Microsoft rolling out Xbox Game Bar update with new resource widget and more
After testing out a new performance widget in the Xbox Game Bar earlier this month, Microsoft is rolling it out to gamers on Windows 10. Xbox Game Bar, for those …
The best reason to buy a next-gen PlayStation or Xbox console this holiday is to play games for the current generation of consoles
The PlayStation 5 and next-gen Xbox consoles are scheduled to arrive in just a few weeks, though neither has a stellar lineup of launch exclusives. That doesn’t mean there’s nothing …
Microsoft gives Excel cells a third dimension with Power BI data types
Since 1987, Excel has let you input numbers, text, and formulas into a two-dimensional grid. Now Excel is going 3D: Data types let any cell contain a rich set of …
Microsoft announces its first Azure data center region in Taiwan
After announcing its latest data center region in Austria earlier this month and an expansion of its footprint in Brazil, Microsoft today unveiled its plans to open a new region in …
Snoop Dogg can chill and play games as he unboxes world’s first Xbox Series X Fridge
Snoop Dogg and the Xbox Series X Fridge. (Microsoft Photo) “This is cool, baby.” Hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg reacted to the temperature and the birthday gift he received from Microsoft …
Pulumi raises $37.5M Series B for its cloud engineering platform
Seattle-based Pulumi, one of the newer startups in the ”infrastructure-as-code” space, today announced that it has raised a $37.5 million Series B funding round led by NEA. Previous investors Madrona …
Unboxing Microsoft’s new Xbox consoles: A low-key look for a heavyweight performance
Top, the Xbox Series S; bottom, the Xbox Series X. (Thomas Wilde Photos) The first thing I saw when I opened the boxes for the Xbox Series X and S …
Microsoft stock flat despite better-than-expected earnings, strong Azure growth
Today after the bell, Microsoft reported its calendar Q3 2020 earnings, the period of time that corresponds to its Q1 fiscal 2021 period. In the three months ending September 30, …
Microsoft Teams hits 115M users — here’s why Satya Nadella is excited about the platform
(Microsoft Image) Microsoft continues to rapidly expand its Teams collaboration software user base. Teams now has 115 million daily active users, up more than 50% from April (75 million users), …
Microsoft Teams passes 115 million daily active users
Microsoft Teams is continuing to ride the remote work and learning wave kicked off by the coronavirus pandemic. During Microsoft’s Q1 2021 earnings call, CEO Satya Nadella shared that Microsoft …