Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’
Charlie Bell, a former Amazon Web Services executive, is now the leader of Microsoft’s newly formed, 10,000-person security engineering organization. (Microsoft Photo) “Your code will be attacked.”…
Microsoft detected ‘destructive cyberattacks’ against Ukraine hours before Russian invasion
Microsoft President Brad Smith speaking at Seattle’s Town Hall in 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Microsoft says it began detecting “destructive cyberattacks directed against Ukraine’s digital…
Microsoft suspends sales of products and services in Russia, condemns ‘unlawful’ invasion of Ukraine
Microsoft President Brad Smith. (GeekWire File Photo) Microsoft says it will suspend all new sales of its products and services in Russia and stop “many aspects” of…
Microsoft’s larger lesson from TikTok: Brad Smith on the future of U.S.-China tech relations
Brad Smith speaks about Tools & Weapons, co-authored with Carol Ann Browne, during a 2019 event at Seattle’s Town Hall. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Microsoft…
Where did Biden go for his private Seattle fundraiser? Of course, there are tech roots
President Joe Biden. (White House File Photo via Flickr) President Joe Biden breezed into Seattle on Thursday, and continues his stay this morning with plans for Earth…
Top Stories of ’21: Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, COVID, and what’s next for tech in Seattle and beyond
Looking at GeekWire’s most-read stories for 2021, this series of headlines stands out as a symbol of the past year, not just for Amazon but for the…
Microsoft President Brad Smith on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and ‘the world’s first hybrid war’
From left: Jevin West, Brad Smith, and Margaret O’Mara speak at a University of Washington event on Wednesday in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Julie Emory) The Russian…
Microsoft changes cloud practices in Europe, acknowledges missteps in rivalry with Amazon
Microsoft President Brad Smith. (GeekWire File Photo / Dan DeLong) Microsoft responded to criticism of its cloud licensing policies in Europe with a series of promises to…
Microsoft promises ‘open and constructive’ approach to employee labor unions
Microsoft President Brad Smith speaking at Seattle’s Town Hall in 2019. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Conceding that the rise of labor unions in tech may…
Microsoft’s union pledge, and the new era of organized labor in tech
Microsoft is taking a road less traveled in tech with its union pledge. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Marcus Courtney was a Microsoft software tester who…