Microsoft sails as AI boom fuels double-digit growth in cloud business

Revenue from Azure cloud business increased by 22% as company focuses attention on artificial intelligence

Meta rides AI boom to stellar quarterly earnings, but slightly less than expected

Company beats financial predictions but does not increase daily users as much as Wall Street thought it might

Monthly users rose by nearly half thanks to AI translation feature, and deals for AI training with Google and OpenAI boosted revenue

Analysts expected 12% year-on-year revenue gains, but company reports 15%, buoyed by performance in ads and cloud services

As the software used by millions around the world nears its 40th birthday, here are some of the low points

From baby names to wedding planning, fans of the 40-year-old spreadsheet program reveal how it has transformed their lives

The platform’s billionaire owner has seen its value plunge as advertisers run shy, revenues drop and user numbers fall

Media mogul and leading artists join fight to stop tech firms using creative works for free as training data

Chipmaker disputed 2009 decision that it abused its market position in case dating back two decades

After two slow quarters, Elon Musk’s electric-vehicle maker reports higher-than-expected earnings per share

US firm Wolfspeed and German car parts supplier ZF postpone plans over doubts over viability

The co-founder of Secret Escapes and LoveFilm is now offering tech solutions to help out tenants and landlords

US company gives customers the ability to build own virtual agents as well as releasing 10 off-the-shelf bots

Company taps former Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman as its new board chair, who will lead the search

ByteDance dismissed person in August it says ‘maliciously interfered’ with training of artificial intelligence models