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Microsoft will take $800 million charge on Cruise investment

Hosted on MSN · 3h

Microsoft Sees $800 Million Charge on Stake in GM’s Cruise

Microsoft Corp. plans to take an $800 million charge after General Motors Co. said it was shutting down its autonomous taxi initiative.

Microsoft expects $800 million impairment charge in Q2 2025 over General Motors' Cruise exit

Microsoft expects to record an impairment charge of around $800 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025 over General Motors' exit of the Cruise autonomous driving business, the tech giant said in a filing on Wednesday.

MarketWatch · 4h

Here’s how much of a hit Microsoft is taking on its investment in GM’s Cruise

Microsoft warned investors it will book an impairment charge in its fiscal second quarter related to its investment in GM’s Cruise robotaxi unit back in 2021.

Microsoft shareholders reject call to invest in Bitcoin

GeekWire · 10h

Microsoft shareholders reject call to invest in Bitcoin, but company doesn’t entirely rule it out

Microsoft shareholders turned down a proposal calling on the company to consider diversifying its investments by including Bitcoin in the mix, but the company was actually more open-minded than it might seem.

Fox Business · 1d

Microsoft shareholders vote against company investing in bitcoin

Microsoft shareholders rejected a proposal that would've tasked the company's board of directors with considering investments in bitcoin as a means of diversifying its portfolio.

Markets Insider on MSN · 1d

Microsoft shareholders reject a proposal for the tech giant to possibly invest in bitcoin

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor had pitched Microsoft's board on investing in bitcoin. Investors voted against the proposal on Thursday.

iPhone, Microsoft Windows

The Verge · 4h

Microsoft starts testing iPhone file sharing for Windows PCs

Microsoft has started testing some improvements to its Phone Link app for iPhone users. Windows Insiders can now try out a new way to share a file from an iPhone to a PC and vice versa, making the experience a little more like file sharing with an Android device.

Windows Central on MSN · 5h

Windows 11 PCs and iPhones are about to cozy up and simplify file sharing

Microsoft just began testing a feature that lets you share files between iOS and Windows 11 or Windows 10 through Phone Link and Link to Windows.

Microsoft begins rolling out ability to sync an iPhone with PCs running Windows 10/11

Microsoft has announced that it’s beginning to gradually roll out the ability to seamlessly share files between an iPhone and Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC when they are connected via Phone Link and the Link to Windows app.

Google, OpenAI and Microsoft

Google Asks Feds to Kill Microsoft’s Cloud Hosting Deal With OpenAI

Case in point, Google has reportedly approached the FTC and asked the agency to end Microsoft’s exclusive deal with OpenAI to provide cloud hosting for ChatGPT. It argues the deal limits competition and potentially could impose higher costs on developers seeking to use ChatGPT APIs in their products.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Google Asks FTC to Break up Microsoft's Cloud Deal With OpenAI, the Information Says

The conversation happened after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission asked Google about Microsoft's business practices as part of a broader investigation, the report said, citing a person directly involved in the discussion.

Business Insider · 1d

Google asks FTC to break up Microsoft’s cloud pact with OpenAI, Information says

Google has recently asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to block Microsoft’s (MSFT) exclusive deal to host

Microsoft wants to make Xbox app home of PC gaming

The Verge · 4h

Microsoft wants to make the Xbox app the home of PC gaming

Microsoft is updating the Xbox app on Windows today with hundreds of PC games that weren’t previously available and a new home experience. It’s part of a broader effort to make the Xbox app the place to find PC games, regardless of whether they’re part of PC Game Pass or not.

CNET on MSN · 6h

Xbox PC App Adds 400 Games to Store Alongside Revamped Home Screen

Microsoft has updated Xbox's PC app Home screen with a fresh look to make it easier to see new releases, sales and events, as well as adding 400 previously unavailable games to the Xbox store. The move comes as Microsoft continues growing Xbox Game Pass,

Business Insider · 8h

Microsoft working to bring all PC games with Xbox features into Xbox app

Microsoft (MSFT) said in a blog post that the new PC gaming Home experience it has been testing with Xbox Insiders is now available in the Xbox

5h

Microsoft’s M12 invests another $22.5M into NeuBird, months after its $22M seed round

Gou Rao and Vinod Jayaraman founded NeuBird to automate IT site reliability operations tasks with generative AI. Having sold ...

1d

Microsoft 365 suffers outage Tuesday morning

According to Downdetector, user complaints began spiking early Tuesday morning. Most users reported issues with the email ...

13hon MSN

Microsoft is giving Copilot a new taskbar UI and keyboard shortcut on Windows

Microsoft is changing up how Copilot works on Windows yet again. After demoting Copilot to a Progressive Web App (PWA) ...

8h

Microsoft tests compact, native version of Windows Copilot app

Microsoft continues to tweak the Copilot app on Windows, hopefully that means more innovations are due in 2025.

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