Microsoft reported fiscal Q3 results with revenue up 18% to $82.9 billion, driven by strong growth in its cloud and AI businesses. The Intelligent Cloud segment grew 30%, with Azure cloud services revenue up 40%, surpassing analyst estimates. Productivity and Business Processes revenue rose 17%, supported by gains in Microsoft 365 and LinkedIn. Despite a slight decline in More Personal Computing revenue, overall results beat expectations, though shares dipped post-earnings as investors seek faster Azure growth. Microsoft plans to share future guidance in its upcoming earnings call.
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Microsoft is instructing its sales team to highlight the efficiency and cost advantages of its own AI models compared to competitors like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. This shift comes as Microsoft replaces some third-party AI models in apps like Wo...
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Jim Cramer cautioned that the recent rally in Big Tech stocks like Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon might be more about investor optimism than real improvements in their business fundamentals. Despite positive news such as Warren Buffett's endor...
Microsoft fixed a major security vulnerability in the remastered Age of Empires II that could let hackers take control of a victim's computer by sending a malicious game invite. The flaw, discovered with AI assistance, allowed remote code execution i...
