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Microsoft Azure suffered a major global outage on 29th October 2025, disrupting services across industries and platforms

Microsoft Azure experienced a widespread outage on 29th October, beginning around 16:00 UTC, which affected thousands of users and businesses globally. The disruption stemmed from issues with Azure Front Door, Microsoft’s content delivery network, and cascaded into failures across Microsoft 365, Xbox, Minecraft, and numerous third-party services reliant on Azure infrastructure. Major retailers such as …

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Microsoft joins Nvidia in the $4 trillion Market Cap club

In a landmark moment for the tech industry, Microsoft has officially joined Nvidia in the exclusive $4 trillion market capitalisation club, following a surge in its share price after stellar Q4 earnings. This accolade achieved on 31st July 2025 marks a dramatic shift in the hierarchy of global tech giants, with Microsoft briefly overtaking Nvidia …

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Microsoft’s Quantum Leap: The Majorana 1 Chip

Microsoft has unveiled a new chip called Majorana 1 that it says will enable the creation of quantum computers able to solve ‘meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years, not decades’. What is Microsoft’s Majorana 1? It is the latest development in quantum computing – tech which uses principles of particle physics to create a new type …

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Microsoft and Meta both indicate future AI spending will cut into next quarter profits

Microsoft’s significant investment in OpenAI is impacting its earnings – 30th October 2024 The company reportedly indicated, following the quarterly earnings report, that Microsoft anticipates a $1.5 billion reduction in income for the current period, primarily due to projected losses from OpenAI. Microsoft’s nearly $14 billion investment in OpenAI, the creator of the widely popular …

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Microsoft to release Windows Recall AI search feature for testing as soon as October 2024

Microsoft announced on Wednesday 21st August 2024 that it will release the contentious Recall AI search feature for Windows users to test starting in October Recall captures screenshots of on-screen activity, enabling users to search for previously seen information. Security experts raised immediate concerns about the potential risks of Windows capturing images automatically without user …

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Microsoft says OpenAI is now a competitor search and AI

Microsoft’s list of competitors, which is updated regularly, now features OpenAI, previously a long-term strategic ally. This development follows OpenAI’s announcement of a search engine prototype. As OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider, Microsoft leverages OpenAI’s AI models for products aimed at commercial clients and consumers. Microsoft, OpenAI’s largest investor, has reportedly invested some $13 billion in …

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Microsoft shares drop on cloud miss as Azure revenue disappoints

Microsoft reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for Q4 In extended trading on 30th July 2024, the stock experienced a quick decline as attention was drawn to the less-than-expected Azure revenue, despite management’s forecast for growth in the upcoming quarters. The company’s total revenue saw a 15% increase compared to the previous year. Despite surpassing earnings and …

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Europe wants to place data centres in space and Microsoft wants to place them under the sea

Data centres are expected to consume over 3% of Europe’s electricity demand by 2030 The surge in artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly increased the demand for data centres, essential for the ‘exploding’ tech sector. This necessity has led Europe to consider spatial alternatives for digital storage, aiming to diminish reliance on energy-intensive ground facilities. The …

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Nvidia passes Microsoft in market cap – should investors be concerned about the meteoric rise?

Nvidia, traditionally recognised within the gaming community for its graphics chips, has become the world’s most valuable publicly traded company. On Tuesday 18th June 2024, Nvidia’s shares rose by 3.6%, increasing its market cap to $3.34 trillion and overtaking Microsoft, now valued at $3.32 trillion. Earlier in the month, Nvidia’s valuation reached $3 trillion for …

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Microsoft will postpone the release of the AI Recall tool amid security worries

Microsoft will not include Recall, the artificial intelligence tool designed to track user activity, in the upcoming release of the Copilot+ PC. Concerns have been raised by industry experts about the possibility of hackers creating tools to extract user information. Microsoft has reportedly announced that Recall will transition from a widely accessible tool to a …

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Microsoft’s AI system Recall can take screenshots

The UK’s data protection authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), is reportedly making inquiries into a new screenshot feature available from Microsoft. This feature, known as Recall, is a component of the Copilot+ suite and aims to take encrypted snapshots of a user’s laptop screen at intervals, storing them on the device. The ICO is …

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Microsoft announces new PCs with AI chips

Microsoft is promoting new computers equipped with advanced chips, engineered to operate the new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities embedded in the Windows operating system. On Monday 20th May 2024, Microsoft unveiled a Surface Laptop and a Surface Pro tablet, both featuring a Qualcomm chip capable of executing AI tasks both online and offline. The new …

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Microsoft cloud growth accelerates thanks to AI

Microsoft’s Q3 results surpassed estimates for both revenue and earnings. But the revenue forecast for Q4 was less than anticipated, with the company reportedly projecting $64 billion, which is below the consensus of $64.5 billion – (only just). Revenue: $61.86 vs. $60.80 billion expected Earnings per share: $2.94 vs. $2.82 expected Additionally, Microsoft is reportedly boosting its …

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Microsoft and Alphabet report good numbers but Nasdaq slides.

Nasdaq 100 futures declined around 0.75%. S&P 500 futures were also down around 0.4% In after-hours trading, shares of Alphabet dropped more than 5%, while Microsoft slipped 2% after the tech giants, part of the Magnificent Seven posted quarterly earnings. However, both companies achieved on both top and bottom lines. However, advertising revenue for Alphabet came short of analysts’ expectations.  Tech powerhouse The …

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Microsoft hits $3 trillion market cap in intraday trading

Microsoft’s market cap surpassed $3 trillion in intraday trading Wednesday after the stock climbed more than 1% and hit around $404 per share. The stock lost some ground throughout the day to close at: $402 per share. The achievement comes nearly two weeks after Microsoft eclipsed Apple as the world’s most valuable public company on 12th January 2024. However, …

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New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI

U.S. news organisation the New York Times is suing ChatGPT-owner OpenAI over claims its copyright was infringed to train the system. The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft for using its news stories to train chatbots without permission or compensation. The lawsuit claims that the defendants have infringed on the paper’s …

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Meta and Microsoft say they will buy AMD’s new AI chip – Wall Street loves Artificial Intelligence

Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft said they will use AMD’s newest AI chip, the Instinct MI300X. An indication that tech companies want alternatives to the expensive Nvidia graphics processors that have been essential for artificial intelligence (AI). If the MI300X is good enough and inexpensive enough when it starts shipping early next year, it will likely …

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Fired OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman to lead Microsoft’s new AI team

Sam Altman, the former CEO of OpenAI, who was fired last week in a controversial board decision.  According to the latest reports, Altman is joining Microsoft to lead a new AI research team that will focus on advanced and ethical AI development. Altman is a well-known entrepreneur and investor who has been involved in several …

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Microsoft announces custom AI chip November 2023

Microsoft is working on its own artificial intelligence chip, code-named Athena, that could compete with Nvidia’s products. The company introduced two new microchips. The first, its Maia 100 artificial intelligence chip, could compete with Nvidia’s highly sought-after AI graphics processing units. The second, a Cobalt 100 Arm chip, is aimed at general computing tasks and could compete …

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Microsoft closes at all-time high

Microsoft ended Tuesday’s trading session at a record high of $360.53, following fresh optimism about growth from a key partner in artificial intelligence (AI). The increase gives the company a market value of about $2.68 trillion. At a tech event on Monday 6th November 2023, Microsoft’s AI partner, OpenAI, announced a batch of updates, including price cuts and …

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Microsoft $29 billion taxes dispute in U.S.

Microsoft has said it will contest a U.S. tax authority’s request to pay an additional $28.9 billion (£23.5 billion) in back taxes for the years 2004 to 2013. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been auditing how the firm allocates profits among countries and jurisdictions. Microsoft reportedly said, ‘the issues raised by the IRS are relevant to …

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Microsoft’s new $69 billion Activision-Bizzard deal passes UK approval

Gaming industry’s biggest ever takeover deal Microsoft’s $69 billion revised offer to buy Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard has been approved by UK regulators. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the deal addressed its concerns, after the watchdog blocked the original $69bn (£59bn) bid in April 2023. The green light marks the culmination of …

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Artificially Inflated Artificial Intelligence Stocks – The FOMO Effect?

The meteoric rise of artificial intelligence (AI) stocks has captivated investors worldwide, but beneath the headlines lies a growing concern: are these valuations built on genuine fundamentals, or are they the product of collective psychology? Increasingly, analysts point to the possibility that the fear of missing out (FOMO) is a potential driver of this rally, …

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Google launches Gemini 3: Multimodal power and agentic tools

Google has introduced Gemini 3, its most advanced AI model to date, delivering stronger reasoning across text, images, audio, and video. Announced on 18th November 2025, it shipped simultaneously across Search, the Gemini app, AI Studio, Vertex AI, and developer tools, reflecting a tightly coordinated release and broad immediate availability. Gemini 3 centres on Gemini …

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Nvidia Q3 results were very strong – but does the AI bubble reside elsewhere – such as with the debt driven AI data centre roll out – and crossover company deals?

Nvidia’s Q3 results show strength, but the real risk of an AI bubble may lie in the debt-fuelled data centre boom and the circular crossover deals between tech giants. Nvidia’s latest quarterly earnings were nothing short of spectacular. Revenue surged to $57 billion, up 62% year-on-year, with net income climbing to nearly $32 billion. The …

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