Microsoft's Xbox hardware revenue declines 33 percent and content/services 5 percent in its latest earnings, despite $82.9 billion total revenue driven by cloud growth. The contrast highlights gaming struggles against surging AI and cloud segments reaching $54.5 billion.
Azure's 40 percent growth and Copilot seat expansion signal accelerating enterprise adoption of Microsoft's AI tools.
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Xbox says it has built four console generations, with a fifth on the way, as it marks 25 years. Its games reach more than a billion players a year.
Amazon is covering the remaining cost of community college for eligible students at eight Virginia colleges near its data centers. The commitment is tens of millions of dollars, after federal and state aid.
Microsoft has marked Microsoft 365 business and enterprise services as degraded. The strain comes from servers that became unavailable, not from a rise in traffic, and mailbox access has been affected in the Americas.
Microsoft Frontier Company says it has worked on nearly 500 AI projects with more than 200 customers in 28 countries. Named customers include Unilever, 3M, BMW, Mastercard, Siemens, and Novo Nordisk.
IDC research commissioned by Microsoft says Frontier Firms, the top 10% on its AI maturity scale, report a 4x return on AI, against 2.7x for slow adopters. The figures are what leaders reported.
