Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform that allows for the creation, deployment, and management of applications and services through a global network of data centers. Key executives include CEO Satya Nadella and Executive Vice President Scott Guthrie. Competitors in the cloud computing market include Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud.

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Google Unseats Anthropic With Gemini 3

By · Nov 19, 2025 7:04am PST
Before we get to Gemini 3, we want to highlight this morning’s news that former Harvard University President Larry Summers has resigned from OpenAI’s board of directors following a congressional committee’s release of emails showing a personal correspondence between him and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Summers had been on the board of... Before we get to Gemini 3, we want to highlight this morning’s news that former Harvard...
OpenHands cofounders Graham Neubig, Robert Brennan and Xingyao Wang. Photo courtesy of OpenHands.
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Gemini 3 Arrives; Open-Source Coding Agent Raises $19 Million

By · Nov 18, 2025 8:00am PST
Before we get to today’s news about Gemini, we should mention that this morning, Microsoft and Nvidia announced that they’re investing in Anthropic, who will be spending at least $30 billion over an unspecified amount of time to rent servers from Microsoft’s Azure cloud equipped with Nvidia chips.... Before we get to today’s news about Gemini, we should mention that this morning, ...
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Why Data Centers Want James Bond–Style Security Consultants

By Jemima McEvoy · Nov 7, 2025 9:00am PST
On a quiet September morning, Alex Leithiser was out in the woods somewhere in the South on a secret mission: to break into a data center. First, he slipped through a small gap in the facility’s barbed wire fence, and as soon as he hit the ground, he switched clothes, pulling a fresh set from a small backpack. With cameras and alarms all over... On a quiet September morning, Alex Leithiser was out in the woods somewhere in the South on a...
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OpenAI’s China Ban Doesn’t Apply to Microsoft’s Azure China

By Qianer Liu and Juro Osawa · Jul 8, 2024 6:00am PDT
OpenAI last month announced plans to crack down on China-based artificial intelligence developers covertly accessing the startup’s technology, which it doesn’t offer in China. But OpenAI’s conversational AI models are available to Chinese businesses—if they sign up for Microsoft’s Azure cloud service, which operates... OpenAI last month announced plans to crack down on China-based artificial intelligence developers...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in 2019
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Microsoft Cloud Computing System Suffering From Global Shortage

By Kevin McLaughlin · Jul 1, 2022 6:00am PDT · 2 comments
In March 2020, Microsoft’s Azure cloud buckled under the strain of companies around the world shifting to remote work, causing service outages and forcing some customers to wait to launch and update applications. Microsoft put a positive spin on the situation, characterizing it as a temporary issue that stemmed from the surging usage of... In March 2020, Microsoft’s Azure cloud buckled under the strain of companies around the...
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The Information’s 411 — Tangled Up in Azure

By Tom Dotan · Apr 10, 2020 5:05pm PDT · 2 comments
Kevin talks about the problems that Microsoft's Azure has had providing service to its customers. While the work-from-home era has complicated things, the real story is that the issues cropped up long before the pandemic. Kevin talks about the problems that Microsoft's Azure has had providing service to its...