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Global software and cloud giant; Azure, M365, Intune; DMA probe and US cloud sovereignty risk.

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#913 May

Launched voluntary retirement programme for 8,750 US employees and took $900M Q4 charge

AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Microsoft's $900M retirement charge obscures 8,750 departures
#57 May

Named as one of three hyperscalers targeted by CAIDA public-sector ban

European Tech Sovereignty: CAIDA leak: US clouds barred from EU public data
#37 May
#230 Apr
#230 Apr

Reported $30.88bn fiscal Q3 capex up 84% YoY and $37bn AI annual run rate

Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Hyperscalers raise 2026 capex to $725 billion
#829 Apr

Raised annual capex to $190B and disclosed headcount will decline year-on-year in 2027

AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Microsoft tells investors 2027 headcount will fall
#329 Apr

Reported $30.88bn Q1 capex with no downward revision

Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Hyperscalers post record $110.75bn Q1 capex
#328 Apr
#223 Apr

UNC6692 runs SNOW through Microsoft Teams

Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences
#523 Apr

Lost Health Data Hub reference customer contract to Scaleway

European Tech Sovereignty: France awards Health Data Hub to Scaleway
#223 Apr
#319 Apr

Issued emergency out-of-band patch KB5091157 on 19 April for Windows Server LSASS reboot loops

Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences: KB5091157, Gentlemen C2 intel, ENISA CNAs: in brief
#116 Apr
#215 Apr
#114 Apr

Contained a 17-year-old RCE vulnerability now actively exploited in unpatched legacy deployments

Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences: 17-year-old Office RCE back on KEV
#113 Apr
Ruled byCCISA
mandated patch compliance
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences · source event
#17 Apr
#57 Apr
Licensed byAAnthropic
granted restricted model access via glasswing
AI: Jobs, Power & Money · source event
#331 Mar
#128 Mar
#326 Mar
#123 Mar

Mentioned in: CitrixBleed 3 lands on SAML broker

Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences
#111 Mar
#12 Mar

Mentioned in: UK 24-hour reporting bill at Report

Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences
#11 Mar

Mentioned in: Google closes $32bn Wiz deal; 38 M&A

Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences
#11 Mar
#11 Feb
Reported on byGGAIA-X
admitted as member undermining sovereignty mandate
European Tech Sovereignty · source event
#11 Jan

Announced basin-level water disclosure framework while requiring Racine NDA suppressing community impact data

Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Microsoft Mount Pleasant: 8M gallons via lawsuit
#11 Dec
#11 Oct
#11 Oct
Investigated byECEuropean Commission
opened cloud gatekeeper probe
European Tech Sovereignty · source event