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As Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's pay hits an astronomical new milestone, here's everything he said to shareholders today on AI, Xbox gaming, and Microsoft's future — complete with a near-total snub of Windows and Surface

In a sign of the times, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella snubbed Windows and Surface in his annual address to shareholders, dominated by commentary on AI and the security issues that plagued Microsoft at the start of 2024.

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Is This Unusually Active Microsoft Call a Slam Dunk?

In Wednesday's trading, Microsoft had the second-highest Vol/OI ratio of the 512 unusually active options on the day. It looks like a slam dunk. Is it? We’ll look at both sides of the argument.

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Microsoft’s new H200 v5 series VMs for Azure aim to supercharge GPU performance

New VM series drastically improves performance and cost efficiency for LLM inferencing

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“You study music, learn harmonies, technique and business. Then you come into a band like this and rip up the rule book”: Azure’s new album Fym wasn’t complete until they’d recorded a real oboe

Previously voted Prog’s best unsigned band, they spent two years perfecting their concept’s sounds and story – with every atonal note and slash from a set of keys entirely deliberate

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Microsoft Azure Sales Estimate Lowered As Copilots Slow To Take Off

A Wall Street analyst lowered his fiscal 2025 estimate for Microsoft Azure revenue, citing slower uptake of Copilot AI services.

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Can Microsoft Dethrone Amazon as the Leader in Cloud Computing?

Microsoft is a rising cloud contender, putting up a tough fight against Amazon. Which stock is the better buy now?

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Oracle Deals With Microsoft, Amazon And Google Seen Powering New 'Cloud Migration Story'

With Oracle stock surging, an analyst sees a big opportunity for the company in its partnerships with Azure, AWS and Google.

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Microsoft expands Azure AI with two new models for the Phi-3 family

Microsoft has added two new models to the Phi-3 family, alongside broader Azure AI upgrades and launches.

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Microsoft says all Azure sign-ins will now need to use multi-factor authentication to enhance account security

MFA will soon be mandatory for all Azure accounts, in an effort to boost phishing resistance.

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Microsoft Mandates 2FA For Azure Admins To Enhance Security

Learn about Microsoft's new mandatory 2FA requirement for Azure sign-ins to enhance cybersecurity and protect digital assets.

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Microsoft's AI healthcare bots might have some worrying security flaws

Server-side request forgery in Azure Health Bot Service allowed researchers to bypass certain protections and access sensitive data.

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Microsoft and Palantir announce major AI deal with US military and intelligence agencies

AI-driven operational workloads have arrived for the US Defense and Intelligence Community, with Microsoft and Palantir at the helm.

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Microsoft’s Cloud Revenue Slowed, But Should Investors Worry?

Investor sentiment was tempered by concerns over the growth rate of Microsoft's Intelligent Cloud division, which includes Azure.

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Microsoft 365 went down after a cyberattack — but don't worry, it's not another CrowdStrike-esque outage

DDoS cyberattack took down a number of Azure services, as well as Microsoft 365, but it's back up now.

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Microsoft: Yesterday's Azure and 365 server outage was caused by a DDoS attack ... at least at first

Microsoft had a large-scale server outage yesterday, impacting services powered by Azure. Today, Microsoft acknowledged that the outage was caused by a DDoS event, coupled with a faulty preventative measure.

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Microsoft and Lumen partner up to meet the ever-growing demands of AI

Microsoft and Lumen announced a partnership that will expand the networking capacity of Microsoft's datacenters. Those datacenters have an ever-growing demand driven by AI.

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As the world wakes up to a "digital pandemic", Microsoft suggests turning it off and on again 15 times

The world came to a standstill this morning as many services reliant on Azure servers were affected by an outage. Microsoft's solution? A classic. Turn it off and on again.

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OpenAI may not be available in China — but Microsoft Azure China might offer an unexpected loophole

Although OpenAI has pulled out of the Chinese market, Microsoft continues to offer OpenAI’s models through its cloud.

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Microsoft Azure China offers Chinese businesses a loophole to OpenAI’s departure

In the midst of OpenAI cracking down on developers accessing its AI models through VPNs and other forms of obfuscation, Microsoft's Azure China continues to give businesses a legitimate means to use GPT-4.

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You can rent a 448-core super server from AWS for far less than you think — 8-socket Intel-based Sapphire Rapids Xeon have no competitors from AMD for now

Liftr Insights spotted an AWS cloud instance with 896 vCPUs likely powered by 8-socket Intel-based Sapphire Rapids Xeon processor.

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Is Apple or Microsoft Winning the AI Race?

Investors are excited by Apple's new AI strategy. But should they be? Google and Samsung have already launched 'AI smartphones,' and Microsoft has launched AI PCs. AI in both tech devices will be a game changer over the next decade. Meanwhile, Apple seems late to the party and is in…

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Apple Intelligence may be reason why OpenAI wants Microsoft to work with archrival Oracle — Azure may be feeling the pinch as iOS 18 AI-focus means far more GPUs are required

Oracle, Microsoft and OpenAI are joining forces to meet the expected demand from Apple Intelligence.

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Microsoft warns Azure Tags could be targeted by hackers

Companies should better understand how Azure Tags work, Microsoft warns.

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Microsoft's big AI ambitions helped it become the world's most valuable company but at the expense of its Azure team, according to a leaked email memo

Microsoft reportedly laid off its Azure team to pave the way for its AI advances and efforts.

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Security researcher says Azure Tags are security threat — but Microsoft disagrees

"All Azure customers are at risk," researchers say, but Microsoft says that isn't the case.

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