Microsoft

9 Jan 2026

A man sips a cup of coffee while looking a large computer screen showing a spreadsheet.

Excel: The software that's hard to quit

Companies are trying to wean staff off Excel spreadsheets to centralise control of their data.

9 Jan 2026

29 Dec 2025

Mustafa Suleyman, artificial intelligence (AI) entrepreneur and the CEO of Microsoft AI , on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4.

CEO of Microsoft AI: 'If you're not a little bit afraid... you're not paying attention'

CEO of Microsoft AI Mustafa Suleyman reflects on his Today guest edit asking how we make sure this technology works in the interests of humankind.

29 Dec 2025

20 Dec 2025

A man with short brown hair smiles, holding a wrestling style belt, and a trophy in hand. He is a navy-blue E-sports jersey with sponsors on the arms. Behind him is a display board, featuring Microsoft Excel World Championship, and the event sponsors listed at the bottom.

'LeBron James of spreadsheets' wins world Microsoft Excel title

Ireland's 'LeBron James' of Microsoft Excel has won the 2025 world championship in Las Vegas.

20 Dec 2025

Woman lying on a medical bed wearing a cap with multiple electrodes and wires attached to the head. In the background, a healthcare professional in a white coat is examining brain scan images displayed on a monitor.

Are these AI prompts damaging your thinking skills?

Generative AI tools have become hugely popular but some experts worry about the effect they have on the brain.

20 Dec 2025

10 Dec 2025

Amazon, Microsoft pledge mega AI investments in India

India, which is an emerging AI and cloud infrastructure hub, has witnessed a surge of global tech investment recently.

10 Dec 2025

1 Dec 2025

A winner at the Microsoft Excel World Championships (MEWC) in Las Vegas, holding up a wrestling style belt. He is wearing a cream and green jacket and is smiling. He has a light brown/ginger beard and hair. The faces of two people behind can be seen, they are smiling. There are green screens behind advertising brands.

'It's the golden age of spreadsheet geekery'

Two co-founders behind the competitive Excel UK chapter explain how the game works.

1 Dec 2025

30 Oct 2025

Tech giants are spending big on AI in rush to dominate the boom

Earnings reports from Meta, Alphabet and Microsoft reaffirm that giants are ramping up their spending on artificial intelligence, as they rush to reap the benefits of an AI boom.

30 Oct 2025

29 Oct 2025

Websites disabled in Microsoft global outage come back online

Microsoft 365 and its Azure cloud computing platform were hit with DNS issues, similar to the recent AWS outage.

29 Oct 2025

28 Oct 2025

OpenAI completes shift to becoming for-profit

The deal will see long term investor Microsoft retain a 27% stake in the ChatGPT-maker.

28 Oct 2025

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