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1. Microsoft Agent Framework Harness and Hosted Agents Reach General Availability

   InfoQ · 2026-08-03

   Microsoft's Agent Framework now ships a supported runtime. Build 2026 brought the Agent Harness, the GitHub Copilot and

2. A security researcher built a self-spreading worm that hides inside Word docs and hijacks Microsoft Copilot

   The Decoder · 2026-08-01

   A security researcher has demonstrated a worm-like attack on Microsoft Copilot for Word: invisible prompt injections hidden in documents spread automatically into new files every

3. Why your Windows installation files keep getting bigger - AI is filling up smaller drives

   ZDNet · 2026-08-01

   It's not your imagination. Microsoft's ISO downloads for Windows have been creeping up in size. It might even be fair to call them bloated.

4. Flint: A Visualization Language for the AI Era

   Hacker News · 2026-08-01

   Microsoft Research has introduced Flint, a declarative visualization language designed to simplify the creation of complex charts for AI-driven data analysis.

5. Microsoft Keeps Data Center Spending Steady While Peers Ramp Up AI Plans

   Bloomberg · 2026-07-31

   The stock jumped after the company balanced spending on AI with increasing cloud revenue

6. Microsoft Owns a Piece of OpenAI and Still Built its Own Image Model.

   Towards AI · 2026-07-31

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7. Amazon, Microsoft Results Show AI Spending Spree Remains Solid

   Bloomberg · 2026-07-31

   Aggressive AI spending plans by Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc. provided fresh evidence that demand for chips and related equipment will remain strong

8. Microsoft Wins, Meta Faces Questions, Qualcomm Sees Supply Chain Challenges | Bloomberg Tech

   Bloomberg · 2026-07-30

   Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down big tech's earnings, with Microsoft soaring on cloud growth as its AI gets traction

9. Google says it fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI

   TechCrunch · 2026-07-30

   As experts have warned for the last two years, some companies — like Microsoft and now Google — are finding and patching an exponential number of bugs in their products

10. Microsoft's AI Story Is Still Being Discovered, Says Goldman

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-30

    Gabriela Borges, Goldman Sachs managing director and senior software equity research analyst, joins Bloomberg after raising her price target on Microsoft

11. Goldman Says Microsoft Shows Wall Street How AI Bet Pays Off

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-30

    Microsoft Corp. is giving investors clearer signs that it has multiple ways to turn its artificial-intelligence investment into revenue, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

12. Microsoft's Goldilocks AI Quarter

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-30

    Microsoft's blockbuster earnings sparked a major rally as TD Cowen's Derrick Wood joins Bloomberg TV to explain why this was the perfect "Goldilocks" quarter.

13. Microsoft AI bets on cheap specialist models instead of chasing the frontier

    The Decoder · 2026-07-30

    Microsoft AI is betting on small specialist models instead of expensive general-purpose ones, according to AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman.

14. Gilbert: Meta On Hyperscaler Spend Without the Business

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-30

    Microsoft shares surged in late trading after better-than-expected 4Q earnings, helped by continued strength in cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

15. Microsoft is openly competing with OpenAI, Anthropic more than ever

    TechCrunch · 2026-07-30

    Microsoft pitched its own homegrown AI models, harnesses, and even a Mythos competitor on Wednesday, telling Wall Street it plans for continued growth.

16. Microsoft logs $3.2B from Anthropic investment, but OpenAI was a mixed bag

    TechCrunch · 2026-07-29

    When Microsoft reported killer fourth-quarter earnings for its fiscal 2026 year (which ended June 30), it tucked in an interesting little tidbit about how its investments in the

17. Microsoft confirms Copilot ‘super app’ coming this year

    The Verge · 2026-07-29

    Microsoft is working on an AI "super app" that combines Copilot's chat, coding, and agentic capabilities.

18. Microsoft’s Cloud Accelerates to Fastest Growth Since 2022

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-29

    Microsoft cloud unit grew at the fastest pace in four years, suggesting that the company’s computing infrastructure and artificial intelligence services continue to make inroads

19. Microsoft Reports Over $130 Billion in New Data Center Leases

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-29

    Microsoft Corp. reported more than $130 billion in new data center leases in the past quarter, signaling an accelerating pace of spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure.

20. Goldman Pitches $5.4 Billion Debt for Microsoft-Tied Data Center

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-29

    Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is gauging investor appetite for a potential $5.4 billion debt offering to help fund a Blackstone-backed QTS data center tied to Microsoft Corp.

21. Microsoft’s Cloud Accelerates to Fastest Growth Since 2022

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-29

    Microsoft Corp.’s cloud unit grew at the fastest clip in four years and the pace is accelerating, suggesting the company’s AI and computing services are making inroads with

22. Anthropic is finding bugs faster than Microsoft can fix them

    Ars Technica · 2026-07-29

    Microsoft is on a mad dash behind the scenes to patch exploits before hackers find them.

23. AI Spending In Focus for Meta, Microsoft Earnings

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-29

    Gil Luria of DA Davidson says Microsoft will be the key company to watch during this earnings season and it all has to do with spending on artificial intelligence and capex.

24. How to remap the Windows 11 Copilot key and restore your missing Right Ctrl button

    ZDNet · 2026-07-29

    Pressing the Copilot key on your laptop keyboard launches Copilot. But whether or not you use Microsoft's AI, you can remap the key to trigger a different feature.

25. Microsoft Faces UK Probe Over Copilot-Linked Price Hikes

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-29

    The UK’s consumer and antitrust watchdog is investigating whether Microsoft Corp. misled customers into paying more for its productivity tools software subscriptions after adding

26. Microsoft, Meta Earnings Face a Market Growing Skeptical of AI

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-29

    Microsoft Corp. and Meta Platforms Inc. are about to test investors’ diminishing patience for Big Tech’s profligate spending on artificial intelligence and the dwindling cash

27. AI leaders sign a statement asking the government to do something about automated AI

    The Verge · 2026-07-28

    Employees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI labs

28. How to remap the Copilot key on your keyboard to something more helpful

    ZDNet · 2026-07-28

    Pressing the Copilot key on your laptop keyboard launches Copilot. But whether or not you use Microsoft's AI, you can remap the key to trigger a different feature.

29. Can the New York Times Save Journalism From Our AI Overlords?

    WIRED · 2026-07-28

    In 2023, the Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. They’ve since spent more than $20 million on the case, and publisher A.G.

30. AI Wipes Out Customer Service Jobs at Microsoft, Uber, CBA

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-28

    AI’s decimation of call center jobs has begun.

31. Microsoft AI Releases MAI-Cyber-1-Flash: A 5B-Active-Parameter Cyber Model That Pushes MDASH to 95.95% on CyberGym

    MarkTechPost · 2026-07-28

    Microsoft AI has released MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, its first model built specifically for cyber defense.

32. Microsoft unveils AI security tools it says outperform competing platforms

    Ars Technica · 2026-07-27

    Microsoft says tools cost less than competing ones and outperform them, too.

33. Microsoft launches its own cybersecurity model MAI-Cyber-1-Flash but still depends on OpenAI for the toughest tasks

    The Decoder · 2026-07-27

    Microsoft introduces MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a compact security model that scores 96 percent on the CyberGym benchmark when embedded in its MDASH multi-agent system.

34. Microsoft launches its first cybersecurity model, plus a new agentic cybersecurity system

    TechCrunch · 2026-07-27

    Microsoft bolstered its AI cybersecurity offerings this week with the launch of its first AI security model and a new security platform.

35. Nvidia, Microsoft launch open AI security alliance — without OpenAI, Google, or Anthropic

    The Verge · 2026-07-27

    Nvidia on Monday said it is joining forces with Microsoft, SpaceX, IBM, and other tech companies to build and share open-source AI security tools.

36. America’s AI Investment Boom Is Reshaping the Economy

    AI News · 2026-07-27

    America’s AI Investment Boom Is Reshaping the Economy Artificial intelligence has become one of the defining investment stories in the United States

37. Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, and others back open-weight AI

    AI News · 2026-07-24

    Two dozen companies and organisations signed an open letter urging US policymakers to protect open-weight AI models.

38. Microsoft's open-weight AI push is so obviously an Azure play it hurts

    The Decoder · 2026-07-24

    Microsoft, along with Meta, Nvidia, and more than 20 other companies, is pushing for open-weight AI models in an open letter.

39. Nvidia, Microsoft Lead Call for Open-Weight AI Models After Kimi

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-24

    A coalition of technology companies led by Nvidia Corp. and Microsoft Corp. called on policymakers to promote the development of open-weight artificial intelligence models

40. Meta, Microsoft Face Renewed Unease Over AI Spending: US Earnings Week Ahead

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-24

    Microsoft Corp., Meta Platforms Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. face renewed investor anxiety over their debt-fueled capital expenditure plans after Alphabet Inc.