Microsoft’s biggest transformation story used to revolve around cloud computing. By migrating enterprises from on-premise software to subscription services and hyperscale infrastructure, the Redmond, Washington-based tech giant in many senses rewired corporate infrastructure from the ground-up, or the cloud-down. But if Microsoft’s second quarter fiscal...
Google reportedly withdrew an antitrust complaint that it filed with the European Union against Microsoft. The company did so after the European Commission began investigating whether Microsoft’s cloud business, Azure, must adhere to the Digital Markets Act, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday (Nov. 28)....
On Tuesday (Nov. 18) morning, a configuration error at Cloudflare knocked major services offline, including ChatGPT, X and Spotify for several hours, the latest reminder of how vulnerable digital infrastructure has become as cloud systems grow more complex. One day later, Palo Alto Networks announced...
Microsoft is no longer just a software company or even a cloud company. It’s now an AI infrastructure provider shaping how work, creativity and productivity will function in the next decade. For proof, look no further than the tech giant’s successfully restructured relationship with OpenAI,...
January 30, 2026
Perplexity signed a $750 million, three-year deal with Microsoft that will enable the artificial intelligence startup to use the tech giant’s Azure cloud service, Bloomberg reported Friday (Jan. 30). The deal will allow Perplexity to use Microsoft’s Foundry service to access AI models, according to the report. “We are excited to partner with Microsoft for […]
November 28, 2025
Google reportedly withdrew an antitrust complaint that it filed with the European Union against Microsoft. The company did so after the European Commission began investigating whether Microsoft’s cloud business, Azure,...
October 29, 2025
Microsoft said Wednesday (Oct. 29) that it is working on issues that have been causing service degradation on Microsoft 365 (Business or Enterprise) productivity apps and Microsoft Azure cloud computing...
February 24, 2025
Microsoft reportedly still plans to earmark $80 billion for capital expenditures, despite reports suggesting otherwise. As CNBC reported Monday (Feb. 24), the tech giant says its spending plan is still on track, while...