EU could hand Amazon, Microsoft ‘gatekeeper’ title for cloud services

Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - The EU is also probing whether the DMA in its current state is effective to govern the cloud sector.Read more: EU could hand Amazon, Microsoft ‘gatekeeper’ title for cloud services

Back to Top / Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 8:20 am / permalink 16069 / 5 stories in 3 months

Microsoft Mitigated the Largest Cloud DDoS Ever Recorded, 15.7 Tbps

BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Security Affairs: On October 24, 2025, Azure DDoS Protection detected and mitigated a massive multi-vector attack peaking at 15.72 Tbps and 3.64 billion pps, the largest cloud DDoS ever recorded, aimed at a single …

Back to Top / Monday, November 17, 2025, 6:21 pm / permalink 16052 / 4 stories in 3 months

Microsoft Accelerates AI Chip Strategy by Licensing OpenAI’s Custom Hardware IP

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft is licensing proprietary chip and system designs from OpenAI to fast-track its in-house AI accelerators, a move confirmed by CEO Satya Nadella that deepens their partnership and aims to create a vertically integrated hardware stack.The post Micr…

Back to Top / Thursday, November 13, 2025, 7:20 am / permalink 15922 / 4 stories in 3 months

Microsoft Uncovers ‘Whisper Leak’ Flaw, Exposing Encrypted AI Chats Across 28 LLMs

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft researchers have detailed a new side-channel attack called “Whisper Leak” that can guess the topic of encrypted AI chats, exposing a fundamental privacy risk across the AI industry. In a report, the team showed how patterns in network traffic si…

Back to Top / Monday, November 10, 2025, 4:20 am / permalink 15825 / 3 stories in 3 months

Microsoft rebrands AI push as superintelligence

Marcus Schuler / implicator - Microsoft declares it's building "humanist superintelligence" to keep AI safe. Reality check: They're 2 years behind OpenAI, whose models they'll use until 2032. The safety pitch? Product differentiation for enterprise clients who fear runaway AI.

Back to Top / Thursday, November 6, 2025, 10:21 am / permalink 15728 / 11 stories in 4 months

Microsoft Store on the Web Adds Multi-App Install

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - The web version of the Microsoft Store quietly added the ability to select and install multiple Windows apps at once.The post Microsoft Store on the Web Adds Multi-App Install appeared first on Thurrott.com.

Back to Top / Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 5:20 pm / permalink 15709 / 4 stories in 4 months

Russian Hackers Abuse Hyper-V to Hide Malware and Evade Endpoint Detection

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Russian-linked hackers, Curly COMrades, are abusing Microsoft Hyper-V to deploy malware in hidden Linux VMs, bypassing EDR to conduct stealthy espionage.The post Russian Hackers Abuse Hyper-V to Hide Malware and Evade Endpoint Detection appeared first on …

Back to Top / Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 2:21 pm / permalink 15656 / 3 stories in 4 months

Windows 10 update incorrectly tells some users they've reached end-of-life, despite having extended support — Microsoft confirms message sent to Enterprise, Pro, and Education users in error

tomshardware - Users over the weekend reported seeing incorrect end-of-life messages on Windows 10 despite either being enrolled in the ESU program or running Enterprise/LTSC versions of the OS that are automatically set to receive security updates for a few more years.…

Back to Top / Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 9:21 am / permalink 15643 / 5 stories in 4 months

Microsoft AI Chief Warns Pursuing Machine Consciousness Is a Gigantic Waste of Time

Ece Yildirim / gizmodo - Suleyman thinks conscious AI is an "absurd" pursuit.

Back to Top / Monday, November 3, 2025, 10:21 am / permalink 15617 / 6 stories in 4 months

Microsoft Inks $9.7 Billion AI Infrastructure Deal With IREN in New Outsourcing Push

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft continues its AI infrastructure outsourcing strategy, signing a $9.7 billion, five-year deal with IREN for NVIDIA GB300 GPU cloud capacity.The post Microsoft Inks $9.7 Billion AI Infrastructure Deal With IREN in New Outsourcing Push appeared fir…

Back to Top / Monday, November 3, 2025, 7:20 am / permalink 15608 / 7 stories in 4 months

Microsoft gets a rare U.S. export license for UAE AI chips

Robert Brown / implicator - Microsoft won the first Trump-era export license to ship advanced Nvidia chips to the UAE, clearing a path for billions in data center spending. The trade: chip access for binding oversight that converts private infrastructure into alliance architecture.

Back to Top / Monday, November 3, 2025, 7:20 am / permalink 15607 / 5 stories in 4 months

Windows 11 tests shared Bluetooth audio support, but only for AI PCs

Mayank Parmar / bleepingcomputer - If you have two headphones, speakers, earbuds, or any other Bluetooth hardware, you can now use both simultaneously on a Copilot+ PC. [...]

Back to Top / Friday, October 31, 2025, 4:20 pm / permalink 15578 / 6 stories in 4 months

Windows 11’s October Preview Update Has Task Manager Duplication Issue

Laurent Giret / thurrott - The optional October preview update for Windows 11 comes with an unexpected Task Manager duplication bug that may slow down PCs.The post Windows 11’s October Preview Update Has Task Manager Duplication Issue appeared first on Thurrott.com.

Back to Top / Friday, October 31, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 15571 / 4 stories in 4 months

Microsoft Azure Meltdown Exposes Critical Cloud Risk

Datamation Staff / datamation - The outage disrupted major products from Xbox Live and Microsoft 365 to critical systems used by airlines, banks, and retailers.

Back to Top / Thursday, October 30, 2025, 9:21 am / permalink 15539 / 4 stories in 4 months

Microsoft powers past estimates on a day its cloud stumbled, but shares still slip

Shannon Carroll / qz - Microsoft beat expectations with $77.7 billion in revenue and a 40% Azure surge, but shares slipped after hours as investors seemed fixated on margins

Back to Top / Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 15527 / 9 stories in 4 months