Activision cooperating with federal insider trading probes
Activision Blizzard is cooperating with federal investigations into trading by friends of its chief executive shortly before the gaming company disclosed its sale to Microsoft Corp, it said in a securities filing on Friday.
State lawyer alleges Newsom interfered in Activision lawsuit
A lawyer for California's civil rights agency has resigned over what she alleged were undue attempts by Gov. Gavin Newsom and his office to interfere in a state lawsuit against video game giant Activision Blizzard.
Microsoft says Lapsus$ hackers gained 'limited access' to single compromised account
The tech giant emphasized in a blog post Tuesday evening that "no customer code or data was involved in the observed activities."
Microsoft suspends new product, service sales in Russia
The tech giant is also "stopping many aspects of our business in Russia" in compliance with sanctions from the United States, European Union and United Kingdom."
Bill Gates' ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, recalls meeting Jeffrey Epstein: 'He was evil personified'
Melinda Gates is opening up for the first time about her ex-husband Bill Gates’ ties to Jeffrey Epstein, and the disgust she felt when she came face-to-face with the disgraced late financier herself.
Bill Gates’ ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, opens up about their divorce: ‘I couldn’t trust what we had’
The philanthropist sat down with Gayle King for an exclusive interview airing on Thursday.
Companies revert to more normal operations as COVID wanes
For the first time in two years for many people, the American workplace is transforming into something that resembles pre-pandemic days.
Microsoft to reopen Washington offices at end of February
In addition to its Washington offices, Microsoft's offices in California's Bay Area will also reopen on Feb. 28. The company anticipates the rest of its U.S. locations will follow suit "as conditions allow."
Alphabet eyes $2 trillion value after blowout results
Google parent company Alphabet Inc advanced nearer to joining peers Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp in the elite $2 trillion market valuation club on Wednesday as the search giant's shares surged more than 8% following a blowout quarterly report.
Microsoft-Activision deal to be reviewed by Federal Trade Commission
Microsoft Corp.’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. will be reviewed in the U.S. by the Federal Trade Commission, placing the fate of the roughly $75 billion deal in the hands of an agency whose leader has questioned acquisitions by powerful technology companies.
Sony buying Halo, Destiny video game maker Bungie in $3.6B deal
Sony is jumping into the video-game-making M&A fury.
Microsoft profits up 21%, giving cushion for gaming push
Demand for Microsoft’s cloud-computing services and work software helped boost its quarterly profits by 21% as the pandemic continued to keep many office workers at home.
Microsoft deal makes Activision CEO Bobby Kotick even richer
Kotick, who has been under pressure amid allegations of running a workplace fraught with misconduct, is Activision Blizzard's largest single shareholder.
Bill Gates opens up about his divorce, acknowledges year of 'great personal sadness'
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has opened up about his recent divorce from ex-wife Melinda in his latest blog post, calling 2021 a year of "great personal sadness" for him.
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Oracle invited to bid on Department of Defense's JEDI contract replacement
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft are currently the only cloud service providers capable of meeting the requirements of the Department of Defense's Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract. The agency anticipates contract awards will be distributed in the third quarter of fiscal year 2022.
Google to pursue Pentagon cloud-computing contract
Google is pursuing a massive cloud-computing contract with the Department of Defense, nearly three years after abandoning a similar bid process in the face of employee protests.
Microsoft unseats Apple as most valuable company
Microsoft leapfrogged Apple for one of Wall Street’s most prestigious financial milestones.
Microsoft results bolstered by pandemic cloud computing and gaming
Microsoft Corp beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly results on Tuesday on pandemic-induced demand for the software giant's cloud-based services and gaming consoles as businesses moved to hybrid working and people entertained themselves at home.
IBM revenue misses on weakness in legacy infrastructure unit
IBM on Wednesday missed market estimates for quarterly revenue as its managed infrastructure business suffered from a decline in orders ahead of a spinoff next month, sending its shares down in extended trading.
Microsoft executives told Bill Gates to stop emailing a female staffer years ago
The 2019 letter from a Microsoft Corp. engineer reporting an affair with Bill Gates that preceded his exit from the board wasn't the first time some Microsoft directors encountered the billionaire's inappropriate behavior with female employees.

















