Brad Smith, the Microsoft Vice Chair and President, has revealed how the technology giant plans to move forward with its support for AI technology. The announcement comes as global investment in AI infrastructure is expected to reach $300 billion by 2026.

Learn More. In a positioning statement Monday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella unveiled CoreAI, a strategic overhaul that centers the tech giant’s AI ambitions squarely on Azure. Accompanied by ...

In a blog post Thursday, Microsoft said it’s increasing the price of its Microsoft 365 bundle for consumers by $3 a month.

Satya Nadella, chairman and CEO of Microsoft, is establishing a new engineering division to focus on building AI applications and agents for both Microsoft and its customers. The new division is called ‘CoreAI – Platform and Tools’ and will be led by former Meta engineering chief Jay Parikh with input from leaders of multiple Microsoft teams including Mustafa Suleyman on Copilot AI initiatives;

Microsoft India and South Asia president Puneet Chandok said that the company has already trained 2,400,000 Indians since 2024.

AutoGen represents Microsoft’s latest attempt to address the challenges of building multi-agent systems for enterprise applications. This article explores what this means for the state of agentic AI today,

Microsoft is testing AI-powered Windows search in a new dev channel build for Windows 11 Insider testers. Announced in October, it uses semantic indexing to let users search for local files using more casual language. Like other Microsoft AI features, you’ll need a Copilot Plus PC to use it.

This was a busy week in tech, from the first reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2 to TikTok's looming ban in the United States. Here are the biggest stories you might have missed. Nintendo Switch 2 has been officially announced with a tentative 2025 release date.

Financial writer highlights Microsoft Corporation's growth under Satya Nadella, with strong AI services and projected $870 target by 2030. Click for my MSFT update.

This, to me, makes even more sense. The asterisk on that statement is that it makes sense if the value is there. That is, if Google’s price hikes on each Workspace tier are reasonable, then it’s fine. $20 or $30 per month per user is too much. And, Google’s price hikes are reasonable. So we’re good on that one.

What exactly is UALink? Simply put, UALink is an industry effort to compete with Nvidia’s dominance in AI hardware. Specifically, the standard aims to compete with Nvidia’s proprietary NVLink technology. This piece from Tom’s Hardware last fall explains:

The chip is the powerhouse of the datacenter. But Nvidia may want to have more control.