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Microsoft's $13B AI Run-Rate Masks Windows 11's Rocky Transition to an AI Platform
Microsoft’s Azure cloud business accelerated to 39% growth in its fiscal fourth quarter of 2025, pushing the company’s annualized AI revenue run-rate past $13 billion—a 175% year-over-year...
Cloudflare and Microsoft Unveil NLWeb + AutoRAG to Give Publishers an AI Search Lifeline
The open web’s oldest bargain—free content in exchange for traffic—is under assault. AI assistants now deliver instant answers scraped from publisher sites, sending readers directly to a chat...
S&P 500’s Fate Tied to NVIDIA and Microsoft as AI Megacaps Command Over a Third of the Index
The S&P 500 entered 2025 with a level of concentration not seen in decades—and that tight grip belongs to a tiny club of AI-obsessed giants. Mark Zuckerberg’s massive GPU orders,...
Microsoft Breaks OpenAI Grip with MAI Models: A New Era for Copilot and Cloud Margins
Microsoft has launched its first in‑house AI models, MAI‑Voice‑1 and MAI‑1‑preview, marking a strategic pivot that ends the company’s exclusive reliance on OpenAI for core artificial...
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit Intel Sparks Cross-Border Raids, Dismantling Tech Support Scam Ring
Six people were arrested and two illegal call centres dismantled on May 28, 2025, after Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) fed critical threat telemetry to law enforcement agencies in Japan and...
Microsoft and Marvell Upgraded as AI Cloud Spending Surges, NIO Downgraded on EV Margin Fears
A fresh analyst roundup on September 4, 2025 elevated Microsoft and Marvell Technology to a more bullish footing, while slapping NIO with a downgrade—a direct reflection of the market’s...
Leaked Plans Show Microsoft Folding Copilot Add-Ons Into $30 Seat, Shifting Hefty Usage to Credits
Microsoft is engineering a dramatic reshaping of its Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing strategy that will slash the effective per-user cost for many enterprises while seeding a consumption-based billing...
Microsoft Gives Copilot and M365 Free to Students in White House AI Literacy Drive
On September 4, 2025, the White House played host to a parade of Silicon Valley’s most powerful executives, all publicly endorsing the First Lady’s ambitious AI education initiative. The...
NFL’s AI Revolution: Microsoft Copilot on Every Sideline as Rams’ McVay Chases Margins
The National Football League is placing an AI copilot on every sideline this season, and Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay is betting it will sharpen his team’s split‑second decisions. A...
Behind CVE-2025-55241: Why the MSRC Advisory Is Sparking a Hunt for Windows Exploit Defenses
Microsoft's Security Response Center published advisory CVE-2025-55241, and within hours, security practitioners weren't just scanning for patches—they were demanding deep-dive guidance on...
FP&A Platform Vena Crosses 2,000 Customer Mark, Brings Agentic AI to Microsoft Teams
Vena has passed a significant milestone, surpassing 2,000 customers worldwide, and simultaneously launched its AI Copilot natively integrated into Microsoft Teams—a move that plants agentic...
Windows 10 ESU Quietly Extended to 2027: How to Get Two More Years of Security Patches
Microsoft has quietly extended its consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for Windows 10, now offering security patches through October 12, 2027 — a full 16 months beyond the previously...