It’s no secret that AI data centers consume a lot of power. U.S. data center power demand is on track to double to 77 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, according to BloombergNEF. As a result, AI leaders such as ...

Something to look forward to: Searching local files should be one of the simplest and most basic features an operating system offers, but Windows 11 still makes the process unnecessarily awkward.

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks onstage at Microsoft Build 2026 in San Francisco. (Photo by Dan DeLong for Microsoft) Microsoft’s Build conference was a firehose: in-house AI models, agent-first ...

Microsoft is becoming more of a Linux company. Linux now spans Azure, Windows, and AI workstations. AI is pushing Microsoft deeper into Linux. Also: Microsoft surprises with its first server Linux ...

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Majorana 2 is Microsoft's newest quantum chip, introduced at Microsoft Build 2026 as a major milestone in the company's quantum computing roadmap. The Majorana 2 quantum chip is designed to advance ...

Build announcements also included Microsoft’s two new offerings made public in May 2026. These included the Agent 365 SDK, which provides developers with tools to build, deploy, and manage AI agents, ...

Microsoft Corp. today introduced Rayfin, an open-source software development kit and command-line interface that lets developers and coding agents define an entire application back end in code and ...

Microsoft (MSFT) Build showcased the in-house artificial intelligence capabilities of the tech titan as it lessens its reliance on OpenAI (OPENAI). The company announced several new models developed ...

Microsoft is turning AI into a security triage tool. Microsoft wants to secure code, agents, data, and models. MDASH uses AI agents to cut through scanner noise. Last month, Microsoft introduced MDASH ...

Developer conference season continues with Microsoft Build today, and we're expecting the company to share news about updates coming to Windows, Copilot and possibly even Office 365 products this ...