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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Computer Weekly

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Microsoft wants to give open source datacentre hardware developers earlier access to its designs to speed up the time it takes to bring new products to market with Project Olympus

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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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The Verge

APRIL 21, 2021

Microsoft is starting to allow Windows 10 testers to access Linux GUI apps. The first preview of support for GUI applications is available today for Windows Insiders, allowing developers to run GUI editors, tools, and applications to build and test Linux apps. Image: Microsoft. Image: Microsoft.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The Japanese video game company Sega announced Monday that it plans to “explore a strategic alliance” with Microsoft, which will see Sega build new games and overhaul its development process via Microsoft’s Azure platform. Whatever that ends up being, its development process will be powered by Microsoft Azure.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 25, 2021

(Microsoft Image). Microsoft has announced the release date for its forthcoming first-person shooter Halo Infinite , as well as a lineup of special-edition Xbox hardware meant to celebrate the video game franchise’s 20 th anniversary. 8, Microsoft confirmed Wednesday at the German gaming conference Gamescom.

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GeekWire

APRIL 30, 2024

These servers inside a Microsoft data center in Quincy, Wash., Microsoft Photo / John Brecher) Analysts, investors, and the media are suddenly focused intensely on capital expenditures by tech giants including Microsoft, Meta, Google, and others to size up the industry’s bet on the cloud and artificial intelligence.

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GeekWire

APRIL 29, 2021

(Microsoft image). In a move to compete with Steam, Microsoft plans to increase the money it pays to developers who publish their games on the Microsoft Store. Starting on August 1, the Microsoft Store will give those developers 88% of the net revenue from their games’ sales, up from 70%.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This year’s Microsoft Ignite developer conference might as well be called AIgnite, with over half of the almost 600 sessions featuring artificial intelligence in some shape or form. Here’s some of the top AI news CIOs will want to take away from Microsoft Ignite 2023. The new Copilot will be generally available from Dec.

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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. Other notable segment and product results: Microsoft Cloud revenue was $33.7 billion, up 24%.

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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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SecureWorld News

JULY 12, 2023

Microsoft has nullified more than 100 different malicious drivers that were originally given valid signatures by its Windows Hardware Compatibility Program (WHCP). Upon learning of the malicious drivers, Microsoft promptly took action by revoking the certificates associated with them and adding them to the driver revocation list.

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The Verge

MAY 19, 2020

Microsoft is promising to dramatically improve its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with GUI app support and GPU hardware acceleration. This will be enabled without Windows users having to use X11 forwarding, and it’s mainly designed for developers to run Linux integrated development environments (IDE) alongside regular Windows apps.

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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. What are the implications of this groundbreaking development and its potential to reshape the user experience? Copilot AI: what is it?

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The Verge

JANUARY 18, 2022

The game is inextricably associated with the N64 — it’s a collect-a-thon with blurry cartoon graphics and cute animal characters — but this will actually mark the first time you’ll have been able to play it on Nintendo hardware since Microsoft bought original developer Rare in 2002.

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TechSpot

MARCH 29, 2022

Microsoft senior software engineer Cooper Partin, a developer on the DirectStorage for Windows team, explained in a video how the technology was designed to utilize PC hardware fully, and that's especially true when using Windows 11 alongside an NVMe drive; a setup that could offer a 20% to 40% CPU.

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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

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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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. Seattle cybersecurity company Cyemptive Technologies named Jean-Luc Cervera as business development senior consultant.

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The Verge

MARCH 2, 2021

Microsoft is launching its new Microsoft Mesh mixed reality platform today , and part of the announcement includes a brief demonstration of Pokémon Go running on the HoloLens 2 headset. Hanke appeared on Microsoft’s virtual Ignite stage today as part of the company’s Mesh launch. A prototype version of Pokémon Go on HoloLens.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 11, 2023

. — Graham Sheldon , former corporate vice president of product for Microsoft Teams, is now chief product officer of UiPath, an artificial intelligence and automation company. Sheldon spent more than 20 years at Microsoft in various roles. She also spent four years at Microsoft as a senior marketing manager for Xbox.

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Venture Beast

APRIL 22, 2021

With the rapid pace of change in AI and machine learning, it’s no surprise Microsoft had its usual strong presence at this year’s Nvidia GTC. Read More.

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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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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

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

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Conduit Venture Labs Photo) — Seattle tech leader Lauren Sato joined Seattle hardware startup studio Conduit Venture Labs as an entrepreneur-in-residence. The former CEO of Ada Developers Academy said she will focus on Conduit’s health and performance vertical. “Prototyping alone sidelines most hardware founders.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Microsoft plans to increase the base price for some of its first-party, internally-produced video games in 2023. “We’ve held on price releases until after the holidays so families can enjoy the gift of gaming,” a Microsoft spokesperson told GeekWire via email. (Xbox Photo). USD on all platforms.” ”

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Dataconomy

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Discover Microsoft’s secret weapon: Project Athena, a groundbreaking endeavor to create custom AI chips. Athena focuses on developing custom AI chips that cater to the specific demands of training large language models and powering AI applications ( Image credit ) What is Microsoft’s Athena AI chip project?

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Microsoft is not going third-party or exiting the hardware business, contrary to what some observers feared. While some of the company's content will be made available on non-Microsoft platforms, the company has now confirmed that new Xbox consoles are in development. Read Entire Article

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

When Houston-based Axiom Space starts putting together its commercial space station, some out-of-this-world infrastructure for cloud computing could be close behind — and Microsoft could help make it happen. The deal sets the stage for developing and delivering space-based cloud services from commercial assets. ” he asked.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Nilay, Dieter, and Verge managing editor Alex Cranz start the show with coverage of all the devices announced at Amazon’s fall hardware event. Stories discussed this week: Amazon’s fall hardware event 2021: rumors, news, and announcements. Amazon Astro is ‘terrible’ and will ‘throw itself down’ stairs, developers reportedly claim.

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Tech Republic

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Microsoft's Arm-powered developer hardware delivers on its Windows Arm promise and is inexpensive and versatile enough to compete with other developer PC options. The post Hands on with Microsoft’s Windows Dev Kit 2023 appeared first on TechRepublic.

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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. GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota). Full text below.].

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The Verge

MAY 29, 2020

The PlayStation 5 will have one selling point Sony thinks might be important to fans who are on the fence about upgrading to a new generation of gaming console: exclusive titles, playable only on the new hardware. That will be especially true if Microsoft successfully bridges the console and PC platforms in ways Sony could never pull off.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 24, 2023

GeekWire File Photo Microsoft’s revenue rose 2% to $52.7 The company reported strength in some of its products and services for businesses, led by a 22% increase in Microsoft Cloud revenue, to $27.1 This category includes Microsoft Azure, Office 365 Commercial, the commercial portion of LinkedIn, and other cloud-related revenue.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Developers have now made it possible to emulate PS2 games on the Xbox Series X and S using the RetroArch emulator — something that the PlayStation 5, a successor to the PS2, can’t. The process for adding RetroArch to your Xbox using Developer Mode is a bit complicated. Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge.

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The Verge

APRIL 6, 2021

Microsoft is starting to submerge its servers in liquid to improve their performance and energy efficiency. This immersion process has existed in the industry for a few years now, but Microsoft claims it’s “the first cloud provider that is running two-phase immersion cooling in a production environment.”. Image: Microsoft.

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