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Cancellations, Anger, and Frantic Subscription Stacking — the Internet Reacts to Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass Price Hike

As the dust settled on Microsoft’s shock price rise for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which jumped 50% from $19.99 to $29.99 in the U.S. in what amounts to an extra $120 a year, fans reacted with a mixture ...
CNET

Microsoft Build 2026: How to Watch, What to Expect

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...
Microsoft

Microsoft Confirms Saudi Arabia Datacenter Region Available for Customers to Run Cloud Workloads from Q4 2026

Microsoft today confirmed that customers will be able to run cloud workloads from its Saudi Arabia East datacenter region from Q4 2026, marking a major milestone in the company’s long-term investment ...
The Verge

Here’s what Microsoft is offering long-serving employees to voluntarily retire

Some Microsoft employees will be offered a package of healthcare, cash, and stock vesting if they voluntarily retire. Some Microsoft employees will be offered a package of healthcare, cash, and stock ...
Computer Weekly

Microsoft pitches introduction of 365 E7 as a channel opportunity

Microsoft has described the introduction of 365 E7, which become effective from today, as an opportunity for its channel partners. The firm outlined plans back in March to move to a value-based ...
Microsoft

Microsoft deepens its commitment to Japan with $10 billion investment in AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and workforce

Microsoft today announced a $10 billion (approx. ¥1.6 trillion) investment in Japan from 2026 through 2029, built around three pillars: Technology, Trust, and Talent. The commitments include expanding ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft keeps insisting that it’s deeply committed to the quality of Windows 11

If you were eating in a restaurant and the head chef came out from the back multiple times to loudly proclaim that the kitchen was deeply committed to the quality of the food, would you find that ...
Forbes

Microsoft Confirms SQL Zero-Day Security Vulnerability—Here’s The Fix

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Microsoft Security Response Center has confirmed that a SQL Server elevation of ...
CNBC

Microsoft faces uphill climb to turn enterprise dominance into widespread AI chatbot adoption

At Microsoft's annual Ignite conference this week, IT buyers explained why Microsoft isn't seeing runaway success with its Copilot AI assistant. Microsoft started selling the commercial version of 365 ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft Defender mistakenly flags SQL Server as end-of-life

Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that causes its Defender for Endpoint enterprise endpoint security platform to incorrectly tag SQL Server software as end-of-life. According to a service ...
CNBC

Microsoft adds Anthropic AI model to Copilot assistant, diversifying from OpenAI

Microsoft is expanding its collaboration with Anthropic to bring the startup's Claude artificial intelligence models into the Microsoft 365 Copilot assistant for businesses. Users of the Researcher ...