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Todd Bishop

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Senior Writer and Co-Founder at GeekWire

GeekWire co-founder. Business and tech journalist. [email protected].

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  • Microsoft taps LinkedIn CEO for dual role leading Office apps in AI strategy shift

    3 days ago | geekwire.com | Todd Bishop

    LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky will take on a second role under a new Microsoft organizational structure, overseeing Office apps in addition to leading the business networking platform acquired by the Redmond company nine years ago. Microsoft is announcing the change internally Wednesday morning. As executive vice president for Office, Roslansky will be responsible for Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft 365 Copilot, while continuing as LinkedIn CEO.

  • Reality check: Microsoft Azure CTO pushes back on AI vibe coding hype, sees 'upper limit'

    4 days ago | geekwire.com | Todd Bishop

    REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich cautioned that “vibe coding” and AI-driven software development tools aren’t capable of replacing human programmers for complex software projects, contrary to the industry’s most optimistic aspirations for artificial intelligence.

  • New filing: Microsoft cuts another 305 jobs in Washington state

    5 days ago | geekwire.com | Todd Bishop

    Microsoft is making another 305 layoffs in Redmond, according to a filing Monday with the Washington state Employment Security Department, bringing the company’s total reported layoffs in the state to nearly 2,300 in recent weeks. The new cuts come less than a month after Microsoft announced a workforce reduction affecting nearly 3% of its global workforce, or approximately 6,000 employees. Those cuts included 1,985 employees in Washington state.

  • Steve Ballmer nearly dumped his Microsoft stock after leaving — here’s why he decided to hold on

    5 days ago | geekwire.com | Todd Bishop

    Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer came close to selling his entire stake in the company around 2015 or 2016, after his departure, before two people on his team made the case to keep his stock. In hindsight, dumping his shares might have cost him tens of billions of dollars over the long run. But he seriously considered selling, out of a desire to emotionally detach from the company after he left Microsoft in 2014, Ballmer says in a new interview on the Acquired podcast.

  • GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft, Remitly, and the new shape of work - plus, Amazon’s NYT AI deal

    1 week ago | geekwire.com | Todd Bishop

    This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Amazon’s new licensing agreement with The New York Times to train its AI platforms, a notable move in the evolving relationship between media and tech. We also go behind the scenes at two very different office spaces that reflect changing approaches to the workplace: Microsoft’s sprawling and still-developing Redmond campus, and Remitly’s globally inspired new HQ in downtown Seattle.

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