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BusinessMicrosoft reveals new AI PCs as it battles Apple, Google

Microsoft has introduced new software and computers infused with artificial intelligence features — stepping up its efforts to out-compete Alphabet’s Google and Apple in the dawning AI age.

Dina Bass and Matt Day

The tech giants offered up starkly different assessments of just how much disruption is in store for the market.

Next big thingMicrosoft, Alphabet chart different paths on AI disruption

Rivals Microsoft and Google both see artificial intelligence as the key to controlling the lucrative search engine market

Julia Love, Dina Bass and Davey Alba

Earlier, Microsoft had reported quarterly sales that topped $US50 billion ($69b) for the first time and profit that exceeded analysts’ estimates, fuelled by cloud, gaming and Windows software.

Big potentialMicrosoft’s shares rise as forecast focuses on cloud growth

Microsoft shares rose in late trading after the software giant gave a forecast that reassured investors the company’s Azure cloud-computing business still has potential to drive growth.

Dina Bass

Microsoft shares fell in late trading after the company reported decreased demand for Azure corporate cloud-computing services.

Losing steamMicrosoft’s slowing cloud growth casts shadow over report

Microsoft shares fell in late trading after the software giant reported decelerating demand for Azure corporate cloud-computing services, sparking concern about the company’s growth.

Dina Bass

Under scrutinyMicrosoft hires law firm to review Gates probe

Microsoft, responding to a push from shareholders, has hired a law firm to review its sexual harassment and gender discrimination policies and scrutinise a 2019 board investigation of co-founder Bill Gates.

Dina Bass

Microsoft said revenue climbed 22 per cent.

Cloud computingMicrosoft revenue climbs to $US45.3b

Microsoft’s cloud-based software helped drive robust sales and profit growth, which topped analysts’ estimates for an 11th straight quarter.

Microsoft declined to comment Monday except to confirm the Journal’s reporting.

Email trailMicrosoft warned Bill Gates about flirting in 2008

Microsoft executives in 2008 warned Bill Gates to stop sending flirtatious emails to a female employee but dropped the matter after he told them he would stop, the company has revealed.

Velrada chief executive Robert Evans, second right, with fellow company founders, from left, Dominic Nolan, Jen Evans and Saul Sabath.

Expansion on horizonVelrada eyes float option

Fresh off the back of running logistics for the G7 summit in the UK last month, the Perth-based company is considering how best to raise $15 million to $20 million to launch a US business.

Danielle Le Messurier

Microsoft’s market value now tops $US2 trillion, and the high-flying shares have led investors to expect results to outdistance projections by a wide margin.

Azure jittersMicrosoft tops estimates with $62.7b final quarter

Microsoft has reported sales and profit that exceeded analysts’ estimates for a 10th-straight quarter, sending shares higher.

Dina Bass

Microsoft has released Windows 11, its first major update in six years.

Next generationMicrosoft releases Windows 11

Microsoft has revealed a new-look Windows operating system which has the Start button and menu moved to the centre of the screen.

Matt O'Brien

Microsoft has gained 19 per cent so far this year, outperforming Apple and Amazon as investors piled into the stock.

Elite companyMicrosoft joins Apple in exclusive $US2 trillion club

Microsoft took its place in the history books as just the second US public company to reach a $US2 trillion market value, buoyed by its dominance in cloud computing and enterprise software.

Ryan Vlastelica and Dina Bass

Bill Gates and Melinda Gates announced their divorce earlier this month.

Shares transferredMicrosoft board had Gates probed for relationship

Microsoft’s directors started a probe into Bill Gates’s alleged involvement with a female employee that was deemed inappropriate, it has been reported.

Linus Chua

Bill and Melinda Gates have announced they are ending their marriage.

Separate waysBill Gates and wife Melinda announce divorce

Billionaire Bill Gates and his wife Melinda are ending their marriage, saying they can "no longer grow together as a couple" after 27 years.

Sally Ho

COVID-19 restrictions have limited travel and trips to physical stores, two key areas of Google’s search business.

New worldGoogle booming with travel and retail ads

Google’s results, showing a surge in ad sales related to travel and retail, have offered a glimpse of online spending in a post-pandemic world.

Nico Grant

Researchers say in the final phases of the attack, the hackers appeared to have automated the process, scooping up tens of thousands of new victims around the world in a matter of days.

Under attackHackers breach thousands of Microsoft customers

A sophisticated attack on Microsoft’s widely used business email software is morphing into a global cybersecurity crisis.

William Turton and Jordan Robertson

Bing it on!Microsoft says Bing can fill void if Google departs Aus

Microsoft says it supports new laws which will force tech giants to pay media companies and is investing to improve its search engine following threats from Google to exit the Australian market.

Annabel Hennessy

WFH boostMicrosoft keeps chugging as pandemic continues

Microsoft’s business continued chugging ahead in 2020, powered by ongoing demand for its workplace software and cloud computing services as people worked from home.

Cybersecurity experts and US officials suspect Russia was behind the hack.

Stunning breachSerious Microsoft hacking worse than first suspected

Microsoft Corp. said the suspected Russian hackers behind the stunning breach of numerous US Government agencies also accessed the company’s internal source code