Microsoft to offer voluntary buyouts for thousands

Meta is laying off about 8,000 workers, or about 10 per cent of its workforce, the company said Thursday as it continues to ramp up spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure and highly paid AI-expert hires.

CBC News - Business - 1 hour ago

Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, Microsoft buyouts and more: Morning Squawk

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

CNBC - Top Stories - 2 hours ago

Microsoft beefs up Remote Desktop security with ... hard-to-read messages -- Ailing scaling blamed by Windows-maker for unreadable missives -- Applications

Meta and Microsoft have joined the tech layoff tsunami – but is AI really to blame? -- Kai Riemer, University of Sydney and Sandra Peter, University of Sydney

The Conversation - World - 4 hours ago

Meta axes 8,000 jobs to fund AI spending, Microsoft to follow suit

Euronews - Business - 5 hours ago

Thousands of jobs to be cut at tech giants Meta and Microsoft

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said it plans to cut around 8,000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, to help boost efficiency.

Evening Standard - Business - 5 hours ago

Meta, Microsoft purge jobs amid AI build-up

Facebook's parent company said it would slash 10% of its workforce, while Microsoft is offering an early retirement scheme. The cuts come as both tech giants make massive investments in AI.

Deutsche Welle - Business - 10 hours ago

Stellantis, Microsoft sign 5-year partnership for AI push -- News -- - -- Canada -- |

CBC News - Business - 12 hours ago

Meta slashes 8,000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, as Microsoft offers buyouts

Boston Herald - Business - 14 hours ago

Microsoft and Meta announce large staff reductions as they spend big on AI

Guardian UK - Technology - 15 hours ago

Microsoft investing $25 billion in Australia

Sydney Morning Herald - Technology - 15 hours ago

Meta lines up layoffs while Microsoft offers buyouts

Aljazeera - US News - 15 hours ago

Microsoft gives your Word documents an AI co-author you didn't ask for -- Also rolls out agentic Copilot in Excel and PowerPoint, letting 21st century Clippy lend a... hand

Microsoft Office 2024 Lifetime License for Mac and PC Drops 64%, Skip Subscriptions and Own Office Suite Forever

Gizmodo - Technology - 17 hours ago

Meta to cut 8,000 jobs as Microsoft offers employee buyouts

Meta Platforms will lay off about 8,000 workers, or about 10% of its workforce, the company announced Thursday, as it continues to ramp up spending on...

Daily Sabah - Technology - 18 hours ago

Meta slashes 10% of work force as Microsoft offers buyouts

8,000 layoffs made for efficiency and to allow new investments, Meta says

The Globe and Mail - Business - 18 hours ago

Meta to slash 8,000 jobs as Microsoft offers buyouts

ABC News - Technology - 18 hours ago

Microsoft's First Voluntary Buyout Could Reach Nearly 9,000 U.S. workers as AI Costs Reshape the Company

International Business Times - Business - 19 hours ago

Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to thousands of longtime US employees

Business Insider - Technology - 20 hours ago

Microsoft offers voluntary employee buyouts for first time as it ramps up AI spending

Slowing cloud unit growth and investor concern over its heavy reliance on OpenAI have made Microsoft one of the worst-performing Big Tech stocks this year.

New York Post - Technology - 20 hours ago

Microsoft plans first-ever voluntary employee buyout for up to 7% of U.S. workforce

Microsoft's inaugural voluntary buyouts will be open to workers at the senior director level and below whose years of employment and age add up to 70 or more.

CNBC - Technology - 22 hours ago

Microsoft deepens Australia presence with 'largest-ever' investment

Microsoft is expanding its footprint in Australia with a commitment to invest $18 billion over the next three years, upgrading government cyber defense...

Daily Sabah - Technology - 1 day ago

Microsoft faces $2.3 bn cloud computing lawsuit in UK

London, United Kingdom: Microsoft is facing a 1.7 billion ($2.3 billion) class action lawsuit in Britain alleging thatit abused its dominant market p...

Peninsula Qatar - Top Stories - 1 day ago

Microsoft Commits $25 Billion to AI Expansion in Australia

Microsoft will invest in AI infrastructure in Australia over three years under a new agreement with the federal government.

Epoch Times - Business - 1 day ago

Microsoft expands AI footprint in Australia with $18 billion investment

CNBC - World - 1 day ago

Microsoft looked at buying Cursor before SpaceX deal, sources say

CNBC - US News - 1 day ago

Microsoft unveils $25b AI splurge in Australia, but key details missing

Sydney Morning Herald - Technology - 1 day ago

Microsoft issues emergency update for macOS and Linux ASP.NET threat

Ars Technica - Business - 1 day ago

Microsoft being sued for £1.7 billion over 'abusing position' in cloud computing

Almost 60,000 UK businesses and organisations are collectively seeking compensation.

Evening Standard - Technology - 1 day ago

Microsoft's LinkedIn names longtime exec Dan Shapero its new CEO

CNBC - Technology - 1 day ago

UK tribunal sends £2B claim accusing Microsoft of overcharging for licensing to trial -- Legal action claims tech giant charges more for Windows Server when it's not on Azure -- PaaS + IaaS

Xbox Game Pass prices slashed by Microsoft - but the good news ends there

Daily Express - Entertainment - 2 days ago

Microsoft to face $2.8 billion in UK lawsuit over cloud computing licences

Microsoft to face a new lawsuit as per UK specialized courts. A london Tribunal court ruled on tuesday that world's leading software and tech giant Microsoft must face a mass lawsuit alleging it...

International The News - Business - 2 days ago

Microsoft slashing Xbox Game Pass price — but there's a catch

It's the first major strategy shift under Xbox's new gaming boss.

New York Post - Technology - 2 days ago

Everyone with a Microsoft account placed on red alert as worrying trend confirmed

Daily Express - Technology - 3 days ago

Study: Tech Giants like Google, Apple, and Microsoft Overwhelmingly Favor Leftist Outlets in News Aggregators

A comprehensive analysis has found that major online news aggregators including Google News, Yahoo News, and Microsoft Bing News overwhelmingly feature content from left-leaning media outlets, while almost completely excludinng right-leaning outlets.

Breitbart - Technology - 3 days ago

Microsoft Outlook users told to make urgent change or face full block from emails

Daily Express - Technology - 7 days ago

Microsoft tests new generation AI

Washington, USA: Microsoft has announced its intention to integrate advanced features into its Microsoft 365 Copilot smart assistant, in order to deve...

Peninsula Qatar - Technology - 10 days ago

Microsoft raises UK Surface prices as RAM crisis reaches the checkout -- Entry-level models jump by up to £220, mirroring steeper hikes in US -- Personal Tech

NHS pays £46K to prep next Microsoft licensing round -- Benchmarking contract lays groundwork for renegotiating £774M software agreement -- Personal Tech

Microsoft's 'commitment to Windows quality' starts with overhaul of beta program

Windows Insider builds remain confusing, but they should be more predictable.

Ars Technica - Technology - 13 days ago

Live-event - Microsoft down as Outlook hit by outage and users report issues - Outlook users are reporting issues again.

Daily Express - Technology - 15 days ago

Memorable moments from the Artemis II mission: from a Microsoft Outlook outage to an emotional crater naming

Business Insider - Science - 17 days ago

Here's when poker tactics secured Microsoft's DeepMind deal

International The News - Business - 19 days ago

Microsoft to face competition watchdog probe over business software

Evening Standard - Technology - 24 days ago

Microsoft and Nvidia claim AI can speed approval of new atomic plants -- Effort includes permitting and planning -- AI + ML

Microsoft mulls update that could change the way you use Windows forever

Daily Express - Technology - 1 month ago

Federal cyber experts called Microsoft's cloud a 'pile of shit,' approved it anyway

One Microsoft product was approved despite years of concerns about its security.

Ars Technica - Business - 1 month ago

Microsoft issues urgent Windows alert as PCs hit by crippling 'access denied' bug -- Microsoft has released a warning after some Windows 11 PCs have been left with a crippling bug...

Daily Express - Technology - 1 month ago

Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft's Cloud Was "a Pile of Shit." They Approved It Anyway.

ProPublica - Technology - 1 month ago

Microsoft and Retired Military Chiefs Back AI Company Anthropic in Court Fight Against Pentagon -- Microsoft and a group of retired military leaders are backing Anthropic in court to block the Trump administration from...

Microsoft and a group of retired military leaders are backing Anthropic in court to block the Trump administration from labeling the AI company a supply chain risk.

Military.com - Technology - 1 month ago

Microsoft bans 'Microslop' from its Copilot Discord server

Albawaba - Business - 1 month ago

Xbox boss Phil Spencer retires as Microsoft shakes up gaming unit

San Francisco, United States: Microsoft on Friday put out word that Xbox stalwart Phil Spencer is retiring, in a shakeup of leadership at the tech tit...

Peninsula Qatar - Technology - 2 months ago

Microsoft touts far-off high-temperature superconducting tech for datacenter efficiency -- Someday

Zero Trust: -- Inside Microsoft's Cybersecurity Failures

ProPublica - Technology - 5 months ago

Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows 10

NZ Herald - Technology - 6 months ago

Pentagon Warns Microsoft: Company's Use of China-Based Engineers Was a "Breach of Trust"

The Defense Department is opening an investigation to determine if the tech giant’s use of overseas engineers to maintain sensitive U.S. government computer systems compromised national security.

ProPublica - Technology - 7 months ago

Microsoft Failed to Disclose Key Details About Use of China-Based Engineers in U.S. Defense Work, Record Shows

The tech giant is required to regularly provide U.S. officials with its plan for keeping government data safe from hacking. Yet a copy of Microsoft’s security plan obtained by ProPublica makes no reference to the company’s China-based operations.

ProPublica - Technology - 8 months ago

Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by China

Microsoft announced that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in its popular SharePoint software but didn’t mention that it has long used China-based engineers to maintain the product.

ProPublica - Technology - 8 months ago

Microsoft Used China-Based Support for Multiple U.S. Agencies, Potentially Exposing Sensitive Data

Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to support the Pentagon. But ProPublica found that the tech giant has relied on its global workforce for years to support other federal clients, including the Justice Department.

ProPublica - Technology - 8 months ago

Microsoft Says It Has Stopped Using China-Based Engineers to Support Defense Department Computer Systems

After a ProPublica investigation revealed how Microsoft’s “digital escort” tech support service could expose sensitive government data to cyberattacks, the company says China-based engineers will no longer provide assistance on DOD cloud services.

ProPublica - Technology - 9 months ago

Microsoft's "Digital Escort" Program Could Leave Sensitive Government Info Vulnerable to Espionage. Here's What to Know.

ProPublica - Technology - 9 months ago

A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers

ProPublica - Technology - 9 months ago

Microsoft Hooked the Government on Its Products With Freebies. Could Elon Musk's Starlink Be Doing the Same?

The tech billionaire and Trump adviser “donated” Starlink service to the White House. The move resembles a previous maneuver by Microsoft, which used “free” trials to lock in costly upgrades across the federal government.

ProPublica - Technology - 1 year ago

Microsoft Bundling Practices Focus of Federal Antitrust Probe

The Federal Trade Commission has demanded information from Microsoft and interviewed competitors as the agency’s antitrust investigation heats up. The probe follows ProPublica reporting on how the company skirted and potentially violated federal law.

ProPublica - Technology - 1 year ago

Microsoft's "Free" Plan to Upgrade Government Cybersecurity Was Designed to Box Out Competitors and Drive Profits, Insiders Say

When the White House welcomed Microsoft’s offer of $150 million in tech services, it helped the world’s largest software provider tighten its grip on federal business and freeze out competitors.

ProPublica - Technology - 1 year ago

Nine Takeaways From Our Investigation Into Microsoft's Cybersecurity Failures

ProPublica - Technology - 1 year ago

Microsoft President Grilled by Congress Over Cybersecurity Failures

ProPublica - Technology - 1 year ago

Microsoft Chose Profit Over Security and Left U.S. Government Vulnerable to Russian Hack, Whistleblower Says

ProPublica - Technology - 1 year ago

How Microsoft Excel Tries to Rebrand Work as Excitement

Wired News - Opinion - 2 years ago

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