TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Microsoft announced that it will host its next Surface event on Wednesday, September 22, where the company is expected to unveil new hardware to showcase the upcoming Windows 11 operating system.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 9, 2023

Microsoft has acquired Fungible , a 6-year-old startup that helps companies with data center storage and networking needs. The company was founded by former Apple engineering leader Bertrand Serlet and CEO Pradeep Sindhu , who co-founded Juniper Networks. (Fungible Photo). Earlier reports pegged the deal at $190 million.

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GeekWire

APRIL 30, 2024

These servers inside a Microsoft data center in Quincy, Wash., were the first to be powered by the company’s Azure Cobalt 100 CPU, as part of a broader cloud infrastructure buildout. Microsoft’s capital expenditures rose 79% to a record $14 billion in the March quarter. billion in revenue. What about Amazon?

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TechSpot

MAY 18, 2023

This period is also historically when Sony and Microsoft refresh the design of their systems. Although neither company has indicated PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series mid-generation upgrades are in the works, one game studio exec says a hardware refresh is likely coming soon. Read Entire Article

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GeekWire

APRIL 27, 2021

As per the company’s fiscal third quarter earnings report , Microsoft’s Xbox division posted $3.6 Microsoft also reported a 232% increase in overall gaming hardware revenue, which it attributes to continued high demand for the Xbox Series X|S. Microsoft beats earnings estimates with $41.7B

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Panos Panay was the longtime leader of Microsoft’s hardware and devices business, whose responsibilities were expanded to include oversight of the Windows and Devices division. Microsoft announced Panay’s surprise departure earlier Monday morning. The news comes during a pivotal week for both companies.

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The Verge

JUNE 18, 2020

Microsoft is getting ready to launch its xCloud game streaming service later this year as part of Xbox Game Pass. The service will initially be powered by Xbox One S consoles in server blades in Microsoft’s datacenters, but the software giant is planning to upgrade this hardware next year. An existing xCloud server blade.

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GeekWire

MAY 6, 2021

Microsoft revealed in a court appearance this week that it does not, and has never, earned money on the per-unit sales for the Xbox. Each console is sold at a loss, and the profit from the project for Microsoft comes entirely from software sales. This was disclosed during a Microsoft executive’s testimony in the Epic v.

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TechSpot

MARCH 27, 2024

At Intel's recent AI summit in Taipei, the company informed Tom's Hardware that Windows PCs will soon leverage Neural Processing Units (NPUs) to run Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant locally. This is the first confirmation of rumors that emerged regarding Copilot and increasingly prevalent NPUs late last year.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 30, 2024

Satya Nadella says Microsoft has “moved from talking about AI to applying AI at scale.” ” (File Photo) Microsoft’s revenue from its Azure cloud platform and related services rose 30% in the quarter ended Dec. The company’s overall revenue increased 18% to $62 billion, with profits of $21.9

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The Verge

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming service (xCloud) is now fully powered by custom Xbox Series X hardware. Microsoft tells The Verge it recently completed the upgrade, which improves both framerates and game load times for players streaming Xbox games over the web. Image: Microsoft.

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GeekWire

APRIL 25, 2024

(GeekWire File Photo / Nat Levy) Microsoft posted its latest earnings report on Thursday, which was broadly speaking good news for the company. This is the second quarterly report from Microsoft that included the effects of its record-setting acquisition of the formerly independent game developer Activision Blizzard King.

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GeekWire

MARCH 21, 2024

Microsoft’s Surface Pro 10, left and Surface Pro 6, right. It’s the latest move by Microsoft to make its Copilot AI tools a standard for businesses, part of its broader competition with other enterprise tech providers including Google, Salesforce, Amazon, and others. Pricing for the devices starts around $1,200.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Microsoft 365 Copilot will be released Nov. 1, the company announced this week. Microsoft Image) It was a big week for Microsoft, with the unveiling of the company’s latest Windows and AI features and new Surface devices at a special event in New York City. 1, a little over a month from now.

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TechSpot

JUNE 28, 2023

Nintendo has indicated that it wants to leverage Switch user accounts to smoothly transition users to the company's next console. This is nothing new for competitors Sony and Microsoft, but Nintendo has a shaky history regarding crossing from one hardware generation to the next. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

MAY 26, 2022

On Thursday, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to Windows Central that the company is still working on a streaming-only device. It is iterating on hardware dedicated to Xbox Cloud Gaming—codenamed Keystone—but isn't ready to unveil it publicly.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

MAY 31, 2022

Microsoft has placed a line in the hardware sand to ensure that only modern machines with certain specifications that harden security can run Windows 11. The company provides a workaround, as I’ll discuss in a moment. If you’re like most PC users, your current computer can’t run Windows 11. Well, sort of.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The subscription service has become the crux of Microsoft's gaming business, and its accessibility across Xbox, PC, and the cloud has pushed the company's hardware-agnostic strategy. Xbox head Phil Spencer has denied having any plans to make Xbox Game Pass available on PlayStation or Nintendo consoles. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

JUNE 9, 2022

According to a report from analytics company Trendfocus (via Tom's Hardware), Microsoft is pushing those OEMs who use HDDs as the primary storage device in pre-built Windows 11 PCs to switch to SSDs. It's even set a deadline for when it wants the transition to take place: 2023.

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The Verge

MARCH 9, 2022

Sony Interactive Entertainment, the arm of Sony that manages its popular PlayStation console, is halting all software and hardware shipments in Russia because of the country’s invasion of Ukraine. We have suspended all software and hardware shipments, the launch of Gran Turismo 7 , and operations of the PlayStation Store in Russia.”

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GeekWire

JULY 27, 2021

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Microsoft posted quarterly profits of $16.5 The results close out Microsoft’s 2021 fiscal year with fresh evidence that its business has been strengthened by the digital acceleration brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Microsoft acquired the business social network for $26.2

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The Verge

AUGUST 27, 2021

Microsoft is announcing today that it won’t block people from installing Windows 11 on most older PCs. Microsoft announced its Windows 11 minimum hardware requirements in June, and made it clear that only Intel 8th Gen and beyond CPUs were officially supported.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 8, 2024

In a bold move that promises to redefine the way users interact with their computers, Microsoft has announced the integration of a dedicated Copilot button on the keyboards of its Windows PCs. Microsoft has said it is committed to making technology more accessible and user-friendly. Copilot AI: what is it?

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GeekWire

JANUARY 18, 2023

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Citing a need to “align our cost structure with our revenue and where we see customer demand,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told employees Wednesday that the company will cut 10,000 jobs between now and the end of March. In addition, the company will take a $1.2

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Cracking open the Surface Duo 2 for first time this week, I had a litmus test for whether Microsoft and Google had made progress on the unlikely partnership that produced the first version of this Android device last year: has Gmail finally been optimized for the Duo’s dual screens? Microsoft Surface Duo 2. Microsoft Photo).

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2021

Microsoft will let Xbox One owners play next-gen Xbox games through its xCloud service. The news was buried in a blog post recapping Microsoft’s Xbox + Bethesda showcase, with the company confirming plans to leverage Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) for Xbox One consoles. Microsoft is launching xCloud for consoles later this year.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The four generations of Xbox hardware, as of 2020. Ed Fries, one of the original team members at Microsoft that co-created the Xbox, shared a bevy of behind-the-scenes stories from his time at the tech giant as part of a celebration of the Xbox project’s 20th anniversary. The original Xbox is in the back left.

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GeekWire

MARCH 14, 2022

(Photo by John Brecher for Microsoft). Microsoft says its researchers have found evidence of an exotic phenomenon that’s key to its plans to build general-purpose quantum computers. Microsoft has chosen a particularly exotic technological strategy, which involves inducing quantum states on topological superconducting wires.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

A variety of new hardware updates are expected from Microsoft. Image: Microsoft. Like in previous years, Microsoft is getting into the mix with its forthcoming Surface event , where we anticipate the company will announce a slew of products during its livestream presentation on Wednesday at 11AM ET / 8AM PT.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 17, 2020

Microsoft chief product officer Panos Panay at a past Surface unveiling. Microsoft Photo). ” As Microsoft’s chief product officer, Panay oversees the company’s Windows user experience and hardware development initiatives. .” Sonos, based in Santa Barbara, Calif.,

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

based 3D printer company Formlabs appointed Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer Chris Capossela to its board of directors. Founded in 2011, Formlabs sells hardware, software and materials for 3D printing. The Seattle company is part of IntuitiveX ‘s portfolio, a healthcare incubator founded by Roh in 2016.

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Microsoft is looking to challenge Google in the K-8 classroom with a special, education-focused version of Windows 11, which it hopes will become popular with schools and students. This time around, the company is also launching accompanying hardware, namely the Surface Laptop SE.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 24, 2023

GeekWire File Photo Microsoft’s revenue rose 2% to $52.7 billion, not counting a special charge related to its layoffs — providing a glimpse of the growing economic uncertainty that the company cited in announcing the cutbacks last week. GeekWire File Photo Microsoft’s revenue rose 2% to $52.7 billion to $51.5

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CTOvision

AUGUST 15, 2016

All enterprise professionals should continue to track MicroSoft ( NASDAQ:MSFT ). We focus most of our energy tracking smaller, more disruptive firms since most enterprise technologists will know how to get updates on MicroSoft, but like the other Tech Titans we track we have to keep an eye out for surprises. What Is Microsoft HoloLens?

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Krysta Svore, general manager of Microsoft Quantum, explains how quantum computing hardware works during a Seattle science conference in 2020. Microsoft and KPMG are getting set to test Azure Quantum’s capabilities on the sorts of real-world problems that should give quantum computing an edge over traditional approaches. .

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Microsoft recently held its fall Surface event to debut new hardware, and the company essentially refreshed its entire lineup, plus some. Microsoft recently held its fall Surface event to debut new hardware, and the company essentially refreshed its entire lineup, plus some. How to preorder the Surface Go 3.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 27, 2021

But before you can get there, Microsoft wants you to have the necessary hardware. The company published a blog post officially detailing the system requirements for Windows 11. Windows 11 is going to be a major upgrade.

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