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Microsoft has released Azure Linux 3.0.20260809, a stable production series with over 233 security patches for recent CVEs in the AI era. The update includes fixes for various open-source packages and continues to use the Linux 6.6 LTS kernel by default.
Attackers have begun to exploit a newly disclosed Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability following the release of a proof-of-concept (PoC) code. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-55040, which refers to a critical security feature bypass that stems from weak authentica…
I Read Microsoft's Windows 11 'Quality' Progress Report - and the Subtext Says It All
Microsoft's latest progress report details much-needed Windows 11 improvements in reliability, performance, stability, and usability. However, the report also reveals that the company has been neglecting Windows fundamentals for years, focusing on monetization and adding …
A researcher demonstrated that malware can use a Windows Hello for Business key to authenticate to Microsoft Entra ID, allowing an attacker to establish longer-term cloud access.
Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet are the primary beneficiaries of the artificial intelligence (AI) investing world, with cloud computing providers spending hundreds of billions of dollars on data centers. Each of these companies just announced results, delivering incredibl…
Apple has agreed to develop a solution that allows users to copy and paste content between an iPhone and a Windows PC, following an interoperability request from Microsoft in the European Union.
The Police National Legal Database (PNLD) has confirmed that police, government, and customer contact information was compromised and published on the dark web. The data included names, organisations, and work email addresses belonging to police officers, police staff, cr…
Microsoft's shares rose nearly 22% after the tech titan reported impressive artificial intelligence (AI)-fueled growth metrics, with its cloud infrastructure platform, Azure, seeing sales soar 43%.
Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet's cloud computing stocks are undervalued due to investors' concerns about their AI infrastructure spending. However, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's comments on the economics of the cloud business model have convinced the market of the lucrative re…
The gaming industry is at a crossroads as Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo adapt their console strategies to changing player habits and rising hardware costs, potentially signaling the end of traditional dedicated gaming machines.
Sony plans to end physical disc sales for PlayStation games as of January 2028, citing consumer trends and a preference for digital media. Gamers are pushing back, with some calling for a worldwide boycott of Sony platforms.
Microsoft Earns $216 Billion Thanks to Anthropic
Microsoft's AI business continues to grow, with Azure's quarterly revenue increasing by 43% and Microsoft 365 Copilot's paid seats exceeding 30 million. However, the company's capital expenditure has also increased, with a 70% year-over-year growth to $41 billion, putting…
Microsoft is openly competing with OpenAI and Anthropic by selling its own homegrown AI models, including the MAI family, on its own AI chips, Maya. CEO Satya Nadella is pitching Microsoft as an alternative to the upscale services developed by OpenAI and Anthropic, promis…
Microsoft reported a significant $3.2 billion gain from its Anthropic investment in Q4 fiscal 2026, while its OpenAI investment saw a $600 million markdown for the quarter, despite a $5 billion gain for the full year.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirmed the company is building a 'super app' that merges Copilot's chat, coding, and agentic capabilities into a single experience launching this year.
Microsoft Surges 31% in Net Income to $133.749 Billion at Fiscal Year Close
Microsoft has announced a net income of $133.749 billion at the close of its fiscal year 2026, a 31% increase from the previous year, driven in part by its cloud platform Azure. The company's total revenue reached $331.839 billion, an 18% increase.
Microsoft has released the KB5101684 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2, which includes 42 bug fixes and additional feature improvements for the operating system.
Perplexity has launched its Personal Computer AI agent for Windows, enabling the operating system to function as a local AI system that interacts with files, Microsoft 365, and the web. This expands its capabilities beyond the previously released Mac version and existing …
Microsoft has launched MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a new cybersecurity-specific AI model integrated into its MDASH vulnerability management system, achieving a 95.95% score on CyberGym at 50% less cost.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns companies that rely too heavily on AI labs for their AI needs may not survive. He suggests that companies should hold on to their own usage data and build their own models to avoid being dependent on a single AI provider.
Xbox Live is experiencing issues on Monday, preventing gamers from signing in, viewing games in the store, and launching games. Microsoft is working on a resolution, but no further details are available.
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a Microsoft Teams-themed phishing campaign that employs 'secure document' lures to deliver legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools. The campaign, codenamed Operation BlueDash, has been active since at least February 2…
Nvidia and Microsoft have launched an open AI security alliance with several tech companies, excluding OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. The alliance aims to build and share open-source AI security tools to defend against attacks from frontier models.
The US AI industry is urging policymakers not to impose broad restrictions on open-weight AI models, citing concerns that a ban could stifle innovation and drive development overseas.
Microsoft blames a maintenance bug for a massive Microsoft 365 outage that affected various services, including Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive. The company says a bug in its automated network maintenance request system caused the outage by mistakenly removing IP routes f…
Researchers H0j3n and Aniq Fakhrul published a working exploit that lets a low-privileged Active Directory user obtain a certificate for a Domain Controller and authenticate as that machine. The flaw, codenamed Certighost, was patched by Microsoft ten days earlier as CVE-…
Microsoft pushed LG to disable McAfee pop-up ads that appeared on Windows 11 PCs connected to LG monitors, after user complaints about silent bloatware installations.
Microsoft Teams and several Microsoft 365 services are experiencing an ongoing outage, with users reporting problems accessing Teams, SharePoint, Excel and the Microsoft 365 Admin Center.
Microsoft is working to resolve an ongoing Exchange Online issue that has been mistakenly quarantining customers' mailboxes since Sunday. The incident, tracked by Microsoft under EX1436407, began on July 19 and remained unresolved as of the most recent update Wednesday ev…
Microsoft will stop shipping security updates for Exchange 2016 and 2019 through the Extended Security Update (ESU) program in October. IT admins are advised to upgrade to Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE) or migrate to Exchange Online.