Former Microsoft security boss on working with Bill Gates, what he sees as biggest threats to US
While some CEOs may prefer to be protected by guards "coming out with sunglasses and earpieces," Bill Gates typically did not want such a look, said Mike Howard, who ran the billionaire’s security detail before being elevated to the position of chief security officer.
Microsoft executive: Targeting of Americans' records by feds is 'routine'
Federal law enforcement agencies secretly seek the data of Microsoft customers thousands of times a year, according to congressional testimony Wednesday by a senior executive at the technology company.
Microsoft exec details 'frightening' DOJ 'abuse' of secret requests for Americans' data in hearing
A Microsoft executive on Wednesday detailed the "frightening" abuse by the Department of Justice of "secrecy orders" that allow the government to take Americans' data from tech companies without ever letting them know.
Microsoft joins Apple in $2T market value club
Microsoft's stock price on the rise pushed the software giant to $2 trillion in market value. Check out Microsoft's share price here.
Microsoft enters the next generation with Windows 11
Microsoft is headed into the next generation with the official unveiling of the Windows 11 operating system.
Big Tech faces new onslaught on Capitol Hill as lawmakers push package of antitrust bills
Big Tech is under mounting pressure on Capitol Hill as lawmakers take up a series of sweeping new antitrust bills that could break up some of Silicon Valley's most powerful companies.
Microsoft stock hits record as Windows reveal approaches
Microsoft is set to deliver a Windows update on Thursday exciting investors and users.
Microsoft names CEO Satya Nadella board chairman
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Satya Nadella will also assume the role of company chairman, the software giant said Wednesday.
Bill Gates is a potato farmer, hoeing for McDonalds fries
Next time you savor a McDonald’s french fry, remember to thank Bill Gates for the tasty spud.
Microsoft: SolarWinds hackers target 150 orgs with phishing
The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on U.S. and foreign government agencies and think tanks this week using an email marketing account of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Microsoft said.
Bill Gates’ money manager allegedly made racist, sexual comments to staff
Bill Gates’ money manager of more than 27 years allegedly made racist and sexually offensive remarks, bullied staffers and fostered a culture of fear in the workplace, former employees claimed in a new report.
Microsoft plans to pull the plug on Internet Explorer
Microsoft said it plans to largely retire its Internet Explorer browser, adding to the digital scrap heap a product once at the center of one of the tech industry’s biggest battles.
Bill Gates' Jeffrey Epstein ties: What we know
Reports of a possible friendship between billionaires Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein have been stirring since the former Microsoft co-founder announced his divorce from wife Melinda Gates.
Microsoft continues workplace behavior improvements
Microsoft's pledge follows 238 internal complaints from female employees about inappropriate workplace behavior filed in a lawsuit in Seattle federal court in 2015. Microsoft told FOX Business Wednesday that the allegations raised in the suit, which was dismissed last year, "do not reflect the culture of inclusion" that the company aspires to.
Unearthed internal Microsoft complaints claim women were ‘abused and degraded’
Newly-unearthed internal complaints detail how women working at Microsoft said they were “ignored, abused and degraded."
Bill Gates hits speaking circuit after divorce announcement
Bill Gates is back on the public speaking circuit after he and wife Melinda announced plans to divorce after 27 years of marriage.
Bill Gates transferred $850M in Deere shares to Melinda Gates: WSJ
Bill Gates transferred more than $850 million in shares of Deere & Co. to his estranged wife Melinda French Gates, according to a report.
Bill Gates ‘pursued’ several women in his office during marriage to Melinda: report
Long after marrying his now-estranged wife Melinda in 1994, Bill Gates reportedly “pursued” several women who worked for him at Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
From geeks to freaks – the not-so-secret sex lives of the world’s richest and most powerful
They’re among the world’s wealthiest men, they run the world’s most influential tech companies – and nerdy backgrounds haven’t hampered their nightlives.
Big Tech, semiconductors team up to lobby US government on chip production funding
Big Tech and top chipmakers have formed a new lobbying group that is seeking government chip manufacturing subsidies.