Microsoft’s Societal Resilience program is expanding its civic‑engagement efforts ahead of the November 3 elections. Director of global elections Dave Leichtman draws on his family’s grassroots campaigning in Oklahoma to encourage employees and their families to discuss candidates early and to volunteer with groups such as the League of Women Voters and VoteRiders. The company’s voter‑registration drive, launched in 2019, now supports millions of Americans in planning how, when and where to vote. Microsoft’s Tech for Society [...]

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella told a Seattle technology leaders’ forum on Sept. 17 that India’s expanding pool of AI‑savvy engineers could become a cornerstone of the country’s artificial‑intelligence push. Speaking at IDEAS4INDIA, a gathering of more than 40 Indian‑origin CEOs and CTOs, he projected that India may host the world’s largest developer community by 2030. Nadella highlighted Microsoft’s commitment to the “AI‑first” future, citing a planned $17.5 billion investment through 2029 to build cloud and AI infrastructure, skilling programs, [...]

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella attended a Seattle forum hosted by the Indian Consulate, where over 40 Indian‑origin technology leaders discussed deepening India‑US tech ties. The event, part of the “Ideas4India: Indian American Tech CEOs Forum | Unlocking the Tech Dividend,” followed the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. Nadella praised Seattle’s growing tech ecosystem and highlighted the importance of artificial intelligence as a general‑purpose technology. Indian Ambassador Vinay Kwatra emphasized India’s commitment to inclusive, sovereign AI [...]

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella addressed a gathering of more than 40 Indian‑origin technology CEOs and CTOs in Seattle, praising the city’s expanding tech ecosystem and its deepening partnership with India. The forum, organized by the Indian Consulate under Consul General Prakash Gupta and titled “Ideas4India: Indian American Tech CEOs Forum | Unlocking the Tech Dividend,” followed the India AI Impact Summit held in New Delhi earlier this year. Participants represented firms such as Amazon, Boeing, OpenAI, Anthropic, Intel, Veeam, Helion [...]

Microsoft Teams is adding a dual‑screen‑sharing capability that will let two participants broadcast their desktops or apps simultaneously during a meeting. The feature, slated for rollout to commercial and education tenants later this year, expands on the platform’s existing single‑share model and includes controls for presenters to toggle each feed on or off. Microsoft says the update will improve collaborative workflows such as code reviews, design critiques, and remote training by reducing the need to switch between [...]

Microsoft confirmed on September 17, 2026 that its Copilot AI assistant suffered a service degradation, causing users to receive error messages such as “I’m sorry, I’m having trouble responding to requests right now.” The issue stemmed from problems with a specific API endpoint, prompting the company to launch an investigation and post updates on its status page. By 5:21 PM ET the same day, Microsoft announced that Copilot had returned to full operational readiness. The outage affected anyone relying on Copilot [...]

Microsoft reintroduced the ability to move the Windows 11 taskbar and resize the Start menu after five years of omission. The features were removed when Windows 11 launched because the new OS did not inherit much of the legacy Win32 code that handled taskbar positioning, forcing engineers to rebuild the component from scratch and prioritize functionality. Tali Roth, then head of Windows core user experience, explained that supporting a movable taskbar required extensive reflow work for every [...]