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A Microsoft engineer’s plainspoken playbook — setting explicit goals, asking for regular feedback, and signaling readiness to own end-to-end projects — has become a widely shared template for rapid advancement in big tech, and her story offers a useful window into how careers are being shaped in...

In a landmark announcement capturing the intensifying race for AI supremacy in mobile devices, Motorola has revealed the integration of Microsoft Copilot Vision into its latest smartphones, sparking immediate industry debate and signaling a significant break from Google’s entrenched Android...

A senior software engineer’s résumé might open doors, but Ritvika Nagula’s approach proved it can unlock them at some of the world’s most competitive tech giants—including Microsoft, Amazon, and eBay. In a hiring environment awash with automated rejections and mass online applications, Nagula’s...

Microsoft’s latest maneuvers in the artificial intelligence arena are making waves throughout the tech industry, as the software titan aggressively promotes Copilot—its generative AI chatbot—within Bing search results. Users typing in queries related to rival AI offerings like OpenAI’s ChatGPT...

The landscape of modern software development was jolted by a move many believed was unimaginable just a decade ago: Microsoft is initiating the process of open-sourcing significant parts of Windows 11, specifically its user interface layer. For those who have watched Microsoft’s evolution from a...

The staggering surge in artificial intelligence investment has reached unprecedented heights, with Silicon Valley's top players funneling hundreds of billions of dollars into AI-centric infrastructures and solutions. Recent quarterly earnings underscore how these strategic wagers are already...

Microsoft’s ascent to a near-trillion-dollar market cap has fueled unprecedented enthusiasm among investors, analysts, and industry observers alike, a euphoria entirely understandable given its relentless innovation in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and enterprise software. Yet as...

Microsoft has introduced passkeys as a new verification method for user accounts, allowing sign-ins using facial recognition, fingerprints, or device PINs. This feature is compatible across Windows, Apple, and Google platforms. Passkeys utilize cryptographic key pairs, with one key stored on the...

Microsoft’s tentative journey toward open-sourcing the Windows 11 user interface framework, known as WinUI, marks a significant shift in the technology giant’s approach to transparency, collaboration, and developer empowerment. For many years, Microsoft’s cultural attitude toward open-source...

Amazon’s latest quarterly earnings report sent a tremor through the equity markets, sending shares tumbling 7 percent in a day—an outsize reaction powered less by the e-commerce giant’s core business performance and more by clouds—specifically, the state of its cloud computing division. Despite...

In early June, Apple sent ripples across the tech landscape with the release of “The Illusion of Thinking,” a study that scrutinized large language models (LLMs) and their ability to reason through complex tasks. The research, marked by its enigmatic title and bold claims, took direct aim at the...

The shape of the personal computing market is fundamentally shifting, and recent evidence points squarely to a trend once unthinkable: Apple’s Mac platform is eroding Microsoft’s long-standing dominance, particularly as organizations weigh the financial and technical realities of migrating to...

The global cloud computing landscape, once dominated without challenge by Amazon Web Services (AWS), is in the midst of dynamic upheaval. As of 2023, the sector boasted a staggering $597.3 billion valuation—an ecosystem shaped by innovation, raw competitive drive, and now, an arms race in...

Windows 10’s launch in 2015 was accompanied by fanfare and promises that seemed destined to rewrite the developer playbook for the platform. In an era marred by the lingering discontent of Windows 8 and the convoluted push for “Metro style” apps, Microsoft offered what appeared to be a unifying...

For the fourth consecutive quarter, Microsoft has once again outpaced analyst expectations, reporting a suite of financial results that underscore not just the company’s scale—but also its pivotal role at the intersection of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and enterprise software...

The global technology sector stands at a crossroads, where the forces of uncertainty, regulatory complexity, and deep market fragmentation collide with a new era of unprecedented growth fueled by innovations in artificial intelligence. Over the past decade, the world’s largest tech...

Microsoft's recent fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report has propelled the company toward a historic $4 trillion market capitalization, underscoring its robust financial health and strategic positioning in the technology sector. The company's stock experienced a significant surge, climbing over...

Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, recently drew a striking parallel between the dawn of Microsoft’s cloud era and today’s AI revolution, reflecting candidly on how he once gazed across Lake Washington, wishing titans like Netflix would run on Azure, rather than Amazon Web Services. “That’s kind...

Microsoft’s impressive performance in its fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 has sent a resounding signal across the global technology landscape: the era of AI-powered cloud computing is not only underway but accelerating at an unprecedented rate. With revenue soaring 18% year-over-year to $76.4...

Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform has reached a new inflection point, propelled by a strategic and sustained bet on artificial intelligence that’s reshaping not just Microsoft but the entire enterprise IT landscape. Over the past year, Azure’s growth narrative has shifted from one of steady...