Microsoft announced Monday it’s reopening its Washington state and California Bay Area offices this month as Covid-19 cases continue to ease. Starting Feb. 28, the select offices will be open to employees, visitors and guests. The company has been operating
A gamer plays the video game ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ developed by Treyarch and published by Activision during the ‘Paris Games Week’ on October 25, 2018 in Paris, France. Chesnot | Getty Images Microsoft announced Tuesday it will buy
The race to develop new technologies to solve the climate crisis is similar in scale to America putting the first man on the moon, Microsoft President Brad Smith said Wednesday. “We will need to invent new technologies,” Smith told CNBC’s
Microsoft passed Apple in market cap on Friday, making it the world’s most valuable public company. The move comes after Apple reported revenue Thursday that fell short of analyst expectations Dado Ruvic | Reuters Microsoft passed Apple in market cap on Friday, making
Microsoft will shut down LinkedIn in China as it faces harsher internet censorship in the country. The company will launch a China-specific version of LinkedIn later this year for job searching. But it won’t have LinkedIn’s social media features. LinkedIn
In the wake of increasingly sophisticated criminal hacks of companies like SolarWinds, Colonial Pipeline, and JBS Foods that touched on fears of national security weaknesses, U.S. politicians all the way up to the White House have been adamant on one
Windows 11 will become generally available Oct. 5. The release will come six years after Windows 10 launched, the longest stretch between releases in company history. A successful release of Windows 11 could further secure the franchise’s future, which can
The White House hosted a cybersecurity summit Wednesday with CEOs in sectors ranging from tech to insurance. The meeting follows a wave of cyberattacks that have brought added urgency to security issues. Big Tech companies including Google and Microsoft committed
Microsoft surpassed expectations on the top and bottom lines with stronger-than-expected Azure revenue growth, but supply constraints cut into Windows revenue from device makers. The company’s revenue guidance beat expectations as well. Microsoft shares initially fell before rebounding and rose as
Microsoft’s Azure Virtual Desktop service grew more popular with the arrival of the Covid pandemic last year. Windows 365 is a new alternative that requires fewer technical skills and comes with greater controls for administrators. Pricing is also more predictable.