Microsoft may once again be struggling to keep up with its own climate goals, according to its 2026 sustainability report. As reported by GeekWire, the report states that Microsoft's carbon emissions increased 25 percent in 2025, totalling 34 million metric tons "without select interventions." Microsoft says this was "driven primarily by the expansion of our datacenter infrastructure," as well as the company's decision last February to stop purchasing "non-additional, unbundled renewable energy certificates."
Several years ago, Microsoft set itself a goal to be carbon negative by 2030, meaning it will need to remove more carbon emissions t …
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Jul 09, 2026 20:54
Microsoft 365 Copilot now runs on OpenAI’s GPT-5.6, boosting AI capabilities in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Learn why this matters for productivity.
Microsoft has adopted OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 as the preferred model for its Microsoft 365 Copilot platform, the companies announced on July 9, 2026. This upgrade brings enhanced AI functionality to popular tools like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the collaborative workspace Cowork, enabling users to create, analyze, and collaborate more efficiently. GPT-5.6, OpenAI’s latest model family, launched publicly the same day after a delayed rollout due to U.S. cybersecurity reviews. It replaces GPT-4, which debuted in March 2023, and delivers improved reasoning, task performance, and safety systems. According to OpenAI, this model is optimized to produce higher-quality outputs per token, offering s
Microsoft's Xbox layoffs highlight a shift towards AI investment, signaling a defensive stance in traditional gaming amid financial pressures.
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Topline Microsoft on Thursday reported its carbon emissions swelled last year as the software giant built new data centers, marking a setback for its climate goals as booming AI demand is expected to drive a sharp increase in global emissions over the next decade. Demand for AI is expanding, but sustainability solutions are “not scaling fast enough,” Microsoft reported. Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Key Facts Microsoft emitted 20 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent—a measurement of all greenhouse gases as if they were carbon dioxide—last year, a 25% increase from the 16 million metric tons emitted in 2024, the company said in its annual sustainability report. Microsoft President Brad Smith and Chief Sustainability Officer Melanie Nakagawa said in the report that while AI infrastructure is driving demand for energy, water, land and materials, “sustainabili
New Speakers From Microsoft, UNESCO, the National Science Foundation, and Leading Research Institutions Join A.M. Turing Award Laureates, United Nations Leaders, and Technology Pioneers at Inaugural Event NEW YORK, July […]
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Windows 11 updates could soon include fixes for more security issues at once. Microsoft said in a blog post on Thursday that it's now using AI to "identify potential issues earlier," which means "customers will see a higher volume of security updates included in each security release."
Hackers, even amateurs, have increasingly been using AI to quickly exploit security weaknesses over the past several months. Security researchers are also using AI to find issues faster, leading to more frequent high-severity vulnerabilities, like the "Copy Fail" exploit that impacted nearly every Linux distribution in May. Similarly, when Anthropic announce …
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