Stifel believes that heavy AI spending and rising competition could weigh on Microsoft 's growth. The investment firm downgraded the "Magnificent Seven" technology titan to a hold rating from buy.

Jan 29 (Reuters) - AI startup Perplexity has signed a $750 million agreement with Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab to use its Azure cloud service, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people ...

Amid the AI-heavy headlines at Microsoft's annual conference, several behind-the-scenes updates landed that could have a major impact on how IT teams build, run and scale core infrastructure in Azure.

It shouldn’t be a surprise that there’s a lot of Azure you can run on premises, thanks to platforms like Azure Stack. But there’s more to on-premises Azure than the familiar platforms and services.

Microsoft Azure experienced simultaneous outages, disrupting access to websites, apps, and cloud-connected services across industries on Wednesday afternoon. The dual failure triggered widespread ...

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A major Microsoft outage has caused services like 365 and Azure cloud platform to go dark hours before the company was set to report its quarterly earnings, CNBC reports. According to Downdetector, ...

Sam Altman and OpenAI announced a new deal with Microsoft, setting revised terms for future AI development. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft and OpenAI announced the long-awaited details ...

JDK 25 brings powerful new features to Java and JVM developers. Here are seven new or updated features that could convince you to switch. Java continues its fast and feature-packed release schedule, ...

It’s the first major change to GitHub since losing its CEO. It’s the first major change to GitHub since losing its CEO. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...

Microsoft is launching a suite of autonomous AI agents designed to attack one of corporate America's most expensive and persistent problems: the crushing weight of technical debt that prevents ...

Azure customers who have been struggling with capacity problems in Microsoft’s US East region are set to receive a timely boost. To meet the growing demand from its customers, Microsoft has entered ...