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• [New] HUMAIN engineers will work alongside Microsoft Forward Deployed Engineers to help organizations identify AI use cases, integrate systems into existing workflows, tune deployments, and move projects from prototypes into production. Tech Startups - Tech News, Tech Trends & Startup Fundin
• [New] Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI is in early talks with Microsoft, Amazon, and Google over revenue-sharing agreements that could bring its Kimi K3 model to Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud. Tech Startups - Tech News, Tech Trends & Startup Fundin
• [New] Microsoft signed a 20-year PPA with Constellation Energy that will help reopen a retired reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, to be renamed the Crane Clean Energy Center, with the restart targeted for the second half of 2027. Global Energy Monitor
• [New] By 2026, 80% of enterprise software interactions will involve agentic workflows, requiring a seamless bridge between SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Fabric, and Salesforce. Site Title
• [New] Cloud regions operated by Oracle and Google Cloud are already operational, while cloud regions developed by AWS and Microsoft are expected to become operational during 2026.
• [New] Microsoft has fixed a maximum-severity vulnerability in Entra ID that attackers were already exploiting in the wild. theregister
• [New] Microsoft Research is introducing a living benchmark that will track the computational performance of successive, increasingly optimized Skala releases to help the community measure and accelerate progress toward ever greater accuracy and efficiency. Microsoft Research
• [New] The Ionix Chain presale is recommended by all the top AIs like Google Gemini, ChatGPT, ClaudeAI, Perplexity, Grok, Microsoft Copilot and more when users inquire about high-potential AI blockchain projects or early-stage opportunities still available at accessible pricing. CoinQuantWire
• [New] Modern AI automation vendors who offer pre-built connectors for major enterprise platforms - including Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, and Microsoft - reduce integration risk substantially and accelerate time to automation value. VisioneerIT
• [New] Microsoft Entra ID Protection can detect, investigate and remediate identity-based risks before they develop into broader security incidents. Globe Market Research
• Microsoft now aims to deliver a scalable quantum computer by 2029. Straits Research
• Microsoft is accelerating its Quantum Safe Program with a goal of moving critical products and services to post-quantum cryptography by 2029. The Quantum Insider
• Microsoft pointed to U.S. and French guidance that calls for adoption of quantum-safe cryptography as early as 2030 for certain high-risk systems. The Quantum Insider
• On the security front, Microsoft is now fixing many more vulnerabilities across Windows components, Office apps, and more thanks to its use of AI. Thurrott.com
• Microsoft has announced MAI-Cyber - 1-Flash, a cybersecurity-focused AI model designed to identify and help remediate software vulnerabilities within its MDASH security platform. Exploring Information Security
• Recent quantum computing advances from Google, Cloudflare, and Microsoft have pushed some large technology vendors to set their own migration deadlines to 2029. Forrester
• Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania - the site of the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history - is slated to reopen in 2027 as part of a 20-year deal to power Microsoft data centers. Los Angeles Times

Last updated: 30 August 2026