Anthropic upgraded Claude’s Excel and PowerPoint add-ins with shared context, reusable Skills, and cross-app workflows for business users.

Excel users are warned to update now, as a critical vulnerability has been confirmed that can lead to “zero-click information ...

HEBRON, Ohio — Microsoft is looking to begin construction on a data center in Licking County in February. According to the company's website, Microsoft signed a contract with AMES Construction to ...

The takeaway: Microsoft and other data center operators are racing to develop new methods for storing massive amounts of data on permanent media. Redmond is pursuing a technology based on glass and ...

With so much data stored on ephemeral mediums like hard drives and magnetic tape, what will remain of our civilization in the millennia to come? Thanks to an innovation from Microsoft researchers, the ...

On February 5, 2026, five Illinois residents filed a class action lawsuit against Microsoft in a federal court in Washington. The plaintiffs, including Alex Basich, Kristin Bondlow, and three others, ...

Driven by the artificial intelligence frenzy, Microsoft is internally projecting that water use at its data centers will more than double by 2030 from 2020, including in places that face shortages.

Microsoft handed over keys to BitLocker-encrypted data stored on its servers during an FBI probe last year, granting access to data on three separate laptops. BitLocker, a built-in data protection ...

Microsoft has committed to “paying its way” to ensure its data centers will not ramp up residential utility rates, becoming the first major hyperscaler to publicly commit to a comprehensive framework ...

Microsoft has proposed a massive expansion in Mount Pleasant with plans for 15 new data centers. The total expansion would add over 8.7 million square feet across two separate proposals. This ...

Although public backlash against data centers has been intense over the past 12 months, all of the tech industry’s biggest companies have promised additional buildouts of AI infrastructure in the ...

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to curb water usage at its U.S. data centers and limit the impact on the general population from any potential ...