The International Space Station will soon be connected to Microsoft Azure. (NASA photo) The sky is not the limit for the cloud: Microsoft is working with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to bring Azure cloud computing to the International Space Station. HPE’s Spaceborne Computer-2, which is due to be brought to the station on February 20, aboard … Read more
“There is no God-given right for US tech companies to assume that there can be no other technical force,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told Bloomberg TV in an interview that aired on Wednesday. (GeekWire Photo Illustration) The news this morning that the Biden administration has stopped selling TikTok’s U.S. operations further shows how extraordinary the … Read more
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Microsoft’s earnings rose 33% in the December quarter when CEO Satya Nadella announced a “second wave of digital transformation.” But what does the future really look like for the technology giant? What’s the next big opportunity for Microsoft? And what are the biggest threats? Mary … Read more
(Xbox photo) The energy consumption of the new Xbox game console could cost new owners of the Microsoft device more than $ 500 million in electricity bills over the next five years, according to a new report from the National Resources Defense Council. The NRDC advises that the Xbox Series X / S can use … Read more
A quiet Microsoft campus during the COVID-19 pandemic. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) In the first year since aiming to go carbon negative by 2030, Microsoft announced Thursday that it had reduced its carbon footprint by 6% from 11.6 million tons to 10.9 million tons. It was also paid to remove an additional 1.3 million … Read more