Here’s why Microsoft’s stock got pummeled after it beat revenue and profit forecasts
Microsoft’s Earnings Beat Estimates. The Stock Is Still Falling.
Microsoft revenue beats estimates but cloud results pull down the stock
Microsoft had a slight beat on overall revenue in the quarter, but a miss in cloud was the big disappointment, causing its stock to fall in after-hours trading. Overall, its revenue was $69.6 billion,
Microsoft cloud growth constrained by data center shortage
Microsoft said its cloud-computing business will continue to grow slowly in the current quarter as the company struggles to build enough data centers to handle demand for its artificial intelligence products.
Microsoft is killing this popular Word feature and replacing it with AI
Microsoft is trying to make users use Copilot more by removing a popular and helpful dictionary feature in Microsoft Word.
Microsoft makes OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model free for all Copilot users
Microsoft reportedly investigates whether DeepSeek improperly used OpenAI’s models
OpenAI and Microsoft are probing whether DeepSeek used distillation to help train its rival reasoning model. What we know about the passenger plane collision near Washington, DC My aging parents rely 100% on Social Security to get by.
Microsoft Boosts Azure with DeepSeek’s Powerful AI Model
Microsoft's cloud outlook knocks shares, Meta rises on AI payoff signs
Investors punished Microsoft with a 6% share drop on Thursday as hefty AI bets failed to drive a big increase in its cloud revenue, while Meta rose 4% after CEO Mark Zuckerberg assured Wall Street about growth with promises of a "really big year".
Microsoft FY25 Q2 Earnings Reveal Xbox Revenue Decline and Game Pass Growth
Microsoft's FY25 Q2 earnings reveal a decline in Xbox hardware revenue, while content and services revenue has increased. The company posted its latest earnings report on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
Microsoft shares slide as cloud forecast, AI spending disappoint
Microsoft on Wednesday forecast disappointing growth in its cloud computing business, sending its shares down 4.5% in after-hours trading as investors worry about big spending, elusive artificial intelligence revenue and competition from cheaper AI models from China.
Microsoft’s Scary Windows Update—Change Your Settings Now After FBI Warning
In a refreshing change from recent negative sparring with Google, Microsoft has just confirmed a critical update for Windows PC users that should make everyone safer. The Windows-maker is asking users to change their settings now, given it says, that this new update targets a threat the FBI warns costs victims “over a billion dollars per year.”
Microsoft reports 10% quarterly profit growth as it works to show AI investments paying off
Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday that its profit for the October-December quarter grew 10% from the same time last year as it works to capitalize on the huge amounts of money it has spent to advance its artificial intelligence technology.
Stock market today: Meta climbs and Microsoft falls as most stocks rise on Wall Street
Meta Platforms and most other U.S. stocks are rising Thursday following a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies, but drops for Nvidia and Microsoft are keeping the market in check.
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DeepSeek Is Here to Stay as Microsoft, Perplexity Integrate Its Model
Despite the controversy surrounding the Chinese open-source model, it has received the blessing of US companies that say their versions of it are safer and feature less censorship.
Microsoft’s AI business is booming — Xbox, not so much
Microsoft’s cloud and AI businesses are doing pretty well — and their impact is being felt across the company. In its Q2 2025 earnings, Microsoft announced revenue of $69.6 billion for the quarter, up 12 percent year-over-year, and net income of $24.1 billion, which is up 10 percent year-over-year.