What made Teams slow and how Microsoft fixed it this year

Microsoft has cut chat latency, reduced app hangs on macOS and iOS, and made people search 25 percent faster in Teams.

Microsoft explains how it made Teams so much faster in 2026

Microsoft Teams is now noticeably faster and more stable across desktop, web, macOS, and iOS, thanks to deep engineering work ...
Redmondmag.com

Supply Chain Attack Hits Microsoft GitHub Repos, AI Coding Tools

GitHub disabled 73 Microsoft repositories on June 5 after a malicious commit landed in an Azure project, in what researchers described as a supply chain attack aimed at developer workstations and AI ...
PCMag

I Tested Microsoft's New AI Models, and They're Surprisingly Mediocre

Microsoft released a suite of fresh MAI models at Build 2026. They work fine, but they can't compete with Claude and Gemini.
Business Insider

Microsoft's AI reboot is creating a new inner circle around Satya Nadella

CEO Satya Nadella has dismantled the senior leadership structure that has run Microsoft for decades, creating a new inner circle, Business Insider has learned. It's the latest step in his plan to ...
Forbes

Anthropic’s Microsoft Deal Reflects A Bigger AI Infrastructure Shift

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GeekWire

Microsoft adds more former Ai2 researchers, bolstering its Superintelligence team

A sign at the Allen Institute for AI headquarters in Seattle, with the Space Needle in the background. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) The wave of departures from the Allen Institute for AI to ...
Dark Reading

Microsoft Edge Stores Passwords in Process Memory, Posing Enterprise Risk

An attacker with administrative privileges can gain access to Microsoft Edge user passwords even when they're not in use, because the browser stores them in cleartext in process memory as part of a ...
Mashable

Microsoft Edge is storing passwords as plain text? Here's what Microsoft says.

UPDATE: May. 6, 2026, 9:40 a.m. EDT This piece was updated to include a statement from Microsoft. Password managers are supposed to make life easier for users by remembering their passwords and ...
The New York Times

PWHL won’t have an expansion draft as it adds teams. Here’s what it’s planning instead

As the PWHL prepares for expansion, it is switching things up in an effort “to protect as much player choice as possible." Bruce Bennett / Getty Images The PWHL will not have a traditional expansion ...
Bloomberg L.P.

OpenAI Breaks Free From Exclusive AI Pact With Microsoft

Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI have agreed to drop the software giant’s exclusive right to sell the startup’s AI models, opening the door for the ChatGPT maker to pursue deals with cloud-computing rivals ...
The New York Times

Microsoft Targets About 7% of Its U.S. Workers With Buyout Offer

The tech giant is offering long-serving employees early retirements as it continues to invest aggressively in artificial intelligence. The tech giant is offering long-serving employees early ...