Worried they may be assisting a human rights violation 

More than 100 Microsoft staff have reportedly written to CEO Satya Nadella protesting the company's work for the US's Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agency.

Could launch in Q1 2019

While there have been plenty of rumors regarding Microsoft's next-generation augmented/virtual reality headset, the latest one suggests that it will be based on Qualcomm's recently announced XR1 SoC.

Will not answer questions on Windows 7, 8.1, 8.1 RT or Zune

Software King of the World Microsoft has decided that it will not answer user questions in technical support forums for Windows 7, 8.1, 8.1 RT and numerous other products.

For 7.5 billion

As rumoured, Microsoft has confirmed that it has acquired code repository website GitHub for $7.5 in Volish stock.

Love at first bite 

Microsoft held talks in the past few weeks to acquire software developer platform GitHub and is even rumoured to have already bought the outfit without announcing it.

Return of the Vole

Microsoft's value has surged 40 percent over the past 12 months to become more valuable than Alphabet.

Spooks get Azure for normally black ops.

Microsoft has scored a lucrative cloud deal with the US intelligence community worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Been watching Westworld

It appears that the software boffins at Microsoft have been watching Westworld and realised that they could have a problem on their hands if AI gets out of control.

Blue screen of death becomes more problematic

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been telling anyone who listens that the "world is now a computer" and if we start thinking that way we will transform everything.

Fix will slow you down even more

Microsoft and Google are jointly disclosing a new CPU security vulnerability that's similar to the Meltdown and Spectre flaws that were revealed earlier this year.