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Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is one of the world’s biggest software makers and manufactures and licenses a range of products and services related to computing. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, the company is probably best known for its Windows software, although it has begun an aggressive drive into the mobile sector seeking to make inroads on market share held by Google and Apple. It paid 5.44 billion euros for the handset business of Nokia in September 2013.

Chairman / President

Satya Nadella

CEO / Managing Director

Satya Nadella

CFO / Finance Director

Amy Hood

Industry

Computer software
Consumer electronics
Computer hardware

Website

microsoft.com

Headquarters address

One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052, United States

Stock Code

NASDAQ:MSFT

Year founded

1975

Visitors interact with a robot during the 2025 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area International Auto Show in Shenzhen, May 31, 2025. Photo: Xinhua

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Artificial intelligence

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Artificial intelligence

Amazon Web Services to close Shanghai AI lab amid US-China tech tensions

AWS will close its seven-year-old AI Shanghai Lablet due to ‘China-US strategic realignment’, according to the facility’s chief applied scientist.

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A view of AWS re:Invent, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 29, 2023. Photo: Handout via Reuters

Semiconductors

Singaporean chip tool maker ASMPT sees steady growth amid AI infrastructure boom

‘The massive buildout of data centres will drive a lot of demand for AI chips,’ CEO Robin Ng says.

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Artificial intelligence

Letters | You are adding to carbon emissions with each question you ask AI

Readers discuss the environmental impact of energy-guzzling data centres, English in Hong Kong, and the threat facing human occupations.

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US-China relations

Chinese hacking groups are behind SharePoint attacks, Microsoft says

Microsoft said it identified 2 groups as leveraging flaws in SharePoint software; China said it firmly opposes all forms of cyberattacks.

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Microsoft has warned that hackers are actively targeting customers of its document management software SharePoint. Photo: Dreamstime / TNS

Asia Tech

China’s SpinQ sees quantum computing crossing ‘usefulness’ threshold in 5 years

Shenzhen-based SpinQ expects to deliver a 100-qubit quantum computer by the end of the year, founder and CEO says.

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ByteDance

From TikTok to Huawei, Chinese tech giants flock to Arab tech hub Dubai

Dubai’s tech-friendly policies are a boon to Chinese companies facing domestic challenges and accelerating their overseas expansion.

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US-China relations

Microsoft to stop using engineers in China as tech support for US military

A report about Chinese staff working on US systems under supervision of American ‘digital escorts’ has prompted a review of Pentagon deals.

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Tom Cotton, Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, speaks at the US Capitol in January. Photo: AP

China’s private sector

Firefox web browser to close China entity amid competition from Chrome, Safari

Firefox grew to become the world’s second largest browser by 2009, when its global market share reached 30 per cent.

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Launched in 2004, the open-source Firefox was known for being faster, more private and having more customisable features than Internet Explorer. Photo: dpa

My Take

Opinion | It’s time for business to stop profiting from Israel’s ‘economy of genocide’

A UN report has exposed dozens of corporations making money from the atrocities being committed across Palestinian territories.

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Crime in Hong Kong

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Seven social media platforms and six telecommunications firms commit to stricter checks and enhanced user safety under new charter.

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Artificial intelligence

Meta’s AI lab is stacked with Chinese talent, drawing attention back home

Seven of 11 publicly listed recruits at the new Meta Superintelligence Labs graduated from prestigious Chinese universities before moving to US.

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Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech during the Meta Connect annual event, at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on September 25, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

Microsoft cuts 9,000 roles in its largest lay-off in years

The cuts will have an impact across teams, geographies and tenure, a company representative says.

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A Microsoft sign at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Photo: AP Photo

US-China relations

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Artificial intelligence

China catching up fast with US in algorithms: ex-Microsoft AI head

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United States

S&P500, Nasdaq hit record highs on renewed AI bets, rate-cut hopes

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A trader at the New York Stock Exchange. The S&P 500 has surged more than 23.5 per cent and the Nasdaq about 32 per cent since their recent lowest close on April 8. Photo: Xinhua

Artificial intelligence

Nvidia climbs to record high to become world’s largest stock again

With Wednesday’s gain, Nvidia overtakes Microsoft as the world’s largest stock.

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Alibaba

Alibaba Cloud to bring AI capabilities to global data centres this year

The company operates more than two dozen data centres worldwide, including two in the US and one in London.

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Energy

New York state to build nuclear power plant

Project is targeted for upstate New York where Governor Kathy Hochul described communities as being receptive because of job opportunities.

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul. Photo: EPA-EFE

Artificial intelligence

Microsoft plans thousands of job cuts in July, targeting sales teams

The terminations would follow a previous round of lay-offs in May that hit 6,000 people, mostly product and engineering positions.

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Microsoft’s offices near Paris, France. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek rival MiniMax says its first AI reasoning model halves compute of R1

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Artificial intelligence

OpenAI taps Google in unprecedented cloud deal despite AI rivalry, sources say

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Artificial intelligence

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Meta Platforms

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The Meta sign outside the headquarters of Facebook parent Meta Platforms in Menlo Park, California, November 9, 2022. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

Microsoft cuts hundreds more jobs after firing 6,000 last month

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Internet

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