MSFT
MICROSOFT CORP
NASDAQ · Technology · Software - Infrastructure · US
$493.78
−0.80%Aug 18, 2026, 03:55 UTC
Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta plan to spend a combined $760 billion in 2026 on AI and cloud infrastructure, up from about $200 billion in 2022.
Source:Aug 18, 2026, 00:13 UTC
Microsoft, Salesforce, and ADP have expressed interest in acquiring HR technology company Darwinbox.
Source:Aug 17, 2026, 16:26 UTC
Microsoft Corp.-linked data-center financing 'Project Odyssey' bond sale may be increased to $3.9 billion due to strong demand.
Source:Aug 17, 2026, 14:55 UTC
GitHub experienced a worldwide outage affecting its website, API, Actions, Pull Requests, and other services, confirmed by GitHub at 13:40 UTC.
Aug 17, 2026, 14:30 UTC
Nine tech giants, including Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Oracle, Nvidia, Broadcom, AMD, and SpaceX, carry approximately $3 trillion in off-balance-sheet AI-related obligations, nearly double a July estimate of $1.65 trillion, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis based on filings through June 2026.
Source:Aug 17, 2026, 13:00 UTC
AudioCodes announced that its Voca Conversational Interaction Center (Voca CIC) has been certified for the Microsoft Teams Unify integration model for Voice Agents, among the first solutions certified under the Microsoft Teams Voice Agent Certification Program.
Source:Aug 17, 2026, 11:25 UTC
Microsoft delayed the first Cumulative Update (CU1) for Exchange Server Subscription Edition again, with no new timeline, as engineers validate AI-found security issues.
Source:Aug 17, 2026, 10:55 UTC
Microsoft announced it will retire the COPILOT() function in Excel on September 14, 2026, discontinuing a feature that was introduced in preview in August 2025.
Source:Aug 17, 2026, 01:30 UTC
Nvidia launched the Open Secure AI Alliance, a group of nearly 40 technology companies including Microsoft, IBM, and SpaceX, committed to building open-source tools to defend against AI-powered cyberattacks.
Source:Aug 15, 2026, 20:45 UTC
Microsoft ended support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, leaving PCs without active security updates, and offered Extended Security Updates until October 12, 2027.
Source:Aug 15, 2026, 06:30 UTC
SEMI announced that SEMICON Taiwan 2026's CEO Summit & Ecosystem Executive Summit will be expanded to a full-day event on September 2, 2026, featuring discussions on AI deployment technologies and keynotes from industry executives.
Source:Aug 15, 2026, 06:03 UTC
In Q2 2026, Duan Yongping's H&H International Investment fund increased its stake in PDD Holdings, re-bought Alibaba, reduced holdings in Apple, Nvidia, Google, and Microsoft, and liquidated positions in TSMC and CrowdStrike.
Aug 14, 2026, 17:45 UTC
LINGUA Africa selected 26 projects covering more than 50 African languages, with each awardee eligible for up to $250,000 in cash and $400,000 in compute credits.
Source:Aug 14, 2026, 14:00 UTC
Microsoft has closed 15 offices in China and reduced its China operations to 1.5% of global revenue as of 2024, according to corporate filings reported by Reuters.
Source:Aug 14, 2026, 09:57 UTC
Microsoft delayed the release of Exchange Server Subscription Edition Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) from the first half of 2026 to the second half of 2026, citing increased security testing including AI-assisted vulnerability discovery.
Source:Aug 13, 2026, 17:37 UTC
Microsoft released Visual Studio Code 1.133, an update to its code editor, on August 12, 2026, adding flexibility to Anthropic Claude sessions and allowing the Agents window to be opened without GitHub sign-in.
Source:Aug 13, 2026, 16:01 UTC
Adobe launched AI Collaborators in Workfront, allowing users to assign tasks to AI agents, with three types now generally available.
Source:Aug 13, 2026, 15:48 UTC
Amazon Quick announced general availability of its Microsoft 365 extensions, bringing agentic AI document editing and connected data access into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook for Amazon Quick customers.
Source:Aug 13, 2026, 15:11 UTC
Fudan University's team launched the Whitzard AI agent, which ranked second globally in the CyberGym AI security benchmark with a 91.2% real vulnerability attack success rate.
Source:Aug 13, 2026, 11:34 UTC
IREN delivered Horizon 1 servers to Microsoft and received NVIDIA Cloud Excellence designation for GB300 NVL72.
Aug 12, 2026, 22:14 UTC
Lovable unveiled several new platform capabilities including built-in payment functionality, SEO tools, deeper integrations, security scanning, and governance features.
Source:Aug 12, 2026, 18:12 UTC
Nightmare Eclipse published a new zero-day exploit, ShieldBreak, that bypasses Microsoft's RoguePlanet patch (CVE-2026-50656) and grants SYSTEM privileges on fully patched Windows systems.
Source:Aug 12, 2026, 15:18 UTC
Microsoft threatened legal action against a security researcher over the release of previously unknown software flaws, and the researcher subsequently published details of a new Windows zero-day vulnerability.
Source:Aug 10, 2026, 03:08 UTC
Morgan Stanley reported that global cloud capital expenditure is expected to grow 29% year-over-year in 2027, and noted that three of the four major hyperscalers have raised their capital expenditure guidance for fiscal 2026.
Source:Aug 6, 2026, 18:30 UTC
GitHub experienced an outage on August 6, 2026, affecting its Actions, Pages, Copilot, and other services, with engineers applying mitigations.
Source:Aug 5, 2026, 08:03 UTC
Chinese research institute and security team DARKNAVY released DoGNAVY, an open-source AI security solution, which ranked third globally and first among open-source solutions in the CyberGym AI safety benchmark.
Source:Aug 5, 2026, 04:00 UTC
Iren signed a five-year contract with Microsoft worth about $9.7 billion to provide access to Nvidia GB300 GPU capacity at its Childress, Texas campus.
Source: