[New] The large cloud players will spend roughly $725 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026 alone, with Amazon approaching $200 billion, Microsoft and Alphabet around $ 180-190 billion each, and Meta between $125 and $145 billion.
Saltus
[New] Microsoft is preparing Project Perception, an AI cybersecurity platform that finds and fixes software vulnerabilities using models from Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic together, positioned as a lower-cost alternative to Anthropic's Mythos-class security offering.
Build Fast with AI
[New] While email remains the dominant initial access vector, threat actors increasingly abused Microsoft Teams during Q2 to deliver social engineering, phishing, and malware payloads.
Microsoft Security Blog
[New] Microsoft added one gigawatt of data center capacity in its most recent quarter, expects to double its infrastructure footprint within two years and says demand for compute will continue to outpace supply at least through the end of 2026.
Observer
[New] Over the past several months, Microsoft executives have increasingly emphasized that the next phase of enterprise AI competition will be defined as much by deployment, economics, and operational efficiency as by raw model capability.
Campus Technology
[New] Microsoft recently announced its Autonomous Code Security team built a multi-model agentic scanning harness to identify vulnerabilities faster.
STACK Cybersecurity
[New] Just four large tech companies - Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Meta Platforms, and Microsoft - are expected to invest $720 billion in 2026, mostly on data centers.
ABC News
[New] Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon will report earnings over the next two weeks as investors look for evidence that years of record spending on AI are beginning to generate stronger revenue growth.
City AM
[New] Microsoft stated it believes cryptographically relevant quantum computers could arrive sooner than previously expected and cited recent US and French government guidance to adopt quantum-safe cryptography as early as 2030 in certain high-risk systems.
SITG-Consulting
[New] Microsoft updated its Secure Development Lifecycle to incorporate AI-enabled attack techniques and continuous AI-enabled vulnerability scanning.
HAWKEYE
[New] Microsoft deployed MDASH, an AI-powered multi-model agentic scanning system, for vulnerability discovery across the Windows codebase.
HAWKEYE
[New] Multiple critical vulnerabilities are being actively exploited, especially in Microsoft SharePoint and Oracle E-Business Suite.
TECHMANIACS.com
[New] Microsoft will end OneDrive synchronization support next month for older versions of Windows 10, leaving users without client updates, fixes, or technical assistance.
theregister
[New] NVIDIA's current valuations appear reasonable given the big cloud providers like Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon are gearing up more investments in their AI infra, with hyperscaler AI capex projected to rise from $650 billion in 2026 to $1 trillion in 2027.
tradingkey.com
[New] Microsoft Corp. pledged to match 100% of its hourly electricity consumption with purchases of zero-carbon energy by 2030.
Insurance Journal
[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
Last updated: 26 July 2026
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