Microsoft cloud customers experienced widespread service disruptions Oct 29 after the company said "inadvertent configuration change" affected its widely used Azure service

(Reuters) -Microsoft said on Wednesday they are investigating an issue in which Microsoft 365 Cloud and Office.com were reported to be inaccessible

Three of the biggest US tech companies reported record profits and record infrastructure spending on Wednesday, fueling speculation about a possible AI market bubble.

It hasn't been a good year for Xbox so far. Microsoft has released its earnings report for the quarter ending on September 30, and it has revealed that its revenue from the Xbox hardware fell by 30 percent year-over-year

Big Cloud is about to get a whole lot bigger.

Microsoft users reported outages for Azure and 365 services a week after many customers of Amazon Web Services suffered hours of downtime.

The new Start has a more convenient layout that saves you a click Four years after the debut of Windows 11, Microsoft has finally fixed one of the biggest problems with its Start menu: The need to click the All button to view a complete list of all of your apps

Microsoft's cloud business has been growing faster than rival Amazon Web Services, as the company ramps up artificial intelligence investments

Satya has also delivered Sam most of the cash he promised Microsoft reported earnings for the quarter ended Sept

Microsoft 365 and its Azure cloud computing platform were hit with DNS issues, similar to the recent AWS outage.

Azure Front Door service outage disrupts airlines and other online services Microsoft Azure has been experiencing a global outage since around 1600 UTC, or 0900 PDT on Wednesday, October 29, 2025.

Hours later, numerous Microsoft Azure and end-user-facing services are still down, and it appears they'll be out for hours more.

Microsoft and OpenAI are key partners in cloud and artificial intelligence, but they're increasingly becoming competitors as well.

Microsoft shipped its first Xbox handheld nearly two weeks ago

Microsofts Azure cloud service is recovering from an outage that affected key apps and services like Microsoft 365 , Xbox and Minecraft

The second major cloud outage in less than two weeks, Azures downtime highlights the brittleness of a digital ecosystem that depends on a few companies never making mistakes.

The NWNLAP HL140S offers Surface-style flexibility at a fraction of the cost, though brand uncertainty tempers its appeal

Microsoft Azure sparked a big outage on Wednesday on the heels of the AWS nightmare.

The best way to innovate in gaming is to have good margins, that's according to Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella

Microsoft confirms an issue affecting its services, but it looks like this might be much bigger than just one company

There's another AWS outage

A rumor contends that Microsoft is planning a version 26H1 of Windows 11 specifically for Snapdragon X2 Elite laptops

Microsoft and several connected software systems are suffering an outage

(Reuters) -An outage at Microsoft's Azure and its suite of productivity software, affecting a range of industries worldwide, had begun to ease, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com

A major Microsoft outage appears to be taking place - here's what we know

A YouTuber's videos telling people how to use Windows 11 without a Microsoft account and how to install it on unsupported hardware were allegedly violating community guidelines on dangerous and illegal activities

Superhuman Gos capabilities include assisting with professional-sounding email responses, fetching information and scheduling meetings. At launch it can connect to your Google Workspace apps and Microsoft Outlook, with the idea being that the AI is always there making suggestions in the background, rather than you needing to ask it for assistance

Bill Gates is retreating from his earlier warnings about climate change. The Microsoft co-founder now argues that what he called the "doomsday view of climate change" has caused the climate community to focus too heavily on near-term emissions goals and divert resources from addressing poverty and disease in the world's poorest countries

The new Start menu overhauls the layout to address long-standing complaints

60% of government services rely on Amazon, Google, or Microsoft's clouds The UK government will publish a plan for handling future cloud outages after last week's AWS failure knocked out several departments.

Microsoft is testing a new memory diagnostic tool that will scan for memory errors after Windows 11 hard crashes with a bug check and BSOD

Cybersecurity agency urges organizations to upgrade or risk total network compromise Germany's infosec office (BSI) is sounding the alarm after finding that 92 percent of the nation's Exchange boxes are still running out-of-support software, a fortnight after Microsoft axed versions 2016 and 2019.

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The nonprofit holds an equity stake currently worth about $130 billion in its for-profit arm

Apple reports fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday. Microsoft reports earnings on Wednesday.

The deal will see long term investor Microsoft retain a 27% stake in the ChatGPT-maker.

CleanSpark, a Las Vegas-based bitcoin miner, is getting into the booming AI data center business, and rivaling big tech's power ambitions.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says countries and leaders need to shift their approach to climate change and focus on 'improving lives'

OpenAI is restructuring into a public benefit corporation with Microsoft retaining a 27% stake in the new "OpenAI PBC," worth roughly $135 billion

The ACCC is suing Microsoft for allegedly misleading customers about price hikes tied to Copilot integration in Microsoft 365.

CISPE says post-VMware conduct raises fresh antitrust concerns Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) has issued its third European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO) report, praising Microsoft's licensing concessions while accusing Broadcom of worsening anti-competitive practices.

Microsoft's GitHub announced Agent HQ, a new platform that will allow software developers to steer and monitor the work of multiple agents.

A reminder: if you enroll a new security key, any other security keys will stop working (unless also re-enrolled)," the account said. X later clarified that the change only applies to YubiKeys and passkeys, and not 2FA authenticator apps such as Microsoft Authenticator or Authy

New deal extends Microsoft IP rights until 2032 or until AGI arrives.

Microsoft and OpenAI have finalized a new agreement that removes uncertainty for investors and clears the path for OpenAI to restructure as a for-profit business

As part of the reorg, OpenAI's nonprofit, now called the OpenAI Foundation, will retain control of OpenAI's for-profit division and hold an equity stake in the company valued at approximately $130 billion. According to Taylor, the Foundation will gain additional control over the for-profit once it reaches an unspecified "valuation milestone." Today's announcement wouldn't have been possible without acquiescence from Microsoft, which before OpenAI recently raised more startup capital, held a 32 percent stake in the company's for-profit unit

(Reuters) - Microsoft and OpenAI reached a deal to allow the ChatGPT maker to restructure itself into a public benefit corporation, valuing OpenAI at $500 billion and giving it more freedom in its business operations

(Reuters) -OpenAI will offer its ChatGPT Go subscription free to users in India for one year starting November 4, the Microsoft- backed startup said on Tuesday, as it seeks to boost adoption in its second-largest market

Do Windows 11 driver updates sometimes confuse or even freak you out? Microsoft assures us the OS can handle driver oddities

See how the new M5 iPad Pro compares to the best tablets from Samsung, Microsoft, and Amazon Fire.

If you want big performance, the Z2 Extreme version of the Legion Go 2 is among the best on the market. Sam Rutherford for Engadget While the maxed SKUs of both the Legion Go 2 and ROG Xbox Ally x are based on the same Z2 Extreme chip, Microsoft was able to tweak some of Windows 11's tasks and services that run in the background on Lenovos' rival

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If at first you dont succeed, patch and patch again More threat intel teams are sounding the alarm about a critical Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-59287 and now under active exploitation, just days after Microsoft pushed an emergency patch and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency added the bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

After a Gaming Copilot controversy, Microsoft asserts it's not training AI on your data

Salesforce recently laid off 4000 customer support workers. Microsoft has halted hiring in its consulting business

Microsoft has a new plan to ensure your Windows 11 PC crashes less often: proactive memory diagnostics

Microsoft's next Xbox console will run full Windows and allow users to exit the Xbox interface to access Steam, Epic Games Store, Battle.net, and other PC storefronts, according to Windows Central

Microsoft Teams will soon be able to track when an employee is working from the office, and when they step out.

Australia's competition regulator sued Microsoft today, accusing it of misleading millions of customers into paying higher prices for its Microsoft 365 software after bundling it with AI tool Copilot

With Microsoft no longer supporting Windows 10, it should come as no surprise that shipments for Apple PCs have risen

Microsoft acknowledges the risk, and says it is working on improvements

Nations previously exempt from scraping now in the firing line If you thought living in Europe, Canada, or Hong Kong meant you were protected from having LinkedIn scrape your posts to train its AI, think again. You have a week to opt out before the Microsoft subsidiary assumes you're fine with it

Microsofts AI ambitions are in large part tied to OpenAI, but the financial picture surrounding the connection is pretty murky

Tempting new MacBooks is one reason for Mac sales going up strongly but Apple can also thank Microsoft

Australian watchdog accuses Microsoft of not offering users the option of cheaper plans

Fortera bolts on their tech to existing cement plants to create a greener product. Here's why it caught Microsoft's eye

Australia's competition watchdog accused Microsoft on Oct 27 of misleading people into paying for its AI assistant Copilot

PLUS: China demotes tech self-sufficiency goal; Alibaba Cloud quietly quits VMware; India demands deepfake labels; and more! Asia In Brief Australias Competition & Consumer Commission on Monday commenced legal proceedings against Microsoft for allegedly misleading users of its Microsoft 365 bundle.

Slashdot reader joshuark writes: Microsoft says that the File Explorer (formerly Windows Explorer) now automatically blocks previews for files downloaded from the Internet to block credential theft attacks via malicious documents, according to a report from BleepingComputer

Last month, California Community Colleges, the nation's largest community college system, announced a collaboration with Google to supply the company's "cutting edge AI tools" and training to 2.1 million students and faculty. In July, Microsoft pledged $4 billion for teaching AI skills in schools, community colleges and to adult workers..

SYDNEY, Oct 27 Australias competition watchdog accused Microsoft today of misleading people into paying f...