Saying that the company is working on four types of computers (cloud everything, a hybrid Xbox, hybrid Windows, and hybrid HoloLens), Nadella notes that "we need to bring the company’s systems ...

When Microsoft first started discussing its gaming cloud division in 2018, it had grand plans for the future of Xbox. “We believe there is going to be 2 billion gamers in the world, and our goal ...

By the 2010s, Microsoft was resting on its laurels, sitting out the search revolution and fumbling the smartphone. Enter Satya Nadella, the engineer.

Microsoft may be ahead of Google in cloud computing, but the two tech giants are still battling for AI dominance — and ramping up their multibillion-dollar expenditures in the process.

Microsoft’s cloud businesses contributed the most revenue in fiscal Q4 2024. Surface revenue is down once again, though.

Microsoft's rival Google has benefited from AI growth. On Tuesday, Alphabet (GOOGL.O) said AI helped drive a 35% surge in its cloud business.

Shares of Alphabet fell 9.6% on Wednesday, compared with a healthy 2.8% gain in Microsoft, on investor worries that the Google parent could lose share in the cloud-computing market to Microsoft.

Microsoft reported better-than-expected revenue in all three of its business segments. Azure and other cloud revenue was up 30%, or 28% adjusted for currency. The company said AI related services ...

Microsoft says that it has completed a multi-year project to allow Europe-based customers using its cloud services to store and process data in the EU. The project, the EU Data Boundary for the ...

Capital spending: Microsoft has said it plans to spend more than $80 billion this year to grow its cloud and AI infrastructure. It reported capital expenditures of $22.6 billion in the second ...

The addition of R1 to Microsoft’s cloud services is a curious one, considering that Microsoft reportedly initiated a probe into DeepSeek’s potential abuse of its and OpenAI’s services.