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Microsoft is a global technology leader that develops and licenses software and services across a broad range of devices. It is headquartered in Redmond, Wash., and was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Satya Nadella currently serves as CEO. Microsoft’s divisions include Windows, Office, Azure and LinkedIn. The company’s competitors include Apple, Amazon and Google. Our coverage of Microsoft closely follows the company’s attempts to lead in artificial intelligence, such as its major $11 billion investment in OpenAI.

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Microsoft Begins Gaming Retreat

By Martin Peers · Jul 6, 2026 5:00pm PDT

We’re guessing the July 4 weekend was not too relaxed for some folks at Microsoft. Today we got news that the company is laying off 4,800 people—around 2% of its total workforce—mostly in sales and at its troubled Xbox business. It's also selling at least four, and probably five, small gaming studios. Asha Sharma, Microsoft’s new gaming... We’re guessing the July 4 weekend was not too relaxed for some folks at Microsoft. Today we got...

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Microsoft Memo Details AI App Overhaul to ‘Earn the Right to Exist’

By Aaron Holmes and Erin Woo · Jul 2, 2026 10:36am PDT · 1 comment

Microsoft is merging its consumer and enterprise Copilot apps and cutting unwanted features to ‘earn the right to exist’ in the eyes of customers, an executive told staff Thursday morning. In a 1,200-word memo, Jacob Andreou, an executive vice president, said the new unified app will also feature AI coding tools and new AI agents that... Microsoft is merging its consumer and enterprise Copilot apps and cutting unwanted features...

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Anthropic Preps Claude Agent in Microsoft Teams

By Laura Bratton, Aaron Holmes and Amir Efrati · Jun 30, 2026 11:22am PDT

Salesforce and Microsoft may be worried about threats posed by AI upstarts like Anthropic to their core enterprise apps, but they’re taking a conciliatory approach.Even though the two incumbents sell proprietary AI agents that can be used inside their Slack and Teams messaging apps, for instance, they’ve decided the apps ought to be a “platform”... Salesforce and Microsoft may be worried about threats posed by AI upstarts like Anthropic to...

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New Microsoft Copilot Security Flaws Show How AI Can Leak Customer Secrets

By Aaron Holmes · Jul 30, 2026 11:57am PDT

Cybersecurity is top of mind for many businesses following the remarkable hack of Hugging Face earlier this month. And rightly so. The problem they now face is that many of the AI firms selling tools to find and patch vulnerabilities are themselves vulnerable to security problems.The latest is Microsoft’s Copilot AI features for Office 365,... Cybersecurity is top of mind for many businesses following the remarkable hack of Hugging Face...

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Meta Could Learn Cost Control From Microsoft

By Martin Peers · Jul 29, 2026 5:01pm PDT

Talk about a tale of two companies. Today’s June-quarter earnings reports from Meta Platforms and Microsoft showed very different approaches to cost control, a discipline that may never be more important for big tech companies. Meta, whose CEO Mark Zuckerberg seems to have a you-only-live-once approach to AI investment, reported a 55% surge in... Talk about a tale of two companies. Today’s June-quarter earnings reports from Meta Platforms and...