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What is ‘vibe working’? Is it the future of AI productivity?
Fp Explainers •'Vibe working', a term popularised by Microsoft, is helping AI and humans collaborate — from automating office tasks to aiding in creativity and productivity. But as the 'vibe' spreads across industries, questions arise about its real value

Week after Amazon outage, Microsoft users face massive cloud service disruptions
Fp Staff •The bug began affecting systems at 1600 GMT and impacted Azure Front Door, Microsoft's content delivery network service, which enterprises use to enhance their application performance

Why Satya Nadella deserves his nearly $100 million pay at Microsoft
Fp Explainers •Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella earned $96.5 million in fiscal 2025, a 22 per cent rise from last year and his largest payout since taking charge in 2014. The record compensation — mostly tied to performance — comes as Microsoft posts record revenues, profits, and AI-driven growth

Russia's cyber attacks against NATO nations rise by 25% in 2025, Microsoft analysis finds
Fp Staff •Amid the war in Ukraine, Russia has increased its cyber-attacks on Nato nations by 25 per cent over the past year, Microsoft's annual digital defence report reveals

Microsoft blocks Israeli military’s access to AI and cloud technology over mass surveillance of Palestinians
Fp Staff •Microsoft has blocked the Israeli military and intelligence agencies from accessing its Azure cloud and artificial intelligence platforms due to their role in mass surveillance of Palestinians. Read here

Did Indian engineers build Microsoft? Watch what Bill Gates said in 2024, clip goes viral now
Fp Staff •Amid US President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant agenda and crackdown on H1-B visa, comments of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates have surfaced in which he said Indian engineers from IITs were some of the earliest staffers of the company that helped the company's early growth.

Satya Nadella says he’s ‘haunted' by AI threat after staff asks why Microsoft feels ‘colder, more rigid’
Fp Staff •He used Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) as a cautionary example of a once-dominant tech company that vanished due to its inability to embrace new technologies, such as the Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) architecture

Microsoft links promotion to new attendance policy: Return to office by Sept 19, for at least 3 days a week
Fp Staff •The mandate will initially apply to Seattle-area employees residing within 50 miles of Microsoft offices, according to an internal memo from Chief People Officer Amy Coleman

Wall Street closes higher, S&P 500 hits record as tech titans surge
Fp Staff •The S&P 500 closed at a record high on Monday as gains in tech heavyweights lifted Wall Street, though Apple shares slipped after its product launch event drew a muted investor response

Microsoft signs $20 bn AI cloud power deal with Nebius, the firm that spun out from Russian internet giant
Fp Staff •Microsoft has signed a deal to the tune of nearly $20 billion with Nebius, the firm that spun out of Russian internet giant Yandex, for cloud infrastructure to run artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
