Microsoft touches $1 trillion value, signaling Big Tech’s stock-market comeback
Big tech stocks including Microsoft have been leading the market higher, a rally that would have been hard to imagine at the end of 2018.
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Microsoft sales top estimates amid flurry of cloud wins
Microsoft's Azure cloud-services revenue growth blew away Street expectations. While in the PC market, corporate machines were a “bright spot."
First lady visits Microsoft to discuss online safety for kids VIEW
The visit is part of first lady Melania Trump’s two-day, three-state swing to promote her “Be Best” intitiative on child well-being, online safety, and the...
Microsoft cuts price on new HoloLens 2 as it aims for corporate customers WATCH
Microsoft is trying to make the new $3,500 device more useful right out of the box with prepared applications. It also doubled the field of...
Microsoft says it has found another Russian operation targeting prominent think tanks
Microsoft said it had found and attempted to disrupt a "spear-phishing" attack by Russian intelligence aimed at groups that had criticized Russia.
Microsoft sales meet estimates, but cloud, PC concerns rise
Azure revenue grew 76 percent, but that’s slower than the near-doubling that the segment posted each quarter in 2017 and early 2018. At the same...
Eastside mayors view Microsoft’s $500 million housing pledge with enthusiasm, caution
While pledging $500 million for housing affordability, Microsoft also asked nine Eastside mayors to support land use changes to ease development. The mayors are enthusiastic...
Microsoft pledges $500 million to tackle housing crisis in Seattle, Eastside
The pledge is the largest in the company's 44-year history, and comes as Microsoft and other tech giants that have driven the region's economic boom...
Microsoft software engineers try some new tools at work (and rip out the side of a building) VIEW
Matthew Whilden, a senior software engineer, and his engineering teammates bid through Microsoft's Employee Giving Campaign auction for the opportunity to do some demo work...
Microsoft, Amazon respond to Facebook privacy concerns
Microsoft said it took steps to make sure it was respecting user privacy when using Facebook data. Amazon said it uses information in accordance with...
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