GeekWire hosted hundreds of longtime Microsoft employees, key executives, company faithful and tech community members Thursday night in Seattle at Microsoft@50, a GeekWire event to mark the ...

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Microsoft allegedly fired two workers who interrupted the company's 50th anniversary event to voice their opposition to its ties with Israel. One of them said Microsoft was "using AI for genocide." ...

The company went on to write, "Instead, you chose to intentionally disrupt the speech of Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman," and that it had "concluded that your misconduct was designed to gain ...

Microsoft is laying off thousands of employees, its third round of cuts in recent months, the company confirmed on Wednesday. The staff reduction will affect less than 4% of the company’s total ...

Microsoft, headquartered in Redmond, Washington, had 228,000 employees globally as of June 2024, according to company data. The company's last major workforce reduction was in 2023, when it cut ...

As the company marks its 50th anniversary today, we’re sharing highlights from their responses, including perspectives from co-founder Bill Gates, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, and current ...

To this day, Microsoft is perhaps best known for its operating systems like Windows 95. DB/picture alliance via Getty Images The company's rapid growth led to its Initial Public Offering (IPO) in ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has shown that it’s possible for a company to maintain its values under Trump and thrive. Amazon, Apple, Google, and Meta should follow suit.

Microsoft's attempts to compete — like the Zune, its 2006 ill-fated answer to the iPod — didn't pan out. Likewise, the Windows Phone and the Kin, Microsoft's 2010 forays into smartphones, were ...