In the first year since it set the goal of becoming carbon negative by 2030, Microsoft announced Thursday that it has reduced its carbon emissions by 6%, dropping from 11.6 million metric tons to 10.9 million metric tons. It also paid for the removal of an additional 1.3 million metric tons of carbon from the atmosphere.
(Image credit: Shutterstock) Finding where to buy Xbox Series X is already a challenge, what with the high demand and the legions of bots buying up as many units as they can. Microsoft's supply chain is struggling to keep up. If you were hoping for immediate good news about this situation, then you may want to stop reading right now.
Tom's GuideKurt DelBene, one of Microsoft's longtime top executives whose influence included the oversight of Office 365, will leave the company at the end of June, Microsoft confirmed Wednesday. DelBene, executive vice president of corporate strategy, core services, engineering and operations, has held a broad range of leadership roles across Microsoft since joining the company in 1992.
Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)Shares of Microsoft Corp. inched 0.25% higher to $232.90 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 2.57% to 3,750.77 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 2.05% to 30,303.17. This was the stock's seventh consecutive day of gains.
GameStop - The gaming retailer's shares continued their rally, as the stock price more than doubled to surpass $360, up 140%. Retail investors have been driving the share price higher, pushing back against short sellers. Melvin Capital, which was short GameStop, closed out its position Tuesday afternoon, after facing losses.
Microsoft this week released Application Guard for Office, a defensive technology that quarantines untrusted Office documents so attack code embedded in malicious files can't reach the operating system or its applications. The announcement of Application Guard's general availability came five months after Microsoft kicked off a public preview of the technology.
COVID-19 pandemic has forced pretty much every working professional to work from home, and this caused a rise in the usage share of popular communication tools such as Microsoft Teams. Teams is currently one of the most popular communication tools, but it's one of the most RAM consuming applications, meaning that those using a low-end [...]
MSPoweruserMicrosoft Corp.'s security business surged to $10 billion in revenue over the past 12 months, the company said, reflecting an uptick in cyber threats during the coronavirus pandemic as companies rejiggered their computer systems to operate remotely.
Nerdio's NerdioCon featured Tyler Bryson, new U.S. partner program head at Microsoft, as well as the launch of Nerdio Manager for MSP, for Azure and WVD.
Channel FuturesThe COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted our health, economy, and psychosocial well-being. Public health mitigation measures such as wearing masks, social distancing, avoiding large gatherings, and washing hands have demonstrated benefit in curbing the spread of infection, but have been implemented inconsistently and unevenly throughout the world, which has limited their effectiveness.
MicrosoftMicrosoft has patented new technology that would let you talk to dead people... Sort of. Microsoft developers created a tool that would make it possible to have a virtual conversation with a chatbot resembling deceased loved ones or historical figures. Want some guidance from your late grandparent, or to discuss the Gettysburg Address with Abraham Lincoln?
WHP HarrisburgCHARLESTON, S.C.--()-- ClaimLogiq , a privately-owned healthcare payment integrity software and technology company, announced today that it has achieved Certified Microsoft Gold Partner status, Data Platform Competency. This certification places ClaimLogiq in an elite group of companies trusted for their security and data reliability.
REDMOND, Wash. - January 26, 2021 - Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended December 31, 2020, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year: Revenue was $43.1 billion and increased 17% Operating income was $17.9 billion and increased 29% Net income was $15.5 billion and increased 33% Diluted [...]
MicrosoftMicrosoft is testing a new way of delivering features to Windows 10 machines via the Windows Feature Experience Pack. Microsoft started experimenting with the Windows Feature Experience Pack along with the release of the May 2020 Windows 10 update last year.
ZDNetThe internet is buzzing over a new technology created by Microsoft developers that could make it possible to have a virtual conversation with a deceased loved one (well, kind of).
Dow component Microsoft Corporation ( MSFT) is trading at an all-time high near $238 in Wednesday's pre-market after beating fiscal second quarter 2021 top- and bottom-line estimates by wide margins and raising third quarter guidance.
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Shares of Alphabet, Facebook and other advertising-driven internet companies gained in extended trading on Tuesday after Microsoft's earnings report showed that its advertising businesses did better than expected.
Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. equity indexes rose during the overnight session Tuesday as Wall Street pored over earnings results from Microsoft and awaited similar updates from Apple, Facebook and Tesla due Wednesday. Nasdaq-100 futures outperformed with a gain of about 93 points, or 0.74%.
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Microsoft - Shares of the software giant popped more than 5% in after-hours trading after the company reported fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenues well ahead of analyst expectations.
(Image credit: rustam_shaimov / Shutterstock.com) Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S has helped propel Microsoft's gaming revenue up by 51%, as it became the company's best ever launch in its history.
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