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October 2026

1. 30 OctMicrosoft announces debt offerings
2. 28 OctJust wrapped our earnings call. It was a fast start to our fiscal year. Microsoft Cloud revenue surpassed $63B, with growth accelerating to 30% YoY. Lots of innovation as we build the new tech stack for the agentic wave. [Read more]
3. 28 OctMicrosoft announces first quarter results
4. 28 OctMicrosoft announces first quarter results
5. 28 OctMicrosoft earnings press release available on Investor Relations website
6. 28 OctWe’re redefining the SDLC for the agentic era. Lots of GitHub updates this morning at Universe [Read more]
7. 27 OctThe platform approach to becoming Frontier
8. 27 OctHow companies can help their AI agents learn from one another
9. 26 OctWhen AI rewrites millions of lines of code, verification becomes essential
10. 26 OctFrom classrooms to careers: The future of education in an AI-driven world
11. 26 OctHow AI could help scientists track a pest threatening citrus trees
12. 23 OctSuper to see Volkswagen Group putting Copilot to work across the company!
13. 23 OctCan AI diagnose like a team of doctors? New research puts it to the test
14. 23 OctImportant work from our team in Science Magazine today, showing how our diagnostic orchestrator can reason through complex medical cases, achieving greater diagnostic accuracy while reducing testing costs.
15. 22 OctMicrosoft and the Public Library Association expand free AI literacy training
16. 22 OctKeeping over a million elevators and escalators running smoothly is no small task. Today in Cologne, I heard about how TK Elevator is using our tech to help provide its service technicians access to decades of shared knowledge, streamlining the process, so they can spend less time searching for answ
17. 22 OctIn my annual letter, I share how we’re building a frontier ecosystem to turn technological progress into real-world outcomes and economic opportunity for people, organizations, and communities everywhere.
18. 22 OctData and AI agents give a lift to TK Elevator service technicians
19. 21 OctCelebrating the educators shaping the future of learning
20. 21 OctBefore the ambulance arrives: How AI is helping the NHS rethink patient care
21. 21 OctToday in the UK, I saw how the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is using Copilot to cut down on administrative work and make better use of its data, and ultimately provide a better experience for medical personnel and patients. [Read more]
22. 21 OctMicrosoft empowers more than 330,000 Volkswagen Group employees with Copilot
23. 20 OctMicrosoft opens a hands-on STEM and AI hub for students at its Grange Castle data center campus
24. 20 OctGreat to meet with the Saint-Gobain team in Paris today and learn how they’re using Microsoft Discovery to help accelerate the development of new more-efficient construction materials.
25. 20 OctA concrete vision: Saint-Gobain and Microsoft Discovery build for the future
26. 20 OctAdvancing digital sovereignty with greater control and choice
27. 20 OctToday in Paris, we announced new capabilities across Microsoft Sovereign Cloud, expanding choice and control for organizations running their most sensitive workloads across public and private cloud, and our growing partner ecosystem.
28. 19 OctI recently wrote about why we need to treat models as insider risks, with security controls sitting outside the model itself. [Read more]
29. 19 OctSecuring the agentic insider
30. 17 OctIn Nature this week, our new research shows how machine learning can improve weather forecasts two to six weeks out, a timeframe that’s historically been very difficult to predict. [Read more]
31. 16 OctThe AI behind Formula One race-day decisions
32. 16 OctCelebrating the next generation of Latin American game creators
33. 15 OctWindows 11 gets faster, more connected and easier to use
34. 15 OctWhat will the next generation of developers do when AI writes the code?
35. 15 OctMissed a lecture? This AI agent at Bar-Ilan University helps students catch up
36. 14 OctXBOX Nano Controller brings full-size controls to a pocket-friendly design
37. 13 OctMaking AI more efficient, from the chip to the power grid
38. 13 OctDeep dive into Azure Maia 300 architecture
39. 13 OctWhat it takes to trust AI with real-world fixes
40. 12 OctMicrosoft to expand Maia chip for the AI era
41. 12 OctToday we are announcing our biggest bet yet on our own silicon. [Read more]
42. 12 OctIntroducing Microsoft’s latest custom chip: Maia 300
43. 10 OctThoughts on models as insider risks. [Read more]
44. 9 OctIntroducing Microsoft-Decision-1, our new model for fast decision-making. It delivers top performance on structured decision tasks, outperforming both LLMs and other decision models in latency and quality. [Read more]
45. 9 OctHow to make AI coding agents better at using your technology
46. 8 OctXBOX launches XP to bring its games to film, TV and more
47. 8 OctOur opportunity is to reinvent systems of record for an agentic world, not just build new experiences on top of them, while giving every business an entirely new way to orchestrate work and build what is missing. I believe all this can reset business SaaS. [Read more]
48. 8 OctFrom Vatican archives to Microsoft Word: Michelangelo’s lettering lives on
49. 7 OctWe’re supercharging Copilot on Windows with Hybrid Intelligence. With your permission, Copilot can tap into the context on your PC, take action for you, and use local models when it makes sense, giving you more capability while helping your tokens go further. [Read more]
50. 7 OctGitHub Copilot brings on-device AI coding to new Windows PCs
51. 7 OctToday marks a new chapter for Windows, as we bring unmetered intelligence to every desk and every home, and make every PC a place where agents can work securely on your behalf. [Read more]
52. 7 OctMicrosoft announces quarterly earnings release date
53. 7 OctGet all the latest news, photos and more from the Windows and Microsoft Surface event
54. 6 OctThe next step in factory automation: Machines that adapt with AI
55. 6 OctXBOX returns to where it all began for its 25th anniversary
56. 5 OctHow Power Platform helps businesses build AI into existing apps
57. 5 OctHow Microsoft helped deliver clean water during Indonesia’s drought emergency
58. 1 OctIKEA and XBOX collab on a new collection made for home gaming
59. 1 OctNew Microsoft AI models bring faster transcription and multilingual voices
60. 1 OctFrom reuse to recycling: How Microsoft manages old datacenter hardware

September 2026

1. 30 SepAccelerating human capacity across healthcare with AI
2. 30 SepHow AI could help scientists find viruses to fight drug-resistant infections
3. 30 SepLooking forward to seeing how recruiters use our new Hiring Assistant to help connect the right people with the right opportunities!
4. 30 SepAI is only as useful as the context it can reason over. With Fabric IQ now generally available in Copilot, you can ask questions of your enterprise data and get answers grounded in trusted business context, right where you work.
5. 29 SepHow to get the Windows 11 2026 Update
6. 29 SepNew Microsoft data innovations unlock what only your business knows
7. 25 SepThe motivation behind the new Copilot: intelligence is accelerating fast. Now we need to diffuse it everywhere.
8. 25 SepA new skill finds AI agent risks, fixes them, and proves the fix worked
9. 25 SepWe’re building Copilot as a new OS for work that spans every model, every form factor, and every task. Today, we’re announcing our biggest update to Copilot to date, bringing four things together [Read more]
10. 25 SepIntroducing the new Copilot with Home, Code and Autopilot
11. 25 SepOur team’s work in Nature this week. A great example of how AI is helping to accelerate molecular discovery.
12. 23 SepIntroducing the next Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch
13. 23 SepA milestone in our quantum journey. We’re delivering our Majorana-2 tech to DARPA for on-site testing and evaluation at our new research center in Maryland.
14. 23 SepMicrosoft expands investment in the Middle East with focus on AI, digital resilience and people
15. 23 SepHow AI is helping scientists track viruses through wastewater
16. 22 SepDisrupting EvilTokens: Taking down an AI-powered cybercrime platform
17. 22 SepAI adoption is growing worldwide, but regional gaps are widening
18. 21 SepMicrosoft brings AI-ready capabilities across its India cloud infrastructure
19. 21 SepMicrosoft launches $1 million Community-First Grants to support nonprofits
20. 18 SepCivic life starts close to home and leads to the ballot box
21. 18 SepRecap: XBOX at Tokyo Game Show 2026
22. 17 SepLessons from Microsoft’s own AI transformation
23. 17 SepMicrosoft Discovery lowers barriers to chip design
24. 16 SepMicrosoft’s commitment for AI in education: Protecting students, strengthening learning
25. 16 SepIntroducing Microsoft 365 G7: AI tools for government teams
26. 15 SepMicrosoft announces quarterly dividend increase
27. 15 SepHelping voters navigate election information in the age of AI
28. 15 SepMicrosoft’s partners debut new Windows PCs at IFA
29. 15 SepHow the Copilot Creators Collective is shaping the future of creativity and AI literacy
30. 14 SepGreat example from Jeff Hollan showing how Foundry makes long-running agents enterprise-ready, starting with business outcomes and building security, safety guardrails, auditability, and FinOps into the system from the start, across the entire multi-agent, multi-model workflow.
31. 14 SepQuincy, Washington shows what’s possible when you build datacenters with communities, and grow together over time.
32. 14 SepInside the pharmaceutical industry’s AI shift
33. 14 SepAny pursuit of superintelligence has to be grounded in the core principle that if the AI we build is not helping humanity and under human control, it’s not worth pursuing. [Read more]
34. 14 SepNearly half of Irish workers reassess careers as AI reshapes work
35. 10 SepXBOX commemorates over 20 years in Japan at Tokyo Game Show 2026
36. 10 SepA framework for safe participation with AI for the next generation
37. 10 SepHow one startup uses AI to expand financial access in Europe
38. 10 SepWhat if everything changes tomorrow? A Canadian company is using AI to help businesses navigate supply chain uncertainty
39. 10 SepWith the National Football League (NFL) back tonight, love seeing Seattle Seahawks analyst Brian Eayrs and coaches across the league using new Copilot and Excel tools to help with decision making in the booths and on the sidelines.
40. 9 SepWhat a battery breakthrough reveals about AI and scientific memory
41. 9 SepHow AI is transforming media and entertainment through orchestrated intelligence
42. 9 SepBeyond the benchmark: How an adaptive AI approach drives scientific discovery
43. 9 SepThis first-of-a-kind agreement will set a new standard for safe and responsible AI use in schools. We are making these protections available to every school district in the US.
44. 9 SepProtecting students in the age of AI: A new school standard
45. 8 SepHelping families and educators support safer experiences on Windows
46. 8 SepCodename MDASH brings agentic AI cybersecurity to the US government
47. 8 SepBuilding Africa’s AI future on trust
48. 6 SepIt was a great week for innovation across the model ecosystem. We’re bringing these new models into Copilot, enabling it to take on increasingly complex work, from quick questions to delegated tasks and, increasingly, complete long-running jobs through Autopilots. [Read more]
49. 4 SepSuper excited about HydraFusion in GitHub Copilot, and what it shows about the shift from model selection to model orchestration. By bringing together multiple models to plan, build, critique, and complete coding tasks, it can deliver outcomes at up to 67% lower cost. [Read more]
50. 4 SepExcited to see early customers already using Astra on Azure!
51. 4 SepGPT-6 Astra brings more capable AI to the workplace
52. 3 SepLooking forward to this ecosystem with open models continuing to flourish and grow with NVIDIA and Hugging Face, and the continued partnership!
53. 3 SepMeet MAI-Transcribe-2: A faster and more accurate speech recognition model
54. 2 SepThe yield imperative: Rethinking success in AI infrastructure
55. 2 SepExplore the Designed for XBOX Cozy Collection
56. 2 SepHow Kier Group’s Louisa Finlay is using Copilot to drive safety and productivity in the construction industry
57. 1 SepFrom AI readiness to impact: Why a strong data foundation determines success in healthcare
58. 1 SepResponsible AI in 2026: How we are adapting for what’s ahead

August 2026

1. 31 AugHouse passes historic reforms to rein in secret surveillance
2. 31 AugMicrosoft and AWS simplify cloud connections for the AI era
3. 28 AugHow startups in regulated industries are using AI
4. 28 AugCatching wildfires earlier: AI gives firefighters a head start
5. 27 AugMicrosoft and DepEd partner to bring AI tools to 1 million teachers across the Philippines
6. 26 AugMicrosoft and HUMAIN collaborate to accelerate AI adoption in Saudi Arabia and beyond
7. 26 AugFrom disc to digital: XBOX Insiders get new flexibility for physical games​‌
8. 25 AugWindows on Arm app ecosystem expands across key workloads
9. 25 AugDesigned for XBOX 25th Anniversary Collection is now available for preorder
10. 25 AugMoving beyond release waves with the AI at Work roadmap
11. 25 AugMicrosoft becomes an Official Partner of the Toronto Blue Jays
12. 22 AugDelivery day at our Microsoft DCs as the first production Vera Rubins arrive. A huge thank you to our partners at NVIDIA and our Azure hardware and datacenter teams for all the incredible work that brought us to this milestone!
13. 21 AugReflections on the 5th anniversary of Windows 365
14. 20 AugHow one startup is using AI to improve customer service
15. 19 AugBuilt for the complexity of education: AI that understands your institution
16. 18 AugHow EDOTCO Group uses AI to make smarter network planning decisions in minutes
17. 13 AugToo many notifications? Let agents sort them out
18. 11 AugBuilding the foundation for agentic AI in healthcare
19. 11 AugMAI-Code-1.1 Flash: Better, faster, at a quarter of the cost
20. 10 AugHow to build an AI agent: A simple guide for anyone
21. 7 AugMicrosoft’s newest India datacenter region goes live to power the country’s AI economy and enable Frontier Firms
22. 7 AugHow two young Indonesians are building digital careers through AI and cloud
23. 6 AugMicrosoft expands AI model choice for startups
24. 4 AugAccelerating Frontier Transformation: Enrich employee experience
25. 4 AugTeaching AI to speak the language of pathology
26. 3 AugXBOX celebrates 25 years of play with updates, FanFest tour dates and more

July 2026

1. 31 JulWhy AI-powered marketing is becoming essential to partner growth
2. 31 JulHow SNTUC’s Siow Shong Seng is setting the tone for an AI-ready workforce in Singapore with Microsoft 365 Copilot
3. 30 JulThe next measure of AI momentum is work transformed
4. 30 JulOptimizing the frontier performance curve
5. 30 JulA new generation of Mexican entrepreneurs is using AI skills to solve local challenges
6. 29 JulMicrosoft Cloud and AI strength fuels fourth quarter results

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