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The People Who Matter at Microsoft as it Deepens Pact with OpenAI

By Kevin McLaughlin and Aaron Holmes · March 1, 2023 6:00 AM PST

Bill Gates is back at Microsoft—at least on the company’s internal organizational chart, if not as an employee. Although Gates recently said he is a part-time adviser, the co-founder’s inclusion in the above chart of more than 160 top managers is among the most striking of roughly 100 changes we’ve made since our... Bill Gates is back at Microsoft—at least on the company’s internal organizational...

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Before Rebirth, Microsoft’s Bing Faced Near-Death Experiences

By Aaron Holmes · Feb. 21, 2023 6:00 AM PST · 2 comments

“Where is our hit?” Steve Ballmer repeatedly directed the question at his lieutenants in the year before he stepped down as CEO of Microsoft in 2014, according to two people who heard him ask it. His biggest frustrations were Microsoft’s flops in the consumer market, including Bing, a search engine the company had introduced to... “Where is our hit?” Steve Ballmer repeatedly directed the question at his lieutenants...

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Microsoft Kills Its Industrial Metaverse Team After 4 Months

By Kevin McLaughlin · Feb. 9, 2023 1:07 PM PST · 3 comments

In a surprising reversal, Microsoft has killed a team it formed four months ago to help customers use the metaverse in industrial settings, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The group’s roughly 100 employees have all been laid off, the person said. Microsoft created its Industrial Metaverse Core team in October to... In a surprising reversal, Microsoft has killed a team it formed four months ago to help customers...

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Microsoft’s Growing Bet on Consumer Services Is Risky

By Jessica E. Lessin · Dec. 6, 2022 5:00 PM PST · 4 comments

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Microsoft’s Growing Bet on Consumer Services Is Risky

By Jessica E. Lessin · Dec. 6, 2022 5:00 PM PST · 4 comments

Of the many troubles to hit the tech sector over the past year, the identity crises the largest tech giants are dealing with are perhaps the most commonly overlooked.From Meta to Microsoft, companies seem to be looking beyond their core business. That’s in part because investors are antsy for growth. But a bigger factor is because they have made... Of the many troubles to hit the tech sector over the past year, the identity crises the largest...

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Google’s Head-Scratcher, Microsoft’s Slowing Azure

By Jessica E. Lessin · Oct. 25, 2022 5:28 PM PDT

So much for doing more with less. Alphabet, one of the many tech giants that has been discussing the need to be more efficient, still spent a lot in its most recent quarter, which ended up hurting them. Google’s parent company reported a big 19% drop in operating profit for its third quarter on Tuesday as it continued to hire heavily and... So much for doing more with less. Alphabet, one of the many tech giants that has been discussing...

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The Logic of a Microsoft-Netflix Deal Is Growing

By Martin Peers · Oct. 19, 2022 5:00 PM PDT

If you watched Netflix’s quarterly earnings analyst call on Tuesday night, you might have caught an interesting comment from Chief Operating Officer Greg Peters. One of the main reasons Netflix picked Microsoft as the company to handle the tech side of its new advertising sales effort, Peters said, was that “we felt like we were highly... If you watched Netflix’s quarterly earnings analyst call on Tuesday night, you might have caught...

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