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Microsoft's $17.4B Nebius GPU Deal Reveals High-Stakes Margin Gamble to Dominate Azure AI
Microsoft has inked a five-year, $17.4 billion agreement with Nebius Group for dedicated GPU infrastructure capacity, a move that underscores the tech giant's willingness to sacrifice near-term cloud...
Nadella Vows to 'Do Better' as Microsoft Layoffs Hit 15,000 and Return-to-Office Mandate Locks In
Satya Nadella’s blunt internal acknowledgment—“we can do better, and we will do better”—came not during an earnings call or a scripted keynote, but in a town hall where an employee...
Microsoft Agrees to Unbundle Teams Globally After EU Probe, Offers $2.20/User Discount
The European Commission is poised to approve a landmark settlement with Microsoft that formally unbundles Teams from Office 365 and Microsoft 365, closing a five-year antitrust drama while reshaping...
Senator Wyden Demands FTC Investigation Into Microsoft’s Insecure Defaults Following Ascension Ransomware Attack
A US Senator is demanding a federal investigation into Microsoft’s security practices after default system configurations were blamed for a devastating ransomware attack that paralyzed one of...
Solitaire’s Secret Mission: How Windows 3.0’s Card Game and Clever UI Conquered the PC World
Microsoft’s Windows 3.0, released on May 22, 1990, sold 4 million copies in its first year—but its most enduring legacy might be a simple card game that taught the world to drag and drop. The...
Windows 10 End of Support: 60% of Corporate Devices Still Unready as October Deadline Hits
October 14, 2025, marks the definitive end of free security updates, feature patches, and technical support for Windows 10—but with barely months to go, up to 60% of corporate devices and 53% of...
Microsoft Sets October 6 Deadline to Block Outlook Lite Installs, Forcing 10M Users onto Heavier App
Microsoft will slam the door on new installations of its lightweight Outlook Lite Android app on October 6, 2025, a move that forces millions of users in emerging markets and on older phones toward...
Point B Earns Microsoft's Rigorous Azure Analytics Specialization, Signaling Deeper Capabilities for Enterprise Data Projects
Point B’s recent attainment of the Microsoft Solutions Partner for Data & AI (Azure) designation with the Analytics on Microsoft Azure specialization isn’t just another badge on a website....
Claude Sonnet 4 Slots into Word and Excel as Microsoft Rethinks Copilot’s AI Backend
Microsoft is integrating Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 models into Microsoft 365 Copilot, bringing them directly into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, according to reports from The Information...
Critical Hyper-V Escapes and SMB Audit Headline Microsoft's September Patch Blitz
Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday delivers more than 80 security fixes — eight of them rated critical — and introduces new SMB audit tooling designed to let administrators discover and harden...
Office 2508 Bakes VBScript RegExp into VBA as Microsoft's Deprecation Clock Ticks Louder
Microsoft has officially begun the countdown to VBScript’s permanent removal from Windows, and in a move that surprised many, the company slipped a compatibility lifeline into Office Version 2508:...
Bill Gates' Earliest Code Hits GitHub: Microsoft Open-Sources 6,955 Lines of 6502 BASIC Assembly
Microsoft has taken a rare step into its pre-history by releasing the original assembly source code for the 6502-targeted BASIC interpreter that powered millions of early home computers. The...