"Microsoft Frontier Company" is a $2.5 billion initiative that will embed engineers inside customer organizations to build and run their AI systems.

Tech giant Microsoft is committing $2.5 billion to a new artificial intelligence implementation unit, which will employ 6,000 new people.  The new unit, called Microsoft Frontier Co., is expected to focus on AI operations.

Microsoft’s biggest hardware releases of 2026 include new Surface Laptop and Surface Pro business models, lower-cost Surface configurations, and Project Solara.

Nick Parker, a 26-year Microsoft veteran who led its worldwide commercial sales business, is joining Nvidia as executive vice president of worldwide field operations, succeeding retiring sales chief Jay Puri.

Microsoft MSFT is rolling out its next-generation Surface Pro and Surface Laptop lineup, with Thailand becoming the latest market to receive the devices ahead of official sales on July 23, 2026, following early-bird registration that opened July 1.

Microsoft ended official support for Windows 10 in 2025, but the company may have a harder time than expected putting the operating system out to pasture. After promising a year of optional extended update support,

Microsoft is setting up a new organization with 6,000 employees to help businesses with the technical and strategic work of deploying artificial intelligence. The division’s workers will have experience across engineering,

Microsoft's Linux server distribution is now available as an ISO to install on your own server or virtual machine.

Microsoft's stock has declined this year despite record Q3 earnings, driven by its robust cloud and AI sectors. Investors face a dilemma: an opportunity to buy into a transformational growth story, or a caution about the significant costs of building its AI future.

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