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CNBC
Microsoft Outlook hit with hourslong outage
Microsoft's Outlook email service was down for Outlook.com as well as Outlook mobile apps and desktop programs.
CNBC
Microsoft Outlook hit with hours-long outage
Microsoft's Outlook email service was down for Outlook.com as well as Outlook mobile apps and desktop programs.
PYMNTS.com
Microsoft Lays Off Staff as Savings From AI Top $500 Million | PYMNTS.com
Microsoft is ramping up use of AI tools to cut costs and increase productivity, even as the company trims thousands of jobs.
TechCrunch
Microsoft shares $500M in AI savings internally days after cutting 9,000 jobs | TechCrunch
Microsoft closed out the first quarter with $26 billion in profit and $70 billion in revenue. The company's market capitalization has also surged in...
CNBC
Microsoft gets upgrade from Oppenheimer, which says AI potential not fully priced in - CNBC
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Reuters
Microsoft racks up over $500 million in AI savings while slashing jobs, Bloomberg News reports
Microsoft saved more than $500 million in its call centers alone last year by using artificial intelligence, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.
Bloomberg
Microsoft Touts $500 Million in AI Savings While Slashing Jobs - Bloomberg
Microsoft Corp. is keen to show employees how much AI is transforming its own workplace, even as the company terminates thousands of personnel.
Bloomberg
Microsoft’s Current Share Price Doesn’t Reflect AI Upside, Oppenheimer Says
Microsoft Corp. was upgraded at Oppenheimer on Wednesday, adding to a growing consensus on Wall Street that the software giant is in a strong position within artificial intelligence.
Bloomberg
OpenAI, Microsoft Back New Academy to Bring AI Into Classrooms - Bloomberg
OpenAI, Microsoft Corp. and Anthropic are partnering with one of the largest teachers unions in the US to establish a new training center to help...
The Register
Former and current Microsofties react to the latest round of layoffs - The Register
Microsoft's latest round of layoffs has triggered an outpouring of emotion from inside and outside the company, with at least one former staffer...
The Verge
Laid-off workers should use AI to manage their emotions, says Xbox exec | The Verge
Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. The sweeping layoffs announced by Microsoft this week have been especially...
The Register
Microsoft confirms it's shuttered Pakistan presence - The Register
Tech industry investors have ... Pakistan's tax office denies pirated software caused outage – admits it sometimes runs unsupported software...
CNBC
Microsoft layoffs hit 830 workers in home state of Washington
The 830 Microsoft employees who lost their jobs in Washington included cloud solution architects, game designers and lawyers.
Reuters
Microsoft to lay off as many as 9,000 employees, Seattle Times reports | Reuters
Microsoft is laying off as much as 4%, or roughly 9100, of the company's employees, the Seattle Times reported on Wednesday.
TechCrunch
Microsoft will lay off 9000 employees, or less than 4% of the company - TechCrunch
Microsoft continues to beat expectations in its quarterly earnings; in its most recent report, the company grew its net income by 18% year over year,...
Reuters
Microsoft to cut about 4% of jobs amid hefty AI bets | Reuters
The Seattle Times first reported on the layoffs earlier on Wednesday. Separately, Bloomberg News reported Microsoft's Barcelona-based King division,...
Bloomberg
Tesla’s Sales Fall But Investor Support Stays Strong | Bloomberg Tech 7/2/2025
Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss the drop in Tesla’s second-quarter sales. Plus, Foxconn pulls Chinese workers from India in a blow to Apple. And, Microsoft plans a second large round of layoffs as it looks to spend more on artificial intelligence. (Source: Bloomberg)
CNBC
Microsoft laying off about 9,000 employees in latest round of cuts
Microsoft surpassed expectations on revenue and profit but is slimming down across ranks, organizations and geographies.
Bloomberg
Microsoft Makes Deep Job Cuts Across Xbox Division, Cancels Games
Hundreds of people were laid off as the company canceled upcoming games such as Perfect Dark and Everwild
Reuters
Premier League forms five-year AI partnership with Microsoft | Reuters
AI has strongly resonated with sports leagues and sports entertainment companies as they look to streamline the vast troves of data to attract larger...
CNBC
Jim Cramer explains how Microsoft, Meta and Nvidia led the Mag 7 pack in the first half of 2025
He reviewed each company and explained why he thinks they have outperformed their "Magnificent Seven" peers. "Not FANG. Not Magnificent Seven. Just...
Quartz
Microsoft says its new AI is way better than doctors at diagnosing patients - Quartz
(These are) cases that expert physicians struggle to answer,” the company reported. MAI-DxO approaches medical patient diagnosis differently than...
Bloomberg
Microsoft’s Job Cuts Point to Squeeze From Rising Expense of AI
Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Brody Ford reports on the rising artificial intelligence spending.
CNBC
English Premier League integrates Microsoft AI into fan app in new 5-year deal - CNBC
... news release. The English Premier League is widely seen as the most ... "By leveraging our secure cloud and AI technologies — including Azure AI...
PYMNTS.com
Microsoft Says AI Tool Outperforms Physicians on Complex Medical Cases | PYMNTS.com
Microsoft AI said its Microsoft AI Diagnostic Orchestrator (MAI-DxO) ... News, PYMNTS News, What's Hot. Meta's Recent AI Hires to Lead New...
Bloomberg
Microsoft Signs Deal to Power Premier League’s AI Tools
Microsoft Corp. has signed a cloud computing deal with the Premier League, a pact that will let the software company tout its AI technology to a captive audience of sports fans.
Bloomberg.com
Microsoft's Sales Chief to Take Sabbatical With Layoffs Looming - Bloomberg.com
Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althoff will step away for eight weeks, a company spokesperson said. Althoff “will be back with his team in September,...
South China Morning Post
China catching up with US in algorithms despite chip gap, says former Microsoft AI head
News. Hong KongChinaEconomyAsiaWorldSportThis Week in AsiaUS Elections ... China still lags behind the US in artificial intelligence (AI)...
SCMP
China catching up fast with US in algorithms: ex-Microsoft AI head
China still lags behind the US in artificial intelligence (AI) chips, but the country is rapidly catching up in algorithms amid an intense technological race between the world’s two largest economies, according to renowned computer scientist Harry Shum Heung-yeung.
AI competition encompassed three key aspects: chips, algorithms, and applications – and the US was “clearly” still “far ahead” in chip technology, said Shum, council chairman at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, at...
The Register
Palantir jumps aboard tech-nuclear bandwagon with software deal - The Register
Palantir has become the latest tech company to jump on the nuclear power bandwagon - not by making a datacenter deal like Microsoft or Amazon,...