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Microsoft signals pause in funding for carbon dioxide removal market

Since 2020, Microsoft has spearheaded efforts to develop a carbon dioxide removal market. The Redmond-based software giant pledged to make the company carbon negative by 2030 and remove all its emissions since its founding by 2050. Now, the company seems to be taking a step back from leading that charge. New York Times climate team reporter David Gelles spoke to KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about his reporting on what Microsoft is doing, and why.
- John O'Brien
Toilet's fixed, but Artemis II astronauts now have Microsoft Outlook problem

NASA's moonbound astronauts aboard Artemis II have their toilet functioning again, but now they're stuck with an equally annoying but perhaps less urgent issue: They can't open their email.
- Paige Browning
Former Microsoft executive’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein comes under scrutiny

Seattle Times business reporter Alex Halverson has written about connections between Epstein and former Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold.
- John O'Brien
A small town in Central Washington is Microsoft's answer to the data center backlash

Quincy is a small farming town in Central Washington near the Columbia River, home to one of the world’s top french fry producers. It’s also the model for Microsoft’s nationwide data center strategy.
- Monica Nickelsburg
Microsoft limits Israel’s access to cloud, AI services over reports of mass surveillance in Gaza
- Associated Press
Microsoft calls workers back to office 3 days a week

Microsoft will expect its employees to work from the office three days a week, starting early next year.
- Monica Nickelsburg
Is the Google antitrust ruling a ‘big whiff,’ or an advantage for rivals like Microsoft?

In a closely watched antitrust case, a federal judge ruled this week that Google has to share search results and some data with rival companies. But the judge ruled Google does not have to sell off Chrome, its ubiquitous web browser. What could this ruling mean for our homegrown tech behemoth Microsoft, and other search engine rivals of Google? GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop looked into that and other questions in a new piece. He told KUOW’s Kim Malcolm what he found.
- John O'Brien
Microsoft launches $4 billion AI reskilling institute

Microsoft unveiled a new initiative Wednesday that's intended to bring artificial intelligence skills to millions of people around the world.
- Monica Nickelsburg
Latest Microsoft layoffs could hit 9,000 employees

Microsoft is firing thousands of workers, its second mass layoff in months.
- Associated Press
Microsoft reportedly planning more mass layoffs

The layoffs are expected as part of a reorganization of Microsoft's sales department.
- Monica Nickelsburg

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