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Founded1975

Key PeopleSatya Nadella, Mustafa Suleyman

HeadquartersRedmond, USA

ProductsCopilot, Azure

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Microsoft lets users uninstall Copilot as AI assistant faces widespread rejection

Microsoft now allows users to fully remove Copilot from Windows 11 through Group Policy and Settings after facing mounting criticism over aggressive AI integration. With only 3.3% of Microsoft 365 users paying for the AI assistant, the company is scaling back its once-aggressive push, introducing new controls for both enterprise administrators and home users who found the feature intrusive.

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Microsoft lets users uninstall Copilot as AI assistant faces widespread rejection

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Anthropic explores Microsoft's Maia 200 AI chip to reduce Nvidia dependence amid compute struggles

Anthropic is in talks with Microsoft to use the tech giant's Maia 200 AI chips as the AI startup faces mounting compute capacity challenges. The discussions follow Microsoft's $5 billion investment in Anthropic and represent a strategic push by Microsoft to compete with Amazon and Google in the custom AI chip market.

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Anthropic explores Microsoft's Maia 200 AI chip to reduce Nvidia dependence amid compute struggles

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GitHub breach exposes 3,800 repos after employee installs poisoned VS Code extension

GitHub confirmed that hackers exfiltrated approximately 3,800 internal repositories after compromising an employee's device through a malicious Visual Studio Code extension. The cybercrime group TeamPCP claimed responsibility and is selling the stolen data for at least $50,000. While GitHub says no customer data was affected, the incident highlights how a single compromised developer tool can unlock an entire organization's codebase.

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GitHub breach exposes 3,800 repos after employee installs poisoned VS Code extension

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Microsoft Surface for Business AI PC lineup debuts with Intel chips, starting at $1,499

Microsoft has launched its latest Surface for Business lineup featuring Intel's Core Ultra Series 3 processors and aggressive AI PC positioning. The new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models start at $1,499 and come equipped with NPUs delivering up to 50 TOPS for local AI processing. The company is pushing enterprises toward Copilot+ PCs with features like integrated privacy screens, enhanced security, and improved repairability across the portfolio.

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Microsoft Surface for Business AI PC lineup debuts with Intel chips, starting at $1,499

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Microsoft India builds largest data center to meet escalating demand for AI services by mid-2026

Microsoft India is constructing its largest data center in Hyderabad, scheduled to launch by mid-2026. The facility is part of a $17.5 billion investment aimed at capturing India's AI market, where demand for Azure cloud services and Copilot 365 AI assistant continues to surge among enterprises including Infosys, Cognizant, and Tata Consultancy Services.

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Microsoft India builds largest data center to meet escalating demand for AI services by mid-2026

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Microsoft admits Copilot key disrupted workflows, will let users remap it back to Right Ctrl

Microsoft is reversing course on its dedicated Copilot key, acknowledging it caused workflow issues for users who rely on Right Ctrl and Context Menu keys. A Windows 11 update coming later this year will let users remap the Copilot key natively, marking a significant shift from the company's aggressive AI push in 2024.

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Microsoft admits Copilot key disrupted workflows, will let users remap it back to Right Ctrl

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Microsoft Edge lets Copilot AI read your browser tabs to deliver personalized experiences

Microsoft is expanding Copilot AI integration across desktop and mobile versions of Edge, enabling the assistant to scan open tabs, access browsing history, and provide contextual suggestions. While the company promises enhanced productivity through features like multi-tab summaries and AI-generated podcasts, privacy advocates question the data collection practices behind these personalized user experiences.

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Microsoft Edge lets Copilot AI read your browser tabs to deliver personalized experiences

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Microsoft's MDASH AI system discovers 16 Windows vulnerabilities using 100+ specialized agents

Microsoft unveiled MDASH, a multi-model agentic system that orchestrates over 100 specialized AI agents to find software vulnerabilities at enterprise scale. The system discovered 16 Windows flaws, including four critical remote code execution bugs, and topped the CyberGym benchmark with an 88.45% score, surpassing Anthropic's Mythos and OpenAI's GPT-5.5.

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Microsoft's MDASH AI system discovers 16 Windows vulnerabilities using 100+ specialized agents

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Microsoft Israel head steps down as internal investigation reveals ethical violations

Alon Haimovich, general manager of Microsoft Israel, is stepping down following an internal investigation into the subsidiary's dealings with the Israeli military. The probe, launched after The Guardian revealed Unit 8200 used Microsoft's Azure cloud platform for mass surveillance of Palestinians, found violations of the company's terms of service. Microsoft terminated Unit 8200's access to its cloud services last year.

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Microsoft Israel head steps down as internal investigation reveals ethical violations

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Nscale Secures $790M Debt Financing to Expand Narvik AI Data Centre in Norway

Nvidia-backed Nscale has secured $790 million in debt financing from major Nordic banks to expand its AI data centre in Narvik, Norway. The AI infrastructure company plans to deploy over 30,000 Nvidia Rubin processing units as part of a 115MW expansion at the Stargate Norway project site, building on its $2 billion Series C funding round from March 2025.

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Nscale Secures $790M Debt Financing to Expand Narvik AI Data Centre in Norway

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Commerce Department quietly removes AI security testing agreement with Microsoft, Google, and xAI

The U.S. Commerce Department has deleted webpage details about a deal allowing government scientists to test AI models from Microsoft, Google, and xAI for security flaws before public release. The May 5 announcement vanished without explanation, redirecting to a general page. The removal signals potential internal disagreement about how Washington should engage with frontier AI systems.

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Commerce Department quietly removes AI security testing agreement with Microsoft, Google, and xAI

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Microsoft's $1 billion Kenya AI data center stalls as power demands could shut down half the country

Microsoft and G42's ambitious $1 billion AI data center project in Kenya has hit a major roadblock over power capacity disputes. President William Ruto says the facility would require shutting off half the country's electricity to operate, highlighting the massive energy demands of AI infrastructure in developing economies.

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Microsoft's $1 billion Kenya AI data center stalls as power demands could shut down half the country

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Microsoft shops for AI startups as it prepares for life beyond its $13 billion OpenAI partnership

Microsoft is actively pursuing acquisitions of AI startups including Cursor and Inception, signaling a strategic shift away from its dependence on OpenAI. Court documents from the Musk v. Altman trial reveal the tech giant harbored doubts about the partnership as far back as 2018, when executives worried OpenAI would defect to Amazon and damage Azure's reputation.

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Microsoft shops for AI startups as it prepares for life beyond its $13 billion OpenAI partnership

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OpenAI, Nvidia, AMD and Microsoft unveil MRC protocol to accelerate large-scale AI training

OpenAI has released Multipath Reliable Connection (MRC), a new networking protocol developed with Nvidia, AMD, Intel, Microsoft and Broadcom, through the Open Compute Project. The protocol addresses critical bottlenecks in AI training by distributing data across multiple paths, enabling networks to support up to 131,000 GPUs with microsecond failure recovery. MRC is already deployed in OpenAI's frontier model training and Microsoft's GB200-based AI factories.

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OpenAI, Nvidia, AMD and Microsoft unveil MRC protocol to accelerate large-scale AI training

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Microsoft's AI data center expansion threatens ambitious clean energy goals by 2030

Microsoft is considering scaling back or delaying its pledge to match 100% of its hourly electricity use with renewable energy by 2030, according to Bloomberg. The tech giant's rapid AI data center buildout—expected to cost $190 billion this year—is creating tension with its sustainability commitments, highlighting the growing challenge of balancing growth with environmental commitments across Big Tech.

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Microsoft's AI data center expansion threatens ambitious clean energy goals by 2030

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