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PLUS: Being AI finally finds three independent directors - and they're big names.

‘Tech nightmare’: Consumer NZ urges Microsoft to extend Windows 10 support

It’s feared hundreds of thousands of Kiwis’ computers will become obsolete in October.

The making of Microsoft’s domestic data centre

How Kiwis got Satya Nadella on side.

Outlook appears restored after global outage hits Microsoft email service

Users around the world reported the Microsoft email service as being down.

Spark and Microsoft ink NZ’s ‘largest-ever Microsoft public cloud partnership’

Around half of the telco's staff will get Microsoft's gen AI.

Tech Insider: Google follows Microsoft in raising prices as it bundles AI

Don't want it? Google will add it to its suite and raise the price anyway.

Tech Insider: Size of four rugby fields – Amazon buys more Auckland land

Amazon expands its data centre presence in West Auckland.

Bill Gates: Trump, Musk and how my neurodiversity made me

Times: He frequently failed at school, so how did he go on to become a billionaire at 31?

2024 financials: Microsoft opens giant data centre in NZ, owned by an Irish subsidiary: Where it is and what it cost

PLUS: The tech giant raises its pricing.

US stocks surge to records on tech gains, Fed rate cut hopes

Even strange behaviour in South Korea and France doesn't dent Wall St optimism.

Microsoft targets Egyptian linked to DIY phishing kits

Attacks have surged in recent months, with criminals increasingly using QR codes.

'Black Fraud Day?': Black Friday scams make for phishy business with QR cons, fake shops

Black Fraud Day? Desperate scammers may entice people desperate for deals.

Microsoft’s revenue beats estimates on AI boom's cloud demand, Meta sees AI spending accelerating

Financial Times: Boom in adoption of AI tools features strongly in Big Tech results.

Google’s strong earnings boosted by cloud computing growth

Financial Times: Shares in parent company Alphabet rose 5% in after-hours trading.

Nuclear energy stocks hit record highs on surging demand from AI

Financial Times: Amazon and Google deals to deploy reactors in sector’s revitalisation.

S&P 500, Dow close at fresh record peaks on tech buying

Semiconductors were especially in vogue during a day of vigorous trading.