Microsoft
Microsoft is one of the entities PulseAugur tracks across the AI industry. This page surfaces every recent cluster mentioning Microsoft — vendor announcements, third-party press, social commentary, research papers, and regulatory filings — ranked by signal across our 200+ source set. Linked to the canonical entity record on Wikipedia and Wikidata so the entity card AI engines build is grounded in the same identity Wikipedia uses, not a slug-collision lookalike.
- parent of Hotmail 100%
- parent of MSN 100%
- parent of LinkedIn 100%
- subsidiary of Steve Ballmer 100%
- parent of Microsoft Research Asia 100%
- subsidiary of Bill Gates 100%
- employs Bill Gates 100%
- subsidiary of State Street Corporation 100%
- parent of Microsoft PowerToys 100%
- parent of Microsoft Israel 100%
- employs Charlie Scharf 100%
- parent of Microsoft Experiences + Devices 100%
- 2026-05-13 research_milestone Researcher Chaotic Eclipse disclosed two zero-day exploits, YellowKey and GreenPlasma, impacting Microsoft Windows and BitLocker. source
- 2026-05-13 controversy A hacker released two zero-day exploits for Windows in retaliation for perceived mishandling of a previous vulnerability. source
- 2026-05-13 product_launch Microsoft launched Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery for Windows. source
- 2026-05-13 funding Microsoft and Google are funding chip manufacturers to secure AI resources. source
- 2026-05-12 funding Microsoft's $13 billion investment in OpenAI has reportedly yielded over double its revenue return. source
- 2026-05-12 hiring Microsoft is offering early retirement packages to veteran employees. source
- 2026-05-12 partnership Microsoft and G42's planned AI data center in Kenya has stalled due to power commitment disagreements. source
- 2026-05-12 partnership Microsoft's planned AI data center in Kenya, a joint project with G42, has stalled due to power capacity disagreements with the Kenyan government. source
- 2026-05-11 product_launch Microsoft is testing a new feature to improve Windows 11 performance. source
- 2026-05-11 regulatory Microsoft is reportedly considering abandoning its climate goals due to the energy demands of AI. source
- 2026-05-08 controversy Court documents revealed Microsoft's early concerns about OpenAI potentially leaving their partnership for a competitor. source
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Programming legend Anders Hejlsberg on language design and AI
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Sam Altman faces credibility test in OpenAI legal battle
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Mystery leaker continues to release Microsoft zero-day vulnerabilities
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Microsoft engineer compares TensorRT, vLLM, Triton, ONNX for GPU inference
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Zero-day exploits bypass BitLocker encryption and escalate Windows privileges
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Hacker releases two new Windows zero-day exploits targeting BitLocker and CTFMON
A hacker known as Chaotic Eclipse has released two new zero-day exploits for Microsoft Windows, named YellowKey and GreenPlasma. These exploits target Windows BitLocker encryption and CTFMON arbitrary section creation, …
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Microsoft aims to speed Windows with WinUI 3 performance boost
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Google launches AI-powered "Googlebooks" to replace aging PCs
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Microsoft AI data center in Kenya faces power grid challenges
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Developers report AI coding tools are eroding their skills
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Microsoft adds rollback for bad Windows drivers
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Microsoft rolls out Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery for Windows
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Datacenters consume 6% of UK/US electricity amid AI boom
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Microsoft updates AI tools for Windows dev and local models
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Wells Fargo: AI investment is a euphoric bubble investors should ride
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Microsoft: Frontier AI models falter on long, complex tasks
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