Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab this morning unveiled a new open-source project and AI-powered edge computing device designed to improve biodiversity monitoring, with the goal of helping outside researchers better… Read More
None of the six outside shareholder proposals at Microsoft’s annual meeting Tuesday won enough support for adoption, but the specific results, released today, offer a glimpse into the mindset of… Read More
Microsoft will take an $800 million charge on its investment in the Cruise robotaxi business after General Motors announced it would no longer fund the initiative as part of a… Read More
Microsoft shareholders turned down a proposal calling on the company to consider diversifying its investments by including Bitcoin in the mix, but the company was actually more open-minded than it… Read More
Microsoft investors turned down six shareholder proposals at its annual meeting Tuesday, three of them focused on the risks of artificial intelligence to its business. The other three addressed the… Read More
Microsoft revealed details of new approach to cooling data centers that won’t lose water to evaporation. The strategy will still use water, but it’s contained in a closed-loop system where… Read More
A new opt-in Microsoft Edge feature, released in limited preview today, augments the browsing experience with AI that “sees” the same page the user is viewing, interacting via voice to… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Amazon has a new use for AI: dumping Microsoft Windows. At the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference Tuesday morning, the company announced a series of new features… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, our guest is Sam Schillace, a deputy CTO at Microsoft and author of the new book, No Prize for Pessimism, the first title from… Read More
U.S. officials say a sophisticated Chinese hack that breached the networks of telecommunication giants may not have been spotted without help from Microsoft. A New York Times report details the… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Elon Musk’s suit against OpenAI, which now includes Microsoft, and assess the complexities of the OpenAI-Microsoft partnership, as illustrated by early email… Read More
After a series of delays, Microsoft is releasing a new build of Windows 11 to users in its Windows Insider Dev Channel today that includes a long-awaited preview of the… Read More
If security is really more important than everything else, will it be in the keynote? Microsoft, under intense pressure to better protect its systems and customers from cyberattacks, will answer… Read More
Elon Musk, an original co-founder of OpenAI, attempted to keep the organization from becoming too cozy with Microsoft in an early cloud computing deal with the Redmond company. “This actually… Read More
Microsoft’s bet on a market that didn’t really exist at the time — personal computer software — paid off in ways that its founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen never imagined.… Read More
For this second chapter in our Microsoft @ 50 series, GeekWire spent the past month revisiting Microsoft’s early years, from its founding in 1975 to its IPO in 1986, looking for a new understanding and enduring lessons from its startup story.… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, it’s a grab-bag of topics, including self-driving wheelchairs, Expedia Group Chairman Barry Diller’s comments on the prospects for an acquisition by Uber, and an… Read More
For more than a year-and-a-half, users of Microsoft Edge for Windows had access to a powerful tool in the browser sidebar that demonstrated both the everyday utility and the long-term… Read More
Microsoft disclosed the size of its OpenAI investment for the first time, acknowledging in its quarterly regulatory filing Wednesday afternoon that it has made “total funding commitments of $13 billion”… Read More
FOLLOW-UP: Microsoft beats expectations with nearly $25B in quarterly profits, as AI revenue boosts cloud growth Investors and analysts will be watching Microsoft’s results closely this week for the latest… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was awarded more than $79 million in total compensation for the tech giant’s 2024 fiscal year, up from $48.5 million a year earlier, according to the… Read More
What’s next for AI, and what are the main technical hurdles to overcome? That was one of the questions we asked when working on our deep dive into Microsoft’s history… Read More
AI agents are reigniting the competition between Microsoft and Salesforce. Microsoft announced 10 new AI agents for its Dynamics 365 line of business applications — tools that can complete tasks… Read More
Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI has become increasingly strained by the AI startup’s need for more funding and computing power, Microsoft’s recruitment of leaders from OpenAI rival Inflection AI, and questions… Read More
Just as the PC and cloud defined much of Microsoft’s first 50 years, and just as its struggles in mobile set the company back in the smartphone era, its success or failure in AI promises to determine its fate for decades to come. … Read More
We were looking for a guest expert to discuss the new Microsoft Copilot features on the show this week, when we realized, why not go straight to the source? Our… Read More
Microsoft’s revamped personal Copilot, released this week, lets users engage in natural conversations with AI using their voice. It doesn’t retain information from one session to another, but figuring the… Read More
The news about OpenAI’s $6.6 billion fundraising round was hot off the digital presses Wednesday morning when Brad Gerstner of Altimeter Capital took the stage at Madrona’s IA Summit in… Read More
Four national cancer research organizations, spearheaded by Seattle’s Fred Hutch Cancer Center, will work together in an unprecedented alliance to use artificial intelligence to battle cancer. The newly established Cancer… Read More
