Microsoft

Microsoft turns 50: A look back at everything from the Altair to the Zune

5:00am April 04, 2025

The company helped launch the software industry and bring a computer to every desktop. Hit products like Windows and the Xbox became household names – but does anyone remember the Zune?

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Microsoft will end Skype in May, leaving some users upset

2:26pm February 28, 2025

Microsoft says it will wind down the pioneering and once ubiquitous free video calling service so it can streamline its consumer communications offerings, such as Microsoft Teams.

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Bill Gates reflects on his youth, beginnings of Microsoft, in new memoir

5:59pm February 10, 2025

In his new memoir, "Source Code," billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates opens up about his adolescence and early adult life.

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Bill Gates is optimistic about the global future

4:23pm February 06, 2025

In a wide-ranging interview with NPR, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates expressed concern about the new administration's recent steps to pull back from approach to public health but says he's optimistic about the future and wants to find common ground with the White House.

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'The New York Times' takes OpenAI to court. ChatGPT's future could be on the line

5:00am January 14, 2025

In three consolidated suits, publishers allege that OpenAI broke copyright law by copying millions of articles without permission or payment. OpenAI counters that the fair use doctrine protects them.

Anniversary Of Nuclear Disaster At Three Mile Island Marked Near The Site

Three Mile Island nuclear plant will reopen to power Microsoft data centers

1:40pm September 20, 2024

Three Mile Island, the Pennsylvania power plant that was the scene of the worst commercial nuclear accident in American history, will reopen and sell power to Microsoft.

Microsoft detects fake news sites linked to Iran aimed at meddling in U.S. election

6:16pm August 09, 2024

by Juliana Kim

Researchers at Microsoft's Threat Analysis Center say Iran was behind four fake news sites geared toward amplifying polarizing messages to both liberal and conservative audiences.

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What we know about the computer update glitch disrupting systems around the world

3:17pm July 19, 2024

by The Associated Press

A tech meltdown left workers at airlines, banks and hospitals staring at the dreaded “blue screen of death” as their computers went inert in what is being described as a historic outage.

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AI brings soaring emissions for Google and Microsoft, a major contributor to climate change

11:22am July 12, 2024

by Dara Kerr

The tech giants both report surges in greenhouse gas emissions as they double-down on adding artificial intelligence to all of their products.

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State-backed Russian hackers accessed senior Microsoft leaders' emails, company says

1:25pm January 20, 2024

by The Associated Press

Microsoft says hackers broke into its corporate email system and accessed the accounts of members of its leadership team, as well as those of employees on its cybersecurity and legal teams.