Microsoft News & Updates
Last updated November 14, 2026
Xbox appears to be preparing a buy now, pay later program with PayPal and Klarna to help players afford next-gen hardware
Wix integrates its AI website builder into Microsoft 365 Copilot, letting users generate sites from a chat prompt
Microsoft weighs spinning out a struggling Xbox as margins fall to 3%, while its new chief plans layoffs and bigger franchise bets
Microsoft unveils seven in-house MAI models at Build, claiming they beat Anthropic’s Claude and Google’s Nano Banana
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft AI CEOs urge Congress to require screening of synthetic DNA and RNA sales over AI bioweapon fears
EU plans cloud rules that could exclude Amazon, Microsoft, and Google from critical state tenders, per documents seen by Reuters
Euro-Office, an open-source alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Docs backed by Ionos and Nextcloud, launches June 9
LinkedIn lays off 606 employees mostly in California offices as Microsoft-owned platform shifts toward AI infrastructure
Viktor raises $75M Series A led by Accel to build AI “coworker” agent embedded in Slack and Microsoft Teams workspaces
Google ships Chrome Prompt API embedding Gemini Nano despite formal opposition from Mozilla, Apple, Microsoft, and W3C
Dutch central bank ditches AWS, Google, and Microsoft cloud for Lidl-owned Schwartz Digits as Europe pushes digital sovereignty
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testifies in Musk v. Altman trial, says Musk never raised concerns about OpenAI investment
Musk v. Altman trial continues with shocking testimony from Brockman, Murati, and Microsoft
Microsoft executives in 2018 doubted OpenAI’s AI breakthroughs but feared losing the lab to Amazon, court emails reveal
Pentagon inks AI procurement deals with AWS, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, SpaceX and Reflection AI, but not Anthropic
Commerce integrates PayPal’s Store Sync to push BigCommerce merchants onto Microsoft Copilot, Meta and Perplexity
Microsoft and OpenAI drop their exclusive AI partnership, allowing OpenAI to sell its models through AWS and other cloud providers
Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Stripe Join The Universal Commerce Protocol Tech Council
Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Stripe joined the Universal Commerce Protocol Tech Council for agentic commerce standards
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