Is it better to work with a "mediocre" nice person or a "brilliant" jerk?
LIGHTFIELD STUDIOS - stock.adobe.com Most people have been there: stuck between the cowo...
How Microsoft is empowering Frontier Transformation with Intelligence + Trust
At Microsoft Ignite in November, we introduced Frontier Transformation — a holistic reimagining of business aligning AI with human ambition to help organization...
From idea to deployment: The complete lifecycle of AI on display at Ignite 2025
By now, most people would agree that AI is in the process of fundamentally changing how we work and solve problems. But this technology is still too often thoug...
Asha Sharma named EVP and CEO, Microsoft Gaming
Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, and members of his executive team shared the following communications with employees today. SATYA NADELLA MESSAGE Gaming has b...
Small lies that parents tell to make their kids' lives smoother and more magical
Prostock-studio - stock.adobe.com Parenting is mostly about keeping tiny humans alive. B...
7 video game franchises that aren't living up to their fullest potential
DC Studio - stock.adobe.com Building a beloved video game franchise is one of...
Maia 200: The AI accelerator built for inference
Today, we’re proud to introduce Maia 200, a breakthrough inference accelerator engineered to dramatically improve the economics of AI token generation. Maia 200...
7 under-the-radar TV shows that are actually masterpieces
Gorodenkoff - stock.adobe.com In the age of streaming services with algorithmic feeds an...
Passengers reveal the absolute worst seatmates they've ever endured on a flight
Have a nice day - stock.adobe.com Flying is already a test of patience, but the person ...
Microsoft announces acquisition of Osmos to accelerate autonomous data engineering in Fabric
Today, Microsoft is announcing the acquisition of Osmos, an agentic AI data engineering platform designed to help simplify complex and time-consuming data workf...
Infinite scale: The architecture behind the Azure AI superfactory
Today, we are unveiling the next Fairwater site of Azure AI datacenters in Atlanta, Georgia. This purpose-built datacenter is connected to our first Fairwater s...
7 silly travel hacks that are actually genius
wavebreak3 - stock.adobe.com You can spend hours planning itineraries and pac...
Updates in two of our core priorities
Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, posted the below message to employees on Viva Engage this morning. I am excited to share a couple updates in two of our core pr...
GB curlers denied Olympic gold at death yet again
Bruce Mouat's rink are unable to end a 102-year wait for a men's Winter Olympic curling gold - and vanquish their own disappointment from 2022 - as Canada deny ...
Killing of nationalist student leaves French far left in deep trouble as elections loom
Far-left militants are suspected of being behind Quentin Deranque's death and the party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon is being widely condemned.
A 13-year-old dies after participating in a Benadryl TikTok 'challenge'
A 13-year-old in Ohio has died after "he took a bunch of Benadryl," trying a dangerous TikTok challenge that's circulating online, according to a CNN affiliate ...
Microsoft, NVIDIA and Anthropic announce strategic partnerships
Anthropic to scale Claude on Azure Anthropic to adopt NVIDIA architecture NVIDIA and Microsoft to invest in Anthropic Today Microsoft, NVIDIA and Anthropic anno...
Undocumented immigrants are paying their taxes today, too
It's a surprising fact that's often overlooked in the immigration debate.
How did Sudan go from casting off despotic rule to this?
Four years ago, almost to the day, the people of Sudan were celebrating a revolution after overthrowing longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir. Now the East African c...
Judge in Fox News-Dominion defamation trial: 'The parties have resolved their case'
The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems.