Startups
Microsoft recorded $10 billion in revenue from OpenAI
Microsoft generated $10 billion in revenue from commercial arrangements with OpenAI in Q3 2024, highlighting the strategic importance of the partnership.
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Enterprise
Microsoft hits 10 quarters of record- breaking revenue in a row
Microsoft reported $92.3 billion in quarterly revenue, marking 10 consecutive quarters of record-breaking results, a 19% year-over-year increase.
Enterprise
Microsoft reveals strong cloud growth amid financial reporting overhaul
Microsoft reports strong Q1 FY2027 financial results with $92.3 billion in revenue (up 19% YoY) and restructures its reporting segments to split businesses into Agents and Infra, and Devices and Consumer.
AI
GitHub launches Copilot Fusion as agents start 40% of pull requests
GitHub launched Copilot Fusion, an AI system that selects the optimal model or combination of models for each step of coding tasks, with agents initiating 40% of pull requests.
Enterprise
Microsoft urges Entra ID admins to migrate users to passkeys
Microsoft urges Entra ID administrators to migrate users to phishing-resistant passkeys before retiring SMS and voice authentication in February 2027.
AI
Satya Nadella says he was wrong to think AI alignment would come with scale
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revised his stance on AI alignment, no longer believing it emerges automatically as models become more capable.
Green Tech
Microsoft faces potential vote: Shareholders curious about its plans to tackle emissions
Microsoft faces shareholder pressure to explain how it will meet 2030 carbon-negative targets as emissions have risen to 20 million tons CO2 equivalent in 2025 from 13 million in 2020.
Policy
Trump says Microsoft abuses visa laws. Microsoft disagrees. Who’s telling the truth?
President Trump claims Microsoft abused visa programs to hire foreign workers; Microsoft disputes the allegation, citing compliance with PERM green card sponsorship rules.
AI
How Microsoft quietly reinvented itself to build better AI
Microsoft's CTO Kevin Scott discusses how the company has restructured itself to build better AI, drawing parallels between software craftsmanship and the industry's shift toward AI-powered development tools.
Enterprise
eMudhra security lapse: Microsoft drops firm’s certificates from trusted list on Windows & Edge
Microsoft has removed eMudhra's compromised digital certificates from its Windows and Edge trusted list, following actions by other global tech companies.
Startups
Tech Moves: XBox COO’s sudden departure; SeekOut leadership shakeup; Fred Hutch names VP
Xbox COO Helen Chiang departs Microsoft after 21 years; tech leader Philip Su joins Anthropic in AI applications role.
Enterprise
Microsoft releases Windows OOB updates to distrust eMudhra certificates
Microsoft released out-of-band updates to remove trust in eMudhra certificates after compromise of the certificate authority keys.
Startups
Microsoft earnings preview: Employee buyouts, AI spending and a new financial scorecard
Microsoft's quarterly earnings report comes days after offering buyouts to 60,000 employees; Anthropic's IPO filing reveals significant cloud spending commitments to Microsoft.
Enterprise
Critical Microsoft Authenticator flaw let malicious Android apps steal access to your precious accounts
A critical vulnerability in Microsoft Authenticator for Android allowed malicious apps to steal account access credentials.
Startups
Meta AI director Rohit Patel leaves to take on Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
Rohit Patel, Meta's AI director, departs after eight years to lead Ndoc, a startup targeting Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.
Enterprise
Microsoft offers exits to thousands, including employees on AI and Copilot teams
Microsoft offers voluntary exit packages to approximately 60,000 employees (27% of workforce) to fund AI investments, including staff from Copilot and other AI teams.
Enterprise
Microsoft releases out-of-band Windows fixes with certificate updates
Microsoft released an out-of-band Windows certificate update for devices unable to access automatic updates, following a compromised eMudhra certificate incident. The patch addresses certificate trust list updates for Windows 10, 11 and Server 2025.
Enterprise
The right model at the right moment: Vendors push their agentic AI PC vision
Tech vendors are promoting hybrid AI architectures that run lighter workloads on PCs locally while offloading complex tasks to cloud, reducing expensive cloud token costs.