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Microsoft rejigged its financial reporting structure in a move that appears to be geared towards offering investors more clarity on its AI activities, as pressure grows on technology giants to ensure large investments in the technology pay-off.

A global service outage caused by a software update pushed by CrowdStrike impacted an estimated 8.5 million Windows devices, Microsoft revealed, as the under-fire security vendor continued to work on repairing the damage over the weekend.

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority opened a formal investigation into Microsoft over its move to hire staff from Inflection AI, after a large chunk of the latter's workforce joined the technology giant’s new AI division.

Microsoft reportedly abandoned a position as an observer on OpenAI’s board of directors while Apple declined the same role, at a time of increased regulatory scrutiny of generative AI companies.

Microsoft reportedly told China-based employees they will only be able to use Apple iPhones for work as part of new security measures, with all Android-powered devices to be replaced from September.

Microsoft agreed to pay $14.4 million to settle allegations it retaliated and discriminated against employees who had taken legally protected time-off, according to a state agency in California.

Proximus NXT unveiled a sovereign cloud platform with partners Microsoft, Intel and Thales to better protect European companies’ data.