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‘Everyone is a stakeholder’ in AI, Microsoft CEO says

He acknowledges that job displacement can occur as a result of the technoloy

This will be the first sweeping change under Asha Sharma, who became CEO of Xbox in February.

Microsoft’s Xbox plans significant layoffs as it transforms under new CEO

The layoffs are expected shortly after the close of the company’s fiscal year on Jun 30, according to sources

Microsoft’s approach to quantum computing relies on quasiparticles known as Majoranas, which had not been proven to exist until Microsoft claimed to have observed them.

Microsoft reveals new quantum chip made with AI, says it will have systems by 2029

The new target date puts the company on track to have quantum computers the same year as rival IBM

The initiative aims to marry Microsoft’s AI products and its engineering expertise with EY’s industry knowledge and change management skills.

Microsoft and EY to spend US$1 billion to help clients adopt AI

TECHNOLOGY giant Microsoft and consulting firm EY are partnering to spend more than US$1 billion to encourage their clients to launch major artificial intelligence projects.

More than three years into a bull market fuelled by excitement about AI, two key pillars remain intact: Big Tech profit growth continues to outpace the rest of the market, and the flow of money into AI infrastructure keeps growing.

Big Tech earnings show split between AI trade winners and losers

The artificial intelligence boom is alive and well, but investors are getting more granular

The world’s largest software maker has been rushing to bake AI into its cloud services and applications such as the Copilot assistant.

Microsoft cloud growth fails to ease investors’ AI concerns

Twenty million customers are now paying for Copilot, the company’s flagship AI application, up from 15 million in the prior quarter

Even the mere prospect of a leak will put Anthropic under unrelenting scrutiny over its fitness as a custodian of a system as powerful as Mythos, says the writer.
THINKING ALOUD

Anthropic risks shooting itself in the foot with Mythos

The AI firm might have bitten off more code than it can chew

As part of the deal, the world’s largest software maker will no longer pay a revenue share on OpenAI products it resells on its cloud.

OpenAI breaks free from exclusive AI pact with Microsoft

New products from the artificial intelligence startup will still be made available first on cloud unit Azure

Earlier this year, higher-than-expected capital spending spooked investors and helped send Magnificent Seven stocks into a tailspin, falling 16% in the first three months of 2026.

Big Tech’s US$16 trillion earnings week is make-or-break for rally

Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta are set to report their results on Wednesday

Meta employees have spent much of the year fretting about job cuts, which already hit the Reality Labs division and other teams.

Meta, Microsoft plan cuts, buyouts that may affect 23,000 jobs

Both companies have instituted several rounds of layoffs in recent years