Satya Nadella
I took a 2-day ‘vibe coding’ class and successfully built a product. Here are my biggest takeaways
I challenged myself to a two-day “vibe coding” bootcamp. Courtesy of Ernestine Siu As someone who chats with startup founders for a living, I’ve always admired the “builders.” I have a lot of respect for their technical ability to dream up an idea and code it into existence, but it’s not something I could ever […]
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Microsoft set to report earnings after closing bell
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on April 4, 2025. David Ryder Microsoft is set to report fiscal third-quarter results after market close on Wednesday. Here’s what analysts are looking for, according to a consensus from LSEG: Earnings per share: […]
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Silicon Valley’s early return on Trump investment: Plunging valuations, delayed IPOs
The Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, June 9, 2023. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Silicon Valley executives and financiers publicly opened their wallets in support of President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential run. The early returns in 2025 aren’t great, to say the least. Following Trump’s sweeping tariff plan announced Wednesday, the Nasdaq suffered […]
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Microsoft birthday celebration interrupted by employees protesting use of AI by Israeli military
At Microsoft‘s 50th anniversary celebration on Friday, a software engineer in the company’s artificial intelligence division interrupted the event with a message: Stop allowing the Israeli military to use Microsoft’s AI products. At the time, Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman was delivering a speech. “Mustafa, shame on you,” the employee, Ibtihal Aboussad, said as she […]
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As Microsoft turns 50, Nadella sees future success built on ability to ‘win the new’
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on May 21, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images A half-century ago, childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen started Microsoft from a strip mall in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Five decades and almost $3 trillion later, the […]
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Google quantum exec says tech is ‘5 years out from a real breakout’
A handout picture from October 2019 shows Sundar Pichai with one of Google’s Quantum Computers in the Santa Barbara lab, California, U.S. Picture taken in October 2019. Google/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. Handout . | Reuters One of Google’s top executives working on quantum computers said he believe […]
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Microsoft announces new HR executive, company veteran Amy Coleman
Microsoft’s Amy Coleman (L) and Kathleen Hogan (R). Source: Microsoft Microsoft said Wednesday that company veteran Amy Coleman will become its new executive vice president chief people officer, succeeding Kathleen Hogan, who has held the position for the past decade. Hogan will remain an executive vice president but move to a newly established Office of […]
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DeepSeek shocked the AI world this week. Here’s how tech CEOs responded
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella commented on its “real innovations.” OpenAI’s Sam Altman described it as “clearly a great model.” Apple CEO Tim Cook said “innovation that drives efficiency is a good thing.” And Palantir’s Alex Karp said it shows the importance of “an all-country effort.” The tech CEOs were all talking about China’s DeepSeek, which […]
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Sam Altman touts OpenAI-Microsoft alliance, says next phase will be ‘better than anyone is ready for’
Former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at OpenAI’s DevDay in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023. Hayden Field | CNBC OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggested on Tuesday that the relationship between his company and Microsoft is going strong. Altman posted a picture with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on X, and […]
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Trump says Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok
A Microsoft store in New York, US, on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok and that he would like to see a bidding war over the app. Microsoft declined to comment. TikTok and ByteDance did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for a comment outside regular […]
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