Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced a significant $17.5 billion investment in India over four years, focusing on AI and cloud. He acknowledged India’s need for sovereign control and local resilience in technology deployment. Nadella lauded India’s unique “virtuous cycle” of policies, digital infrastructure, and market, highlighting the launch of Sovereign Public Cloud for enhanced governance […]
Udaipur Kiran | Market Update. Shares of LTIMindtree gained on Wednesday after the company announced an expansion of its global partnership with Microsoft to accelerate Azure adoption and drive AI-powered transformation for enterprises. The stock was trading at ₹5,814.65, up ₹58.25 or 1.01% from its previous close of ₹5,756.40 on the BSE. It opened at […]
Microsoft unveils $15.2 billion UAE investment and Elevate UAE program to upskill 305,000 people in AI/Image: WAM At the Dubai edition of its global AI Tour, Microsoft showcased how artificial intelligence is shaping the UAE’s future, unveiling major initiatives to equip students, educators, and government employees with AI skills, and highlighting strategic investments to accelerate […]
Representative Image (Image credits: AP) Australian police on Wednesday said they were developing an artificial intelligence tool to help investigators decipher emoji-filled and slang-heavy messages used by online predators.Officials say the initiative could prove to be a gamechanger when it comes to tackling child exploitation in the digital age. What have Australian police said about […]
Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team has sounded the alarm, reason is: A notorious cybercrime group, tracked as Storm-2657 by Microsoft’s team, has launched a brazen attack on US university payroll systems since March 2025. In a blog post, Redmond said a cybercrime crew it tracks as Storm-2657 has been targeting university employees since March 2025, hijacking […]
Donald Trump urges Microsoft to sack Lisa Monaco (Picture credit: AP, US department of justice) US President Donald Trump on Friday publicly demanded that Microsoft dismiss Lisa Monaco, the company’s president of global affairs and a former top official in Democratic administrations.In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump claimed ‘corrupt and totally Trump deranged’ Monaco […]
In response to the White House proclamation on H-1B visas, major US firms including Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and JPMorgan have issued urgent advisories asking employees on H-1B visas to return to the US before the Sept 21 deadline.Microsoft’s advisory, shared shortly after the proclamation, warned of the risk of being denied re-entry into the US […]
An analysis of federal data reveals that several US companies increased their use of H-1B visas in 2025. With the H-1B visa program emerging as one of the most contentious issues between the US and India, a new analysis revealed the list of companies that increased their use of H-1B visas in 2025. The analysis […]
35-year-old Indian techie Pratik Pandey found dead in Silicon Valley campus. Pratik Pandey, a 35-year-old software engineer working for Microsoft, was found dead in the office. Bloomberg reported that Pandey badged into the office on the evening of August 19 and was found dead in the early hours of the following morning — citing a […]
Microsoft fires 2 employees for staging protest against ties with Israel Two Microsoft employees were sacked on Wednesday after staging a sit-in protest at the office of company president Brad Smith, demanding the tech giant end its business ties with Israel amid the Gaza war. A Microsoft spokesperson said the employees were terminated for “serious […]
