Microsoft finds USB worm that steals cryptocurrency through clipboard hijacking and Tor
Microsoft finds USB worm that steals cryptocurrency through clipboard hijacking and Tor

Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified a new strain of self-propagating malware that spreads through USB drives, monitors the Windows clipboard for cryptocurrency wallet addresses and seed phrases, and routes all stolen data through a portable To…

The EU is about to declare AWS and Azure gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act
The EU is about to declare AWS and Azure gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act

The European Commission is set to unveil preliminary findings as early as next week stating that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure appear to meet the requirements to be designated as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act, Bloomberg reported. …

ByteDance is Microsoft’s biggest AI customer, even as Washington treats Chinese AI as a threat
ByteDance is Microsoft’s biggest AI customer, even as Washington treats Chinese AI as a threat

ByteDance has generally been Microsoft’s single biggest AI customer in recent years, and it is on track to spend more than $1bn a year on Microsoft’s AI and cloud services, Bloomberg reports. The striking part is what the TikTok owner is mostly buying:…

Microsoft might put China’s DeepSeek inside Copilot to tame its AI bills
Microsoft might put China’s DeepSeek inside Copilot to tame its AI bills

Microsoft is considering putting a Chinese AI model inside its enterprise Copilot, and the reason is money. The company told Axios it is exploring a self-hosted, fine-tuned version of DeepSeek V4, or another open-source model, as a cheaper option to po…

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

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

Microsoft sued by shareholders over Azure slowdown and AI spending
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….

Microsoft’s newest AI agent wants to take entire projects off your plate

Microsoft is bringing Copilot Cowork to businesses worldwide, promising an AI agent that can complete complex, multi-step tasks while offering flexible pay-as-you-go pricing.

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