Microsoft Azure posts another quarter of 75%-plus year-on-year sales growth, which is higher than Amazon AWS'. It seems like more and more users are using ...

A string of bugs when chained together created the perfect attack to gain access to someone's Microsoft account — simply by tricking a user into clicking a link.

Microsoft Teams is on course to become the top business chat app by 2020.

With less than two weeks to go before Christmas, Microsoft has lobbed a *fresh* build of next year's Windows 10 down the chimney. Insiders hoping for shiny new ...

Microsoft's second swing at a mid-range laptop, the Surface Laptop 2 is here. Will this iterative approach to hardware be enough to sell the latest Windows 10 ...

You've probably heard Microsoft will base its Edge browser on Chromium, the open-source project that forms the basis for Google Chrome. That won't just make ...

Employees have spoken, and Satya Nadella, the American business executive from India who's at the helm of Microsoft, is the best CEO in the U.S., according to ...

Microsoft will no longer support its Azure Container *Service* (ACS) as of January 31, 2020. For Kubernetes users, the Microsoft way forward is Azure Kubernetes ...

Microsoft is asking governments around the world to regulate the use of facial recognition technology. They wants to ensure the technology which has higher ...

The tech giant's venture fund wants to bridge the funding gap in venture capital.

Well, it's official. For years, at El Reg offices we have commented on how Facebook is the new Microsoft – and not in a good way. Time passes and so while most ...

In four years, CEO Satya Nadella has transformed Microsoft from tech has-been to high-flier -- and the most valuable company in the world. In an exclusive ...

Microsoft president Brad Smith is calling on the federal government to step in and pass laws to prevent the abuse of facial recognition technologies.

Microsoft isn't exactly killing off its EdgeHTML rendering engine, even after declaring plans to use Chromium open source technologies in its Edge browser.

This week, “Microsoft Monday” includes details about the Edge browser switching to Chromium, a digital identity partnership with Mastercard, a new Outlook ...

Microsoft is touting one of its latest adaptive offerings with a national television advertisement featuring a boy with a disability and his friends.

Microsoft unseated last year's #1 pick, Intel, which landed in second place for 2018. Forbes and Just Capital ranked the companies based on values that citizens ...

Russell Wilson may have inadvertently invented the geekiest touchdown celebration of the NFL season. The Seattle Seahawks quarterback was on the sidelines ...

Microsoft recently showcased the new icons based on Fluent Design for Microsoft Office apps. All the icons showed by Microsoft are scheduled to arrive soon to ...

Analysts at KeyBanc see Microsoft's public cloud eclipsing Windows in terms of revenue for the first time in the 2021 fiscal year.

According to the Top-Rated Workplaces: Best in Tech report, as rated by Indian employees on Indeed, multinational companies continued to dominate the list.

Microsoft's upcoming Project xCloud *service* may utilize AI to make the mobile gaming *service* more responsive for consumers. According to a patent reported on ...

Roundup In a week that saw developer goodness aplenty in Connect(); and Microsoft face a Chromium future, there were some other adventures in Redmond ...

Microsoft Deserves Your Attention, Stocks: MSFT, Bill Gates, release date:Dec 10, 2018.

Microsoft is taking a different approach to design internally. Windows, Office, and Surface designers are now working closely together in what's described as an ...

It's a story of stunning progress and staggering challenges. Some of the first corporations to make climate commitments have found that clean energy saves them ...

Microsoft yesterday announced the release of Surface Diagnostic Toolkit for Business (SDT) which will help you to quickly resolve hardware, software, and ...

New grant offers awards of more than $1.2 million to advance uses of artificial intelligence in scientific exploration and research on critical environmental...

Last year I wrote how Microsoft is paying me (and could pay you) to use Bing. I received feedback from individuals outside of "Microsoft's universe" ...

Microsoft is No. 1 on Forbes's list of the top American companies "doing right" by the country.

A group made up of tech experts from Microsoft, Google and New York University are urging lawmakers to take a closer look at the dangers of unregulated ...

We all know that Windows 10 logs data about what you do on your PC. What you may not be aware of is that it still sends that information to Microsoft even if you ...

Mark Zuckerberg recently reach out to Microsoft president and chief legal officer, Brad Smith, according to a report by The Information on Monday.

Last week, the Australian Parliament passed a new encryption bill that will force technology companies to provide law enforcement and security agencies with ...

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) has announced plans to expand the Microsoft Airband Initiative to several new states next year, including Indiana. The effort, in ...

Embroiled in massive data scandals amid losing stock and market cap, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly spoken to Microsoft President Brad ...

Microsoft's web browsing technology is coming back to the Mac. On Thursday Microsoft said that its Edge browser, which was introduced in 2015 as part of ...

It took twelve years for the infrastructure-as-a-*service* (IaaS) market to reach $40 billion – but will take only three years for the next $40 billion to accumul.

Microsoft even supports Indian language email addresses. The tech giant is also implementing Deep Neural Networks to improve real-time language translation.

For a few weeks, I used the new Surface noise-canceling headphones side by side with my go-to Bose QuietComfort 35s. Here's what I learned.

Microsoft's redesigned Office 365 app icons generated a lot of buzz when they were announced late last month. While their rollout to users has yet to be.

More sources have come forward to discuss the upcoming "HoloLens 2" from Microsoft, more specifically the processor the AR device will be powered by.

While Microsoft stock faltered under Steve Ballmer in the wake of its antitrust case and the departure of Bill Gates, it has come roaring back under Satya Nadella.

In its latest ad, Microsoft doesn't pull its punches when it comes to criticizing the iPad, slamming it for not being a "real computer." And Microsoft is right.

Microsoft has rolled out a new cumulative update for Windows 10 users. Windows 10 KB4023057 is rolling out to all the versions of Windows 10 and brings ...

Windows 10 collects an “Activity History” of applications you launch on your PC and sends it to Microsoft. Even if you disable or clear this, Microsoft's Privacy ...

The latest milestone for the Global Innovation Exchange (GIX) came Sunday as the U.S.-China tech institute celebrated the graduation of its first cohort of 37 ...

A new paper calls for the government to regulate facial recognition. If it doesn't, Chinese-style monitoring could come to the United States.

In a rough year for tech, Microsoft unseated Apple as the most valuable company. It's cultivated an image as Silicon Valley's elder statesman, urging regulation ...

Ife Ogunfuwa Vodacom Business Nigeria has formed a strategic partnership with Microsoft, through its 4Afrika initiative, and Descasio to build cap...

Denodo, the leader in data virtualization today announced the availability of a free Test Drive environment on Microsoft Azure. Following on the heels.

Microsoft's head of gaming, Phil Spencer, says that the company's chief financial officer, Amy Hood, is keeping track of the company's gaming business now that ...

Microsoft's latest Surface commercial subtly claims the iPad isn't a real computer. It marks the return to Microsoft comparing its Surface tablets to the iPad.

Everest Amaefule, Abuja Global tech giant, Microsoft, has challenged Nigeria to take advantage of technology to address the endemic problem of une...

Microsoft is adding real-time captions and subtitles to PowerPoint for Windows, Mac, and online in early 2019. The new features will allow speakers to translate ...

If you had invested in either Apple or Microsoft at the time of its initial public offering, or IPO, your gamble would have paid off big time. But one of these tech ...

Microsoft is building its own Chromium browser to replace the default on Windows 10. The software giant first introduced its Edge browser three years ago, with ...

FREMONT, Calif. December 11, 2018 — NexCOBOT, a reliable partner for intelligent robot control and smart retail solutions, has successfully debuted its smart ...

Once upon a time, there were two companies. Microsoft was the big, bad giant who ruled over everyone. While Apple was the small, unassuming entity who ...

In this post, I explore five ways Apple can revitalize itself by learning from Microsoft.

Have you ever seen an alert telling you to call for Windows tech support? Or gotten a phone call out of the blue from someone claiming to work for Microsoft?

Microsoft is hinting that 2019 is going to be an even better year for Xbox One gamers than 2018. While big news is expected to be shared next year, no concrete ...

A new Microsoft blog is giving employees a way to tell their stories about taking products to open source. It's called Microsoft Open Source Stories, of course.

In this article we will tell you how to legally access or use Microsoft Office for free, without paying for it. Microsoft charges quite a bit for the Office suite - but are ...

Microsoft and Upwork have debuted new tools to help companies manage freelancers working on Microsoft-related projects.

Apple has done a whole lot in 2018 but, from a stock price perspective, none of it matters. That's because Apple's declining stock price means that the.

Xbox Game Pass is Microsoft's Netflix-style game subscription *service* for Xbox One and Windows 10 PC for select Xbox Play Anywhere titles. Now it seems that ...

Microsoft and Google engineers appear to be working together on Chrome support for Windows 10 on ARM devices. This isn't the first time engineers from both ...

Halian becomes a regional go-to partner for customers needing software asset management supportDubai, 11/12/2018 - International IT services company ...

The first major federal government agency is set to begin testing Microsoft's protected-level public cloud *service*. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is ...

For starters, the cloud-based CRM/ERP software has some surprising integrations with PowerApps, Microsoft's low-code developer environment.

Apple Inc. AAPL, -3.57% once again lost its position as the most valuable U.S. company to Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -4.00% after its shares fell 1.1% in Thursday's ...

Microsoft Ireland Operations is suing two Saudi Arabian firms in the Commercial Court for more than $31m allegedly owed under various 'channel partner ...

At first glance, they looked like color swatches for paint. Yet, the new Microsoft Office icons actually communicate what to expect from a well-known brand: This is ...

Interest in cloud skills and positions has increased for employers and job seekers. Here's why it's the next skill to bet your career on.

This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, Paul, and Dieter are joined by Verge science reporter Rachel Becker to discuss what's going on in the world of Juul — why ...

Microsoft has launched sign-ups for the Microsoft 365 Insider program, an "evolution" of the Windows Insider Program for Business.

Enterprises that choose to assign various tasks to a large number of freelancers often find it difficult to manage all the processes involved, especially when ...

Just a few years ago, Microsoft was seen as a lumbering has-been. Now it's a contender for the title of the world's most valuable company.

The primary model of grocery retailing has changed very little over the last 100 years. A new business model has the potential to usher in a new era in grocery ...

Microsoft still updates its own open-source software for artificial intelligence. But it's focusing more on improving.

New research from Microsoft says that far fewer people have broadband internet access than government statistics have shown.

Microsoft's Outlook mobile app for iOS is the latest product from the tech giant to get a new look. The company unveiled some new design features and functions ...

The mythical Microsoft Courier — the dual-screen device that captured everyone's imagination when it first leaked in 2009 — is not dead. It lives in the new ...

Microsoft is open sourcing WPF, Windows Forms and Win UI via GitHub and making available the first public preview of Visual Studio 2019.

A new report from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says that 25 million Americans do not have access to broadband internet -- more than 19 ...

Following its alliance with Facebook around the Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX), Microsoft is open-sourcing the ONNX runtime engine for machine ...

The Apple-Microsoft rivalry is getting a gritty modern reboot as both companies battle for that $1 trillion market cap.

The office of CTO for AI at Microsoft now has a stonking great “vacant” sign plastered on it, as previous incumbent Joseph Sirosh this week trotted off to become ...

For a brief period today, Microsoft achieved greater market value than Apple, which is often called the world's most valuable company. The temporary shift ...

Microsoft keeps improving its Android launcher, and today it's getting a digital health feature. This means all Android users can access the ability to track screen ...

Last summer the president of Microsoft, Brad Smith, published a nearly 4,000-word manifesto on a seemingly narrow topic, the need for the U.S. government to ...

Microsoft is overhauling its Office app design with simplified features and new icons. It's the first time the icons have changed in five years, and they're designed ...

Microsoft's former AI CTO Joseph Sirosh has left Microsoft for luxury real-estate brokerage Compass where he will be working on AI-powered products for the ...

The discussion has been open for a while now. We know we want Machine Learning (ML) to be able to drive the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and smart automation ...

London (CNN Business) Jenny Lay-Flurrie has spent years making Microsoft products more accessible for others. One day, she could work on a project that will ...

Microsoft is buying Obsidian, but it doesn't get to publish The Outer Wilds. That means Take-Two's Private Division may have snatched the jewel from the crown.

New York (CNN Business) Over the last couple days, Microsoft and Apple have been taking turns as the world's most valuable publicly traded company.

Microsoft and Docker today announced a new joint open-source project, the Cloud Native Application Bundle (CNAB), that aims to make the lifecycle ...

It seems that we should add Andromeda — Microsoft's rumored foldable phone — to the list of rumored incoming foldable phones for 2019. According to a new ...