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As CoreWeave gears up for $35 bn IPO, Microsoft delivers it a major blow

Deals with Microsoft represented 62 per cent of CoreWeave's total revenues last year. The tech giant has pulled out from some of its deals with the company over delivery issues and missed deadlines

Microsoft shuts down Skype to prioritise Teams

The platform has struggled to keep up with easier-to-use and more reliable rivals such as Zoom and Salesforce's Slack in recent years. The decline was partly because Skype's underlying technology was not suited for the smartphone era

Microsoft prepares itself to host OpenAI's GPT-5 and other models, as AI competition increases

GPT-5 is expected to be a major milestone for OpenAI, combining multiple AI tech into one seamless system. Microsoft is expected to launch GPT-5 integration around its Build developer conference, around May 19. The timing aligns with Google I/O, which will take place the same week

Microsoft unveils new chip that could make quantum computing go mainstream in just few years

At the core of Microsoft’s breakthrough is the world’s first “topoconductor,” a new material that isn’t a solid, liquid, or gas. This unique property allows for the creation of quantum systems that are more stable and scalable than current fragile designs

Microsoft can't crack VR headset that it was designing for the US military, to hand off project to Anduril

At its current price of $80,000 per headset, the device is far from affordable for large-scale deployment. The US Army is possibly looking to order up to 121,000 units, but before that happens, the headset must pass a rigorous combat test later this year

People who use a lot of AI for work are losing critical thinking skills, finds Microsoft study

Microsoft's survey of 319 knowledge workers across various industries. Participants shared nearly 1,000 examples of how they used AI in their jobs. Many respondents admitted that when they trusted AI’s output, they engaged less critically with the task at hand

Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta to spend well over $300 billion on AI in 2025, fearing China

Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet each saw sharp stock declines following their fourth-quarter earnings reports, which revealed steep increases in AI-related capital spending. Microsoft and Google’s market values dropped by $200 billion as their cloud divisions reported weaker growth

Amazon, Microsoft say they can’t keep up with AI demand, could face capacity constraints

Despite Amazon's plans to invest nearly $100 billion in cloud infrastructure this year, CEO Andy Jassy has cautioned that delays in accessing hardware constraints may hinder growth. Microsoft is facing similar issues, having reported that a shortage of data centres

Will 2025 be another year of layoffs?

Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook are among a number of companies that have all handed out pink slips in January. Around 7,000 employees have already been fired this year across the world in over two dozen firms. So, will 2025 be another year of layoffs?

Microsoft reports 10% quarterly profit growth, investors dismayed by AI performance, left wanting for more

Despite the overall positive results, Microsoft’s shares dropped by 5 per cent in after-hours trading on Wednesday. The decline came after a broader sell-off in tech stocks, spurred by growing concerns about the rise of Chinese startup DeepSeek and its newly launched AI model