TechCrunch

Microsoft launches Scout, an OpenClaw-inspired personal assistant

In the first weeks of 2026, OpenClaw spread through the AI world like a sonic boom, introducing many of the industry’s most ambitious technologists to the joy and chaos of an unrestrained AI agent.
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft investigates Office Apps, Teams file access issues

Microsoft says an ongoing incident is preventing users of its Teams collaboration platform and Office for the web cloud-based productivity suite from opening files. "We're investigating reports that ...
Forbes

FBI Warns Microsoft Users—New Attack Gains Access To Accounts

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. New FBI warning for Microsoft users. The FBI issued a warning on May 21, as a new AI-powered ...
Variety

Stephen Colbert Follows CBS Finale 24 Hours Later With Hilarious Hour of Michigan Public Access TV, Featuring Jack White, Jeff Daniels, Eminem, Steve Buscemi and Byron Allen

On the final night of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” the host harked back to a stunt he did just prior to that show going on the air and said, “Technically our first show in July of 2015 was ...
Microsoft

EY and Microsoft announce global initiative to help clients scale AI enterprisewide value creation and move beyond experimentation

LONDON — May 21, 2026 — The EY organization and Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced a significant evolution of their alliance, investing more than $1 billion over five years and launching a new ...
Reuters

Microsoft, Google and xAI to give US government early access to AI models for security checks

May 5 (Reuters) - Microsoft, Google and Elon Musk’s xAI agreed to give the U.S. government early access to new artificial intelligence models for national security testing, as U.S. officials grow ...
CNET

Bosses Want You to Use AI but They're Not Setting a Good Example, Study Says

Katelyn is a reporter with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...
CNN

Microsoft to offer voluntary retirement to thousands of US employees for the first time

Microsoft is offering about 7% of its US workforce the option to retire early, the latest attempt by a major tech firm to downsize while ramping up artificial intelligence investments. The one-time ...
TechCrunch

Microsoft offers buyout for up to 7% of US employees

Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement buyouts for the first time in its 51-year history, per reports from CNBC and Bloomberg. According to an internal memo, employees will be eligible if their ...
GeekWire

Opinion: Whither Microsoft? A view from the neighborhood

Feroze Motafram is an operations consultant based in Sammamish, Wash., and founder of Avestan LLC. This piece is adapted from a LinkedIn post. Someone asked me recently what made me think about ...
Digital Trends

Microsoft just made Surface laptops and tablets a lot more expensive

Microsoft is the next brand to slap a pretty major price hike on its computing devices, and it’s not subtle at all. The brand’s popular Surface laptops are seeing a rise in price tags across the ...
Newsweek

Italy Denies US Access to Military Base

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Italy has denied U.S. jets en route to the Middle East to carry out ...