Malicious actor reportedly gained access to database used to manage computers, mobile devices

LONDON, July 31 — The dominant position of Amazon and Microsoft in cloud computing is harming competition, with their impact exacerbated by technical and commercial barriers to switching, according to an inquiry group from the United Kingdom's (UK) antitrust regulator.

WASHINGTON, July 10 — Microsoft saved more than US$500 million (RM2.12 billion) in its call centres alone last year by using artificial intelligence, Bloomberg News reported yesterday.

NEW YORK, June 26 — Microsoft has been hit with a suit by a group of authors who claim the company used their books without permission to train its Megatron artificial intelligence model.

BRUSSELS, May 16 — Microsoft has offered to sell its Office product without Teams at a lower price than Office with Teams, as well as offer rivals better interoperability access to its services and products, EU antitrust regulators said on Friday.

LONDON, March 5 — Britain dropped its probe into Microsoft’s partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI today, saying the software giant did not have the level of control over the AI company that would warrant further investigation.

REDMOND, Mar 1 — Skype will ring for the last time on May 5 as owner Microsoft retires the two-decade-old internet calling service that redefined how people connect across borders.

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 — Microsoft has urged United States (US) President Donald Trump's team to ease export restrictions imposed on artificial intelligence (AI) chips in the closing days of the Biden administration, saying the measures should not extend to a group of US allies.

NEW YORK, Jan 30 — Days after Chinese upstart DeepSeek revealed a breakthrough in cheap AI computing that shook the US technology industry, the chief executives of Microsoft and Meta defended massive spending that they said was key to staying competitive in the new field.

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 — Microsoft and OpenAI are probing if data output from the ChatGPT maker’s technology was obtained in an unauthorised manner by a group linked to Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek, Bloomberg News reported yesterday.

REUTERS, Jan 28 — US President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok and that he would like to see a bidding war over the app.

PETALING JAYA, Dec 14 — Selangor has recorded the highest participation in the Microsoft-Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) AI Teach programme, since its launch in June, with over 600 participants from diverse backgrounds.

LONDON, Dec 3 — Microsoft is facing legal action in the United Kingdom over a claim that thousands of businesses using cloud computing services provided by Amazon, Google and Alibaba could be paying higher licence fees to use Windows Server software.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 — Google has applauded Malaysia’s approach to building artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure under the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

WASHINGTON, Sept 18 — Microsoft said on Monday that its board has approved a new share buyback programme of up to US$60 billion (RM255.07 billion).

WASHINGTON, July 21 — A global tech outage related to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices, Microsoft said in a blog post yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 — AirAsia’s core reservation and check-in system have been affected by a global information technology (IT) issue, the low-cost carrier said on social media posting.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 — The Port Klang Authority has verified that the operations at Northport (Malaysia) Bhd and Westports Holdings Bhd are unaffected by the global Microsoft Windows glitch that has affected many industries.

BENGALURU, June 28 — Russian hackers who broke into Microsoft's systems and spied on staff inboxes earlier this year also stole emails from its customers, the tech giant said yesterday, around six months after it first disclosed the intrusion.

BENGALURU, June 13 — Apple once again became the world's most valuable company yesterday, dethroning Microsoft from the top spot, as the iPhone maker pushed ahead in a race to dominate artificial intelligence technology.