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Microsoft priced $25bn of bonds on 29 October, its first US dollar sale since 2017. Orders reached $115bn as the AI buildout moved onto credit markets.
Microsoft beat estimates with $92.28bn revenue and 48% Azure growth, then guided calendar 2027 capex to $170bn as free cash flow fell 27% year on year.
Microsoft's Voluntary Exit Offer covers 60,000 eligible employees in four countries at level 70 or below. Decisions in early December, exits on 31 December.
Microsoft's October 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed a record 1,407 CVEs, including an exploited Windows Shell zero-day. Here is what to patch first, and why.
Microsoft unveiled the Maia 300, its third in-house AI accelerator, on 12 October 2026, with multi-gigawatt inference deployments planned from 2027 onward.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told an internal town hall the company is moving to a family of devices for Gen-10, with Project Helix spanning console and handheld.
A reported leak says Forza Horizon 6 reaches PlayStation 5 on January 26, 2027. Microsoft, Playground Games and Sony have still not confirmed the date.
Microsoft's first Windows event in two years put local AI at the centre, with a $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra, new agent security tools, and a rebuilt Copilot.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told The New York Times on September 30, 2026 that Xbox is not for sale, capping a year of layoffs, studio spin-offs and Game Pass changes.
Xbox is cutting 268 roles and reorganising its studios, moving Halo to Activision while Ninja Theory faces a proposed closure and Arkane talks continue.
Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-85889, a CVSS 10.0 missing-authentication flaw in Azure AI Foundry, on 17 September 2026 and says it is already mitigated.
A ResetEra leak says Xbox could end day-one Game Pass releases in 2027. Microsoft says no plans are finalised, so the report remains unconfirmed.
September 2026 Windows Server updates left RDS hosts unstable hours after install. Microsoft's emergency fixes came on September 14, but USB audio bugs remain.
Bloomberg reports Microsoft wants to grow from about 12GW to more than 38GW of data-centre capacity by 2032, a buildout larger than New York State's peak power draw.
Project Zenith ships developer PCs with tools preinstalled and clutter switched off. It is a real answer to Windows bloat, and an opinionated one nobody asked for.
Microsoft's September 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed a record 974 vulnerabilities, two already exploited, as AI-assisted discovery keeps inflating patch volumes.
Microsoft's August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed roughly 400 vulnerabilities, including three zero-days and one actively exploited by North Korean attackers.
