ai and cloud

Xbox appointed industry analyst Matthew Ball as chief strategy officer and named Microsoft Azure AI infrastructure veteran Scott Van Vliet as chief technology officer in May 2026, according to internal communications reported by games-industry outlets. The hires are not just résumé trivia inside...

Microsoft appears to be taking a familiar Silicon Valley-style approach to an old problem: reduce headcount without calling it a layoff, while claiming the move will improve the business. According to reporting from The Register, the company has offered a voluntary buyout program to a slice of...

Stellantis is making a deliberate bet that software, data, and AI will now shape the car company as much as engines and manufacturing ever did. Its five-year strategic collaboration with Microsoft, announced on April 16, 2026, is framed as a broad digital transformation push spanning employee...