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• [New] Microsoft is investing $2.5 billion to create a new organization that will embed 6,000 employees with customers to accelerate enterprise AI adoption. MarketingProfs
• [New] Microsoft accelerates post-quantum cryptography migration, targeting quantum-safe products and services by 2029. Campus Technology
• [New] Microsoft said its near-term work will focus on three areas: upgrading network cryptography, building crypto-agility for stored data and modernizing cryptographic trust chains used for identity, signing and certificates. Campus Technology
• [New] Microsoft is urging organizations to begin with strategy, ownership, and inventory, while also modernizing protocols and designing new systems with crypto-agility in mind, adding that starting earlier can reduce risk while helping avoid disruptive, rushed migrations later. Campus Technology
• [New] EchoLeak demonstrated the first zero-click exploit of a production AI assistant: a single crafted email that could quietly steal data through Microsoft 365 Copilot with no user action at all. datAInsights
• [New] Microsoft Researchers Demonstrate New AI Vulnerability: Microsoft researchers discovered a vulnerability called AutoJack, which allows a malicious webpage to take control of an AI agent and cause it to execute arbitrary code. Medium
• [New] Impact on Ascend Clients For organizations already using Microsoft for identity, endpoint, compliance, and threat protection, Copilot for Security is becoming a stronger reason to maximize existing investments. Ascend Technologies
• [New] The five largest hyperscalers, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and Oracle, are projected to spend a combined $660 billion to $690 billion on capital expenditure in 2026, nearly tripling from approximately $256 billion in 2024. Supply Chain Management Review
• CEO Satya Nadella sees GenAI as a rare change to a fundamental computing paradigm, and Microsoft is moving aggressively to exploit the opportunities opened by GenAI, as demand currently outstrips the supply of its cloud services. Barchart.com
• Microsoft will invest US$ 2.5 billion in a new AI engineering business that will deploy 6,000 experts to work with enterprise customers. Fintech Singapore
• Anthropic plans to expand access through its Glasswing program while collaborating with Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and other partners on shared standards for identifying and addressing jailbreak techniques. MarketingProfs
• The more Microsoft disperses Copilot controls across admin surfaces, the more likely it is that organizations will miss one. Windows Forum
• By bringing agent identity assets into Sentinel, Microsoft is giving SOC teams another source of context for investigations, threat hunting and risk assessment as AI agents gain more access to enterprise data, apps and workflows. Redmond Channel Partner
• With $40 million in venture backing from investors including Atomico and Microsoft, Lace says it plans to have its atom lithography technology deployed inside a chip fabrication facility by 2029. Forbes
• Microsoft 365 Copilot will work more intimately with Power Apps, which will lead to more blended use cases. MSDynamicsWorld.com
• Cunningham and other Microsoft representatives emphasized that the introduction of new AI capabilities or new generations of Power Platform services will not disrupt customers with existing apps, flows, and other technical assets built up over the years. MSDynamicsWorld.com
• Microsoft has positioned its Majorana 2 chip and a 2029 target for scalable quantum computing as a pillar of its future, a differentiator that could open entirely new markets. investing.com
• If EU rules force more openness, portability, or fairer access terms, it could affect cloud pricing, AI model deployment, and the bargaining power of smaller companies building on top of Amazon and Microsoft. Tech Startups - Tech News, Tech Trends & Startup Fundin
• While cloud providers such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft report rising AI revenue, investors still remain divided on how long it will take for returns to match investment levels. Fortune
• Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta alone plan to allocate $725 billion to capital expenditures in 2026 - up 77% from last year's $410 billion. Forbes

Last updated: 19 July 2026