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BlackRock is preparing to launch a more than $30bn artificial intelligence investment fund with technology giant Microsoft to build data centres and energy projects to meet growing demands stemming from AI.

Microsoft Corp. raised its quarterly dividend 10% and unveiled a new $60 billion stock-buyback program, matching the size of a repurchase plan three years ago.

Microsoft shares fell as much as 7% in extended trading on Tuesday as investors looked past better-than-expected earnings and revenue and focused instead on disappointing cloud results. But executives provided a dose of optimism when they predicted a cloud growth speed-up in the first half of 2025.

Delta Air Lines has hired prominent attorney David Boies to seek damages from CrowdStrike and Microsoft following an outage this month that caused millions of computers to crash, leading to thousands of flight cancellations.

Microsoft users around the world are experiencing an error screen known as the “blue screen of death,” amid persisting widespread tech outages.

The European Union on Tuesday accused Microsoft of breaching antitrust rules with the “abusive” bundling of its Teams and Office products.

Nvidia leapfrogged Apple and Microsoft to snatch the crown of most valuable company on Tuesday as the chipmaker continued to ride AI-wave to new heights.

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority cleared Microsoft’s AI partnership with Mistral of regulatory concerns after previously inviting views on whether the arrangement qualified as a merger.

Microsoft’s fiscal third-quarter results exceeded estimates on the top and bottom lines, but revenue guidance was weaker than expected.

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority is opening invitations to comment for interested third parties to give their views on major partnerships Microsoft and Amazon struck with smaller AI firms.

Ξεκινάει η κατασκευή του πρώτου Κέντρου Δεδομένων της Microsoft στην ευρύτερη περιοχή της Περιφερειακής Ενότητας Ανατολικής Αττικής, με ανάθεση κατόπιν σχετικού διαγωνισμού στη RENCO σε συνεργασία με την ΤΕΡΝΑ Α.Ε.

Όπως είπε χθες σε ενημέρωση του Τύπου η διευθύνουσα σύμβουλος του αμερικανικού κολοσσού για την Ελλάδα, τη Κύπρο και την Μάλτα, Γιάννα Ανδρονοπούλου, έχουν ληφθεί οι άδειες για τις πρόδρομες εργασίες. 

Microsoft is in talks with CISPE in an attempt to resolve its European Union antitrust complaint about the U.S. software giant’s cloud computing licensing practices, the trade group said on Wednesday.

 Tech giants on Tuesday talked up how customers are lapping up their generative AI-powered products, but mounting costs of developing the cutting-edge features irked investors hoping for a big boost to sales from the new technology.

Στην εποχή των Data Centers μπαίνει για τα καλά η Ελλάδα με τον αμερικανικό κολοσσό της Microsoft να φουλάρει τις μηχανές για την δημιουργία τριών Κέντρων Δεδομένων σε δύο περιοχές στην Αττική.

Vodafone has agreed a 10-year partnership with Microsoft to bring generative AI, digital, enterprise and cloud services to more than 300 million businesses and consumers across its European and African markets.

Στη χορήγηση κινήτρων στη Microsoft Operations 4733 Hellas, συνδεδεμένη εταιρεία με τη Microsoft, για την κατασκευή συγκροτήματος τριών κέντρων δεδομένων στα Σπάτα και στο Κορωπί προχώρησε με απόφασή του ο υπουργός Ανάπτυξης Κώστας Σκρέκας

The U.K.’s competition watchdog has opened an initial review into Microsoft’s mammoth investment into ChatGPT creator OpenAI.

Sam Altman officially is back as OpenAI CEO, but it’s not a return to the status quo. His comeback marks a new era for the company, and one that will be closely watched over by Microsoft.

After a hectic few days, it looks like it’s all back to where it started — Sam Altman is returning to OpenAI as chief executive.