Microsoft Adds Built-in Network Speed Test to Windows 11 Taskbar

Microsoft is testing a built-in network speed test in Windows 11’s taskbar, alongside Sysmon integration and other feature ...
SiliconANGLE

Microsoft investors fret as capital spending and Azure growth decouple

Microsoft Corp. last week delivered what looks on paper like a great quarter, with a beat of 1% and 5% on revenue and operating operating profit, respectively. But the two-day reaction from investors ...

Microsoft tests new Windows AI in the taskbar and File Explorer

At the center of this effort is a new feature called Ask Copilot, which effectively turns the traditional Windows search bar into a gateway for Microsoft ...
CNBC

Microsoft promotes sales leaders as company pursues AI growth

Four sales leaders under Judson Althoff — CEO of Microsoft's commercial business — have now reached the status of executive vice president. Satya Nadella was an executive vice president before he ...
CNBC

Microsoft brings back executive Hayete Gallot to run cybersecurity, as Charlie Bell takes new role

Microsoft cybersecurity head Charlie Bell will take on a new role around engineering quality. Hayete Gallot will rejoin Microsoft, replacing Bell, after a short stint in leadership in Google's cloud ...
Dark Reading

Microsoft Patches 6 Actively Exploited Zero-Days

Attackers are already actively exploiting six of the 59 vulnerabilities Microsoft disclosed in its latest security update, meaning security teams will need to treat February's Patch Tuesday more as an ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft: January update shutdown bug affects more Windows PCs

Microsoft has confirmed that a known issue preventing some Windows 11 devices from shutting down also affects Windows 10 systems with Virtual Secure Mode (VSM) enabled. VSM is a Windows security ...
The Verge

Google Cloud’s customer chief returns to Microsoft as head of security

Hayete Gallot previously spent nearly 16 years at Microsoft in senior leadership roles across engineering and sales. Hayete Gallot previously spent nearly 16 years at Microsoft in senior leadership ...
The Verge

Microsoft says it’s building an app store for AI content licensing

The Publisher Content Marketplace could make it easier for AI companies to pay for ‘premium’ content. The Publisher Content Marketplace could make it easier for AI companies to pay for ‘premium’ ...
Business Insider

Worried about AI taking jobs? Ex-Microsoft exec tells parents what kind of education matters most for their kids.

Ex-Microsoft exec Craig Mundie urges rethinking education for an AI-driven future. If he could, Mundie would create a new college curriculum that combines the liberal arts with STEM. Students need ...
The Motley Fool

Down 28% From Its Highs, Is Microsoft Stock a Buy?

The company's steady double-digit revenue growth persisted in fiscal Q2. Microsoft's commercial backlog is up 110% year over year, with OpenAI representing nearly half of it. The company's capital ...