The Latest Breaking News from Microsoft

Why Microsoft Looks Like the Best Big Tech Trade for H2 2026

MSFT is down 20% in the first half of 2026, but a 22.9x forward P/E, 40% Azure growth, and stabilizing technicals point to a potential second-half reversal.

MarketBeat · Jul 5

Consumer Tech (June 29-July 2): Microsoft Announces Layoffs, Meta & Google Sued In Several States & More

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Benzinga · Jul 5

Windows 11 version 26H2 is packed with surprising upgrades, and these 7 features might change how you use your PC

I picked the 7 Windows 11 version 26H2 features that matter most, from Start menu improvements to better search, security, and updates.

Windows Central · Jul 5

Data Center Leases Top $850 Billion as Meta, Microsoft, Oracle Lead Record AI Infrastructure Spending

U.S. tech companies increased their commitments for data center leases to over $850 billion in the first quarter of 2026, setting a record high in the race to build artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Benzinga · Jul 5

Microsoft backtracks on 16GB RAM rule with new 8GB Surface

Microsoft has updated its buyer's guidance for its latest Microsoft Surface devices, stating that 8GB of RAM is sufficient for running Windows 11, backpedalling on its previous insistence that 16GB was the new baseline for modern computing.

Bangkok Post · Jul 5

Quote of the day by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on women asking for a raise: 'It’s about knowing and having faith in the system' — a controversial gaffe that led to an immediate reversal

The technology industry has long struggled with equalising the contributions of men and women — with women vastly underpaid relative to men

TechRadar · Jul 4

'Advances in quantum research and development have shifted the risk horizon': Microsoft says it is ramping up its quantum computing security work

Microsoft plans a broad post-quantum migration by 2029 as concerns over future decryption risks increase globally.

TechRadar · Jul 4

Kyndryl and Microsoft Team Up on Cloud Sovereignty. Don’t Count on This Being a Game-Changer for KD Stock.

Kyndryl Holdings expanded its Sovereignty Solutioning partnership with Microsoft to deliver compliant, data-residency-focused cloud and AI workloads across Azure public cloud and Azure Local for hybrid environments.

Barchart · Jul 4

Meta data center water discharges suspended after contaminating the city's reclamation water supply with bacterium — system offline for months for cleaning, closed-loop cooling system purge spread rare metal-resistant bacteria in Cheyenne’s water system

Fill-and-flush is a commissioning step whereby crews fill a cooling loop's piping with water and flush it to clear debris before the system is run.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 4

Gamers push back: 71% say they’re not ready to let physical games die as PlayStation and Xbox move toward a digital-only future”

Windows Central readers overwhelmingly opposed the move away from physical games, with 71% saying they'll miss buying discs. Community discussions focused on ownership, preservation, consumer choice, and whether optional disc drives or Xbox's reported Positron system could provide a compromis

Windows Central · Jul 4