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Why Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella and Shantanu Narayen Built Their Careers Outside India

When Indians see familiar names leading companies like Google, Microsoft and Adobe, pride feels natural. These leaders were educated in Indian institutions, shaped by Indian classrooms and mentors. Yet their rise to the top happened thousands of miles away. To understand why, we must look not at emotion, but at…

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Microsoft protest over Israel ties leads to 18 arrests at Redmond campus — police say protesters “became aggressive”

At least 18 protesters were arrested at Microsoft headquarters after police said the group became aggressive during Israel genocide protests.

Windows Central

Microsoft employees among 18 activists arrested for Gaza protest outside of tech giant’s HQ

‘Current workers, former workers, and community members were hog-tied, violently dragged, and pepper-sprayed,’ according to organizers No Azure for Apartheid

The Independent UK

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Report: Microsoft's 2025 layoffs revolve around its desperate $80 billion AI infrastructure investment

The Redmond giant has laid off over 15,000 people in 2025, and a report claims it's all in the name of freeing up spending money to invest more heavily in AI infrastructure, as Microsoft closes in on NVIDIA as most valuable company.

Windows Central

Microsoft 50th Anniversary Copilot Event: The latest AI announcements from Redmond

We're live from Microsoft's campus in Redmond, Washington, at Microsoft's 50th Anniversary + Copilot event, reporting the latest news on AI.

Windows Central

Microsoft plans special CrowdStrike meeting, hoping to prevent another mass outage

CrowdStrike, other firms and government officials will meet in Redmond, Washington, for the Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit to discuss how to prevent another incident.

Fortune

At least 66 members of far-right group in rural Oregon standing for office

Revealed: anti-government People’s Rights Network, founded by Ammon Bundy, appearing to follow ‘entryism’ strategy

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Microsoft May 2024 live blog: Surface updates, Copilot+PCs and more

We're live blogging Microsoft's 2024 AI event from Redmond, Washington

Tom’s Hardware

Calibri dumped as Microsoft's default font — here's what the new typeface looks like

Calibri has been the default font for Microsoft Office apps for years now, but the Redmond-based tech giant is ready for a change. Which font will replace Calibri?

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Schoolboy, 10, stuns council meeting with stirring speech on racism he has suffered

Gavin Alston, a fourth-grader in Redmond, Oregon, made the speech after a dead raccoon was found outside the mayor’s office

The Independent UK

Microsoft to bring Copilot, an AI personal assistant, to Windows

Microsoft will integrate a ChatGPT-like system, called "Windows Copilot," in all PC apps, the Redmond, Washington-based tech giant announced Tuesday. The Copilot will be available for Windows 11 as a preview in June.

Tribune News Service

Report: Microsoft Threatens to Restrict Data from Rival AI Search Tools

Microsoft Corp has threatened to cut off access to its internet-search data, which it licenses to rival search engines, if they do not stop using it as the basis for their own artificial intelligence chat products, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The company has told at least two customers that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Baidu unveils 'Ernie' AI, but can it compete with Western AI rivals?

Chinese tech giant Baidu has announced its own generative AI chatbot, known as Ernie Bot, in a press conference that aimed to put the firm on a competitive footing with OpenAI and Microsoft. Ernie Bot is a large language model (LLM) that has been in development at Baidu for some…

IT Pro

Orange Cyberdefense collaborates with Microsoft to release two new managed services

Cyber security services provider Orange Cyberdefense has announced the launch of two new managed security services to complement Microsoft 365 Defender’s existing capabilities. Customers across all sectors can now bolster their security setups with new Managed Workspace Protection for Microsoft 365 Defender, and Managed Threat Detection (XDR) for Microsoft 365…

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Podcaster and husband allegedly killed by stalker in Washington state

Zohreh Sadeghi, 33, and Mohammed Naseri, 35, found dead along with Texas trucker Ramin Khodakaramrezaei who died by suicide

Tribune News Service

Couple and suspected stalker dead after home invasion in Redmond, Wash.

REDMOND, Wash. — A suspected stalker killed a Redmond couple in their home early Friday morning before killing himself, police said.

Tribune News Service

Microsoft cuts another 689 Seattle-area jobs amid cost reductions

Microsoft laid off another 689 workers from its Seattle-area offices Monday, the latest move by the Redmond, Washington-based tech giant to trim costs amid an industrywide post-pandemic slump.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Microsoft Adds New Bing to Windows Computers in Effort to Roll out AI

Microsoft Corp on Tuesday started adding its recently upgraded Bing search engine to its Windows computer software, aiming to put artificial intelligence (AI) at the fingertips of hundreds of millions of people. The Windows 11 update, Microsoft's latest in a flurry of product revamps this month, shows how the Redmond,…

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Microsoft to add AI features to Bing and Edge in growing tech rivalry

Microsoft will add artificial intelligence-powered features, including chat, to its search engine, Bing, and its browser Edge, the software giant announced at a day-long event at its Redmond campus on Tuesday. The move signals the importance tech companies have recently placed on AI.

Daily Mirror

Elderly man dies after first suspected deadly kangaroo attack in 86 years

It is understood the man was keeping the wild kangaroo as a pet before it turned on him and attacked with fatal consequences in Redmond, 400km from Perth, Australia

Evening Standard

Man killed by kangaroo he was keeping as pet in Western Australia

The 77-year-old man was found by a relative with ‘serious injuries’ on his property in the town of Redmond

RideApart

Ural Restarts Production At New Facility In Kazakhstan

In an effort to resume production, Ural opened a new facility in Kazakhstan and says that new bikes will ship soon.

RideApart

First-Ever Overland Expo Pacific Northwest Draws Big Crowds

Overland Expo held its first Pacific Northwest (PNW) event at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond, Oregon, on July 8-11, 2022.

Tribune News Service

In its campus rebuild, Microsoft hopes to ditch ‘know-it-all’ culture, pivot to ‘learn it all’

When Microsoft first started to build its Redmond, Washington campus in the 1980s, it used three things to entice workers: free soda, a lax dress code and private offices.

Benzinga

Triumph Secures Next Generation Jammer Production Contracts From Raytheon

Triumph Group Inc (NYSE:TGI) has secured a multi-year contract from Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies Corp (NYSE:RTX) business, to deliver air inlet and exhaust electro-mechanical door actuators and an advanced electronic control system for the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) pod. Financial terms were not disclosed. The contract covers LRIP lots I…

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