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Microsoft News 24 June 2025 - 1 October 2025

Microsoft’s Multi‑Agent AI Gambit: How MAI Stacks Up vs OpenAI and DeepMind

Microsoft Stock in 2025: Is $625 Next? The AI, Windows & Security Catalysts You Can’t Ignore

Key facts (as of Oct 1, 2025) 1) 2025 in one line: AI at full throttle—profits holding, capex surging Microsoft’s 2025 story is straightforward: Azure is accelerating on AI workloads, Copilot is spreading across the stack, and the company is spending heavily to stay ahead. FY25 revenue reached $281.7B (+15%) with Microsoft Cloud and Azure the standout; Q4 Azure growth hit +39% as Copilot and AI infrastructure demand kicked in. Microsoft From the top: “Microsoft Cloud surpassed $168 billion in annual revenue, up 23%,” Satya Nadella told investors. CFO Amy Hood added, “we have $368 billion of contracted backlog we
1 October 2025
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10X Faster Than Any Supercomputer: Inside Microsoft’s AI Mega-Datacenter

10X Faster Than Any Supercomputer: Inside Microsoft’s AI Mega-Datacenter

In summary, Microsoft’s new AI datacenter in Wisconsin – billed as the world’s most powerful – embodies the scale and ambition of today’s AI era. It merges cutting-edge silicon, novel cooling and networking, and massive cloud integration to enable “frontier” AI models that were previously impossible. By tightly coupling hundreds of thousands of GPUs into one system, Microsoft is effectively launching a cloud-based supercomputer for AI, boosting both its Azure platform and partners like OpenAI. This effort is a cornerstone of Microsoft’s strategy to democratize AI – delivering advanced AI services globally via Azure’s network of 400+ datacenters. At the
19 September 2025
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Microsoft’s Multi‑Agent AI Gambit: How MAI Stacks Up vs OpenAI and DeepMind

Microsoft’s Multi‑Agent AI Gambit: How MAI Stacks Up vs OpenAI and DeepMind

Microsoft’s MAI Models and Agent Strategy Microsoft’s MAI Vision: Multi-Agent Intelligence and In-House Models Microsoft’s new AI initiative – often referred to as MAI (Microsoft AI or Multi-Agent Intelligence) – signals that the company is no longer content to merely be a reseller of OpenAI’s tech, but intends to develop its own AI brainpower and distinct approach to AI assistants. In August 2025, Microsoft unveiled two homegrown AI models that serve as the foundation for this vision: MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview theverge.com. In summary, Microsoft’s MAI strategy is about owning the full stack (from raw models to agent orchestration frameworks) and
15 September 2025
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Massive Microsoft Hack, Space Surprises & EV Shakeups – Non‑AI Tech Roundup (July 21–22, 2025)

Massive Microsoft Hack, Space Surprises & EV Shakeups – Non‑AI Tech Roundup (July 21–22, 2025)

Cybersecurity & Network Infrastructure Tech Policy & Legal Affairs Biotechnology & Health Tech Space & Aerospace Green Energy & Climate Tech Automotive & Transport Tech Finance & Cryptocurrency This comprehensive news roundup highlights the major technology developments (outside of AI) from July 21–22, 2025. From cybersecurity crises and regulatory battles to breakthroughs in biotech, space, green energy, and crypto finance, these two days saw rapid progress across the tech world. Each story shows how technology continues to reshape industries and societies worldwide.
22 July 2025
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Battle of the Pro Tablets: Apple M2 iPad Pro vs Microsoft Surface Pro 11 – Which Reigns Supreme?

Battle of the Pro Tablets: Apple M2 iPad Pro vs Microsoft Surface Pro 11 – Which Reigns Supreme?

The iPad Pro 12.9″ (M2, 2022) uses an 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, and a 16-core Neural Engine. Its 12.9″ display uses mini-LED Liquid Retina XDR with 2732×2048 resolution, 120Hz ProMotion, and up to 1600 nits peak HDR brightness. The Surface Pro 11 (13″, 2024) is powered by Snapdragon X Plus (10-core) or X Elite (12-core) ARM chips, with a base 13″ PixelSense Flow LCD 2880×1920 at 120Hz and an OLED option on higher configurations. Base RAM/storage: iPad Pro starts with 8 GB RAM and 128 GB storage (16 GB RAM on 1 TB/2 TB models, up to 2 TB storage);
18 July 2025
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The “HTML of the AI Era”? Microsoft’s NLWeb Aims to Put ChatGPT on Every Website

The “HTML of the AI Era”? Microsoft’s NLWeb Aims to Put ChatGPT on Every Website

NLWeb is an open protocol unveiled by Microsoft at Build 2025 to put ChatGPT-like conversational interfaces on websites. NLWeb works by indexing a site’s content using HTML, RSS feeds, and Schema.org metadata and exposing it to AI models via a standard JSON over REST API with a core ask method. The system is model-agnostic and can run with any LLM, including open-source models, with Guha demonstrating an open small-scale model called GPT-4o Mini. Demonstrations on Serious Eats showed an example query for spicy and crunchy appetizers, and another for vegetarian Diwali dishes, while a jacket query on an outdoor retailer
17 July 2025
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Tech News Deep Dive: Microsoft’s Turbulent Restructuring, Interstellar Mysteries, and the Next Wave of Devices / Updated: 2025, July 3rd, 00:17 CET

Tech News Deep Dive: Microsoft’s Turbulent Restructuring, Interstellar Mysteries, and the Next Wave of Devices / Updated: 2025, July 3rd, 00:17 CET

Microsoft laid off over 9,000 employees (about 4% of its global workforce) across Xbox/Microsoft Gaming, King, Bethesda, Rare, Undead Labs, Turn 10 Studios, as part of a shift toward AI and cost optimization. The layoffs were accompanied by cancellations and studio closures, including Perfect Dark reboot cancellation and The Initiative closure, Everwild scrapped, and ZeniMax Online Studios’ unannounced MMO canceled with Matt Firor stepping down. Rumors that Phil Spencer would retire after the next-generation Xbox launch (expected 2026–2027) circulated, with Sarah Bond named as a potential successor, though Microsoft publicly denied the retirement claims. A11pl3Z, detected near Jupiter by NASA’s
3 July 2025
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Lyon’s Bold Digital Revolution: 7 Reasons the City’s Break‑Up With Microsoft Will Rock Government IT

Lyon’s Bold Digital Revolution: 7 Reasons the City’s Break‑Up With Microsoft Will Rock Government IT

On 23 June 2025, Lyon announced Territoire Numérique Ouvert (TNO) and a progressive migration from Microsoft Office to OnlyOffice, Linux, and PostgreSQL across municipal workstations. Territoire Numérique Ouvert is an open-source collaborative suite developed with SITIV and the Lyon Metropole. TNO is hosted in regional datacentres. TNO received a €2 million grant from the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion (ANCT). TNO already serves several thousand agents in nine local authorities. Civil servant training for the switch began in June 2025. The initiative aims to escape American software dependency. Zimbra integration by Axess reduces maintenance costs by at least 50%. Over
24 June 2025
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