Microsoft is shutting down Skype after over two decades
Internet calling service that disrupted landline industry to close in May as tech giant says it will focus on Teams
Microsoft unveils chip it says could bring quantum computing within years
Chip is powered by world’s first topoconductor, which can create new state of matter that is not solid, liquid or gas
Call to make tech firms report data centre energy use as AI booms
Experts say mandatory reporting on energy and water use is needed to avoid irreparable damage to environment
Does AI need all that money? (Tech giants say yes)
Meta and Microsoft commit to tens of billions to build out AI infrastructure, having lavished tens of billions already
Source Code by Bill Gates review – growing pains of a computer geek
The first volume of the tech baron turned philanthropist’s memoirs focuses on his parent’s struggles to control him – and a painful early loss
Source Code: My Beginnings by Bill Gates review – refreshingly frank
In contrast to the current crop of swaggering tech bros, the Microsoft founder comes across as wry and self-deprecating in this memoir of starting out
Microsoft reports strong fourth-quarter earnings amid uproar over DeepSeek’s AI
Microsoft beat Wall Street’s expectations as questions over multibillion-dollar spending on AI mount
OpenAI ‘reviewing’ allegations that its AI models were used to make DeepSeek
ChatGPT creator warns Chinese startups are ‘constantly’ using its technology to develop competing products
Tech billionaires lost almost $100bn in stock market selloff sparked by DeepSeek
Nvidia saw $600bn of its market value disappear, while its CEO, Jensen Huang, saw his net worth drop by nearly $21bn
Police locked in long US legal process to access Southport killer’s online history
Investigators fear it could be years before they get Axel Rudakubana’s search data which could hold vital clues
Revealed: Microsoft deepened ties with Israeli military to provide tech support during Gaza war
Leaked documents shed light on how Israel integrated the US tech giant into its war effort to meet a growing demand for cloud and AI tools
Russian hackers target WhatsApp accounts of ministers worldwide
FSB-linked Star Blizzard attempts to lure email recipients to click on QR code that gives attackers access to account
‘Don’t allow you to go to the bathroom’: big tech’s call center workers in Greece on strike
Workers at Teleperformance, customer support company for Apple, Google and Netflix, accuse it of union busting and surveillance
Silicon Valley’s tycoons are bending the knee to Trump
In 2017, Silicon Valley rebuked Trump’s travel ban. Today, it has reversed course and is bending over backwards with displays of deference to Trump
Google and Microsoft donate $1m each to Trump’s inaugural fund
Tech giants follow footsteps of other major companies, including Amazon, Meta, OpenAI and Uber