Why CEO of $40 billion company that caused biggest-ever Windows outage wishes he had joined Microsoft before going to law school – The Times of India

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince has said that he would advise his younger self to gain experience at a big company before pursuing graduate school. Speaking as the co-founder and head of $40 billion dollar cybersecurity firm, Prince said he’s largely satisfied with his career choices but regrets declining job offers straight out of college. After…

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Apple is no longer the world’s most valuable company, loses its position to… – The Times of India

Apple is no longer the world’s most valuable company. According to a CNBC report, the iPhone maker has been overtaken by Microsoft after a sharp four-day decline in its stock. As of Tuesday’s market close, Microsoft’s market capitalization stood at $2.64 trillion, slightly ahead of Apple at $2.59 trillion.The broader market downturn follows President Donald…

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Indian-American engineer Vaniya Agrawal shares resignation email she sent to CEO Satya Nadella and staff after disrupting Microsoft’s 50th anniversary event – The Times of India

Indian-American software engineer Vaniya Agrawal has publicly shared the resignation email she sent to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and thousands of colleagues following her protest at the company’s 50th anniversary celebration on April 4.Agrawal confronted Microsoft leadership, having all the three CEOs of Microsoft – Satya Nadella, Bill Gates, and Steve Ballmer and also the…

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Who is Indian American Vaniya Agrawal who ‘shamed’ Microsoft CEOs at the company’s 50th anniversary celebrations and sent company-wide email announcing resignation – The Times of India

Microsoft‘s 50th anniversary celebrations were disrupted twice by Pro-Palestine supporters at the company’s Redmond, Washington, headquarters last week. In both cases the employees who disrupted the event were women employees. Another common thing was that the duo sent company-wide emails regarding their protest at the event. In the first incident, a software engineer named Ibtihal…

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On Microsoft’s 50th Birthday, founder Bill Gates shares the ‘Washington mistake’ he made – The Times of India

Microsoft co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates is interviewed by host Brenda Song during a 50th Anniversary event at Microsoft headquarters, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Redmond, Wash. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond) Microsoft is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month, and co-founder Bill Gates sat down with current CEO Satya Nadella. Among all the conversations, he…

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Satya Nadella shares when 3 Microsoft CEOs walk into a room on Microsoft’s 50th anniversary and get interviewed – The Times of India

Microsoft is now 50 years old. To celebrate the 50th anniversary, CEO Satya Nadella along with former CEOs Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, sat for a conversation led by an unexpected host—Copilot, the AI assistant developed by Microsoft. Sharing a video in an X post, Nadella wrote “Three Microsoft CEOs walk into a room on…

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When LinkedIn co-founder told employees: Go home, have dinner with family, and then open laptops to … – The Times of India

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman revealed that during the company’s early days, employees were expected to continue working from home after having dinner with their families, according to recently resurfaced comments that highlight his controversial stance on work-life balance for startup employees. “When we started LinkedIn, we started with people who had families. So we said,…

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Microsoft president Brad Smith shares an update on company’s 2030 goals: “It was all on track and then came this thing called…” | – The Times of India

Microsoft‘s ambitious plan to become carbon negative by 2030 has been drastically complicated by the company’s aggressive push into artificial intelligence, according to Vice Chair and President Brad Smith.Smith’s candid assessment came during a recent employee town hall where he acknowledged the company’s environmental targets have effectively quadrupled in difficulty due to AI investments.According to…

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates is predicting 2 days work week in next 10 years and why it is Bad news – The Times of India

Bill Gates predicts AI could lead to a two-day workweek within a decade, citing rapid automation. The Microsoft co-founder suggested AI’s advancement will significantly reduce the need for human labour, highlighting potential AI impacts on professions like medicine and education, envisioning widespread access to AI-driven services.“And it’s [AI technology] kind of profound because it solves…

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ChatGPT down: AI chatbot outage affecting Ghibli-style photo generation globally – The Times of India

OpenAI‘s ChatGPT is experiencing a global outage, impacting users who are increasingly using the AI chatbot to create Studio Ghibli-styled animated avatars. The disruption is causing widespread errors across the ChatGPT app and its API services. OpenAI, which receives backing from Microsoft, has stated that it is working to resolve the issue. OpenAI says it…

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