Microsoft

Auto Added by WPeMatico

Helion just got the world’s first licences to run a fusion power plant

Helion has become the first company in the world licensed to operate a fusion power plant. On 16 June, the Washington-based firm said it had received two licences from the state’s Department of Health, clearing a regulatory bar no fusion company has reached before. It is a real milestone. It is also a regulatory one, […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Helion just got the world’s first licences to run a fusion power plant Read More »

Microsoft’s talks to lease Oracle cloud capacity have collapsed, report says

A reported deal worth more than $3bn fell apart over a US-government security framework Oracle was unwilling to add, according to Business Insider. Oracle calls the account inaccurate. The story of the AI build-out is usually one of companies signing for more capacity than anyone thought possible. This is the rarer version: a deal that […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Microsoft’s talks to lease Oracle cloud capacity have collapsed, report says Read More »

Microsoft sued by shareholders over Azure slowdown and AI spending

The number that anchors the case is a single day. On 29 January, Microsoft shares fell about 10%, the company’s steepest one-day drop in nearly six years, wiping out roughly $357bn in market value after a quarterly earnings report the previous evening. A securities class action filed on 12 June in Seattle federal court argues […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Microsoft sued by shareholders over Azure slowdown and AI spending Read More »

Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop has a trackpad that rumbles like a game controller

Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop and Surface Pro feature a redesigned trackpad with haptic feedback that vibrates when you interact with Windows 11. Snap a window to one side of the screen and you feel it. Align an image in PowerPoint and the trackpad confirms the placement. Scrub a video timeline and the vibrations track the […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop has a trackpad that rumbles like a game controller Read More »

The Microsoft Surface Laptop 8 and Surface Pro 12 now come with Snapdragon X2 chips

Microsoft is launching new Surface Laptops and a Surface Pro with Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 processors. These are direct follow-ups to the Surface Laptops and Surface Pro from 2024 that launched with Snapdragon X1 chips and jumpstarted Microsoft’s Copilot Plus PC initiative with Windows on Arm. The new X2 Surfaces are available today. The Surface Pro […]

The Microsoft Surface Laptop 8 and Surface Pro 12 now come with Snapdragon X2 chips Read More »

Three Xbox studios are trying to buy their way out of Microsoft’s gaming restructuring

Three Xbox-owned studios are in active negotiations to buy themselves back from Microsoft rather than face closure, according to Bloomberg. Compulsion Games in Montreal, Double Fine Productions in San Francisco, and Ninja Theory in Cambridge, England, are each exploring deals that would make them independent again. Even if the talks succeed, many employees at all […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Three Xbox studios are trying to buy their way out of Microsoft’s gaming restructuring Read More »

The MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ costs $1,699 and that is gaming laptop money for a handheld

MSI’s Claw 8 EX AI+ will launch on June 23 at $1,699, making it the most expensive handheld gaming PC ever sold at retail. The device is the first to ship with Intel’s Arc G3 Extreme processor, built on the Panther Lake platform with 12 Xe3 GPU cores and a 14-core CPU. It is also […]

This story continues at The Next Web

The MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ costs $1,699 and that is gaming laptop money for a handheld Read More »

Samsung’s $2,100 Galaxy Book6 Edge ships with 16GB of RAM in 2026

Samsung has launched the Galaxy Book6 Edge, the first laptop to ship with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite processor. The chip delivers 80 trillion operations per second from its neural processing unit, double the 45 TOPS that defined the first generation of Copilot+ PCs. It is also the thinnest Galaxy Book Samsung has ever made, at […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Samsung’s $2,100 Galaxy Book6 Edge ships with 16GB of RAM in 2026 Read More »

NHS England rolls out Microsoft 365 Copilot to 505,000 staff after trial reports 43 minutes saved per day

NHS England is giving more than 505,000 clinicians and support staff access to Microsoft 365 Copilot in what will be the largest AI deployment in healthcare globally. The rollout follows a pilot across 90 NHS organisations in which 30,000 workers used the tool for administrative tasks. NHS England says the average participant saved 43 minutes […]

This story continues at The Next Web

NHS England rolls out Microsoft 365 Copilot to 505,000 staff after trial reports 43 minutes saved per day Read More »

Microsoft is considering spinning off Xbox entirely as the division’s margins hit 3%

Microsoft has not ruled out spinning off its Xbox division into a separate company. The Information reported that options under consideration include turning Xbox into a wholly owned subsidiary, forming a joint venture with outside partners, or selling the business outright. No decision is imminent, but new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Microsoft CEO Satya […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Microsoft is considering spinning off Xbox entirely as the division’s margins hit 3% Read More »

Shopping Cart