It might not get the same kind of attention as Google and Apple, but Microsoft is still one of the biggest and most powerful tech companies operating today. It runs Azure, one of the biggest cloud computing services, and maintains Windows 11 and the whole Office suite of software. It also makes plenty of Surface hardware and has a whole slew of gaming products, including the Xbox Series X. But the company is ever expanding — building new hardware, acquiring new game studios, and making sure that even if Microsoft doesn't run your phone, it can touch plenty of the apps on it. 

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The green bubble problem is about to get even worse

Tesla is about to pull the plug on its main EV charging rival

Reddit won’t budge on the API changes that are shutting down apps like Apollo

You can thank slumping laptop sales for the 15-inch MacBook Air

Reddit’s API updates: all the news about changes that have infuriated Redditors

More from Microsoft

Bing’s chatbot now lets you ask questions with your voice on desktop

Google Drive is ending app support for Windows 8 and 8.1

Windows 11’s modern File Explorer UI and RGB lighting controls head to testers

Minecraft officially launches for Chromebooks