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AI could create a 'silicon species' that rivals humans, Microsoft chief warns

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Microsoft posts record profit on AI growth but Meta disappoints

Microsoft reported record quarterly profit and forecast accelerating Azure growth, while Meta’s profit and margins were hit by severance costs and legal expenses.

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How Microsoft believes AI sovereignty can bridge the global divide

Microsoft's chief AI responsibility officer, Natasha Crampton, tells Euronews about data centres, bridging the digital divide and her definition of AI sovereignty.

Europe News

Commission to tighten EU market access as interference concerns rise

A draft document shows that the EU wants to allow the exclusion of foreign companies that pose security risks from its public procurement market, with particular worries about data transfers and weaponisation of the bloc's dependencies on tech and minerals.

Business

Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs with Xbox facing its biggest shake-up

About 3,200 gaming jobs are set to be cut at Xbox over the coming fiscal year.

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How NASA, Microsoft and the EU use AI to aid Venezuela

Artificial intelligence is now a key ally for emergency crews. Space agencies, tech firms and international bodies use satellite images and AI to map the areas hardest hit by the quake.

Markets

Why has Wall Street fallen out of love with the 'Magnificent Seven'?

Big Tech's mega-cap leaders suffered their worst month in years this June as investors fled the AI-spending trade and capital quietly rotates elsewhere.

Business

AI boom sends Xbox, Mac and iPad prices soaring

Microsoft and Apple are raising prices for Xbox consoles, Macs and iPads as the AI boom sends memory chip costs soaring, with prices increasing by up to $300 (about €265) and as much as 25%, depending on the product.

Europe News

Brussels tightens rules on US cloud providers in tech sovereignty push

The European Commission has decided that Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services should face strict rules to improve cloud competition. The move risks angering Washington as Brussels pushes the European tech sovereignty agenda.

Healthcare

Microsoft and Mayo Clinic develop new ‘safe and trusted’ AI for health

The organisations said the model is being initially deployed within Mayo Clinic’s clinical environment, where it can be tested and refined through real-world use.

Tech News

Microsoft launches its own AI models to take on OpenAI and Anthropic

Seven in-house models unveiled at Build 2026 signal Microsoft's push to cut costs and compete directly on the AI frontier as its biggest investees plan to launch record-breaking IPOs.

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Nvidia unveils 'new era of PC' for AI age: Five key takeaways from GTC

The headline announcement was a new PC developed in partnership with Microsoft, which Huang called "the biggest reinvention in 40 years.

Business

Google parent Alphabet profit jumps 81% amid Big Tech earnings results

Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft all beat earnings expectations, as they reported on Wednesday, but Alphabet stood out, with its shares jumping 7% in extended trading on strong cloud growth.

Health news

France drops Microsoft for homegrown cloud provider for health data

After several years of controversy, France’s health data platform is set to leave Microsoft’s cloud for its homegrown company Scaleway.

Business

Meta axes 8,000 jobs to fund AI spending, Microsoft to follow suit

Two of the world's biggest tech companies are shrinking their headcounts — Meta through layoffs, Microsoft through buyouts — as the AI spending race heats up.

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Most EU defence systems rely on US cloud services, think tank warns

A vast majority of EU countries rely on US cloud services for their national defence agencies, putting them at risk of a "kill switch" that shuts down service at any time.

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French government to ditch US's Teams and Zoom for 'sovereign control'

France announced that it will roll out the Visio platform across all government departments by 2027.