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May 7, 2026 | Juan Lavista Ferres - Chief Data Scientist, Microsoft

The state of global AI diffusion in 2026

May 5, 2026 | Natasha Crampton - Chief Responsible AI Officer

Advancing AI evaluation with the Center for AI Standards (US) and Innovation and the AI Security Institute (UK)

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May 4, 2026 | Kaja Ciglic - Senior Director, Digital Diplomacy

Strengthening cyber capacity in Kenya: A new toolkit with lessons for the region

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May 1, 2026 | Amy Hogan-Burney - CVP, Customer Security & Trust

From capability to responsibility: Securing our global digital ecosystem with next‑generation AI

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Apr 29, 2026 | Samer Abu-Ltaif, President - Microsoft Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and Jeff Bullwinkel - VP & Deputy General Counsel, Corporate External & Legal Affairs, Microsoft EMEA

Working constructively with the UK CMA to support customer choice and cloud competition

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Mar 25, 2026 | Justin Spelhaug - President, Microsoft Elevate

Empowering the nonprofit sector to meet tomorrow’s challenges 

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Mar 19, 2026 | Amy Hogan-Burney - CVP, Customer Security & Trust

New findings show how hands-on support can improve water sector cybersecurity

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Mar 4, 2026 | Steven Masada - Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit

Defending the gates: How a global coalition disrupted Tycoon 2FA, a major driver of initial access and large-scale online impersonation

Feb 24, 2026 | Melanie Nakagawa - Chief Sustainability Officer, Microsoft

Celebrating 250 million: Empowering communities to enable the global AI economy

Feb 18, 2026 | Melanie Nakagawa - Chief Sustainability Officer, Microsoft

A milestone achievement in our journey to carbon negative

Feb 17, 2026 | Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of Microsoft and Natasha Crampton, Vice President and Chief Responsible AI Officer of Microsoft

We need to act with urgency to address the growing AI divide

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Feb 9, 2026 | Courtney Gregoire - Chief Digital Safety Officer

Building a safer digital future, together

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Jan 20, 2026 | Justin Spelhaug - President, Microsoft Elevate

A renewed commitment to strengthening the United Nations for its next era

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Jan 14, 2026 | Steven Masada - Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit

Microsoft disrupts global cybercrime subscription service responsible for millions in fraud losses

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Jan 13, 2026 | Brad Smith - Vice Chair & President

Building Community-First AI Infrastructure

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Jan 8, 2026 | Microsoft Corporate Blogs

Global AI adoption in 2025 — A widening digital divide

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Dec 9, 2025 | Brad Smith - Vice Chair & President

Microsoft Deepens Its Commitment to Canada with Landmark $19B AI Investment

Nov 13, 2025 | Juan Lavista Ferres, Chief Data Scientist, Microsoft and Chris Bishop, Technical Fellow and Director of Microsoft Research AI for Science

The Next Phase of Aurora: Open and Collaborative AI for Weather and Climate Forecasting 

Nov 12, 2025 | Courtney Gregoire - Chief Digital Safety Officer

Uplifting and empowering young people for an AI future

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Nov 10, 2025 | Microsoft Corporate Blogs

Understanding global AI diffusion

Nov 5, 2025 | Justin Spelhaug - President, Microsoft Elevate

Microsoft Elevate UAE: Building a future-ready workforce

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Nov 5, 2025 | Mike Egan - General Manager, Microsoft TechSpark

Announcing the 2026 Microsoft TechSpark Fellows

Nov 3, 2025 | Brad Smith - Vice Chair & President

Microsoft’s $15.2 billion USD investment in the UAE

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Oct 30, 2025 | Mike Egan - General Manager, Microsoft TechSpark

Microsoft TechSpark partners with TitletownTech and the New Jersey AI Hub to accelerate scientific discovery

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Oct 16, 2025 | Amy Hogan-Burney - CVP, Customer Security & Trust

Extortion and ransomware drive over half of cyberattacks

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Oct 9, 2025 | Brad Smith - Vice Chair & President

Microsoft Elevate Washington: World-class AI for every student and teacher, right here at home

Sep 25, 2025 | Microsoft Corporate Blogs

Update on ongoing Microsoft review

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Sep 18, 2025 | Brad Smith - Vice Chair & President

Made in Wisconsin: The world’s most powerful AI datacenter

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Sep 17, 2025 | Dr. Charles Tahan - Partner, Microsoft Quantum

Our new collaboration with Maryland will accelerate scalable quantum computing

Sep 16, 2025 | Brad Smith - Vice Chair & President

Microsoft invests $30 billion in UK to power AI future

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Sep 16, 2025 | Steven Masada - Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit

Microsoft seizes 338 websites to disrupt rapidly growing ‘RaccoonO365’ phishing service

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Sep 4, 2025 | Brad Smith, Vice Chair & President and Ryan Roslansky, CEO, LinkedIn & EVP, Microsoft Office

New White House commitments empower teachers, students, and job seekers through AI skilling and learning 

Aug 26, 2025 | Microsoft Corporate Blogs

Press conference on August 26

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Aug 20, 2025 | Amy Hogan-Burney - CVP, Customer Security & Trust

Post-quantum resilience: building secure foundations

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Jul 20, 2025 | Brad Smith - Vice Chair & President

Unlocking data to advance European commerce and culture

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Jul 15, 2025 | Juan Lavista Ferres - Chief Data Scientist, Microsoft

Improving breast cancer screening with AI

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Jul 9, 2025 | Brad Smith - Vice Chair & President

Microsoft Elevate: Putting people first

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Jun 26, 2025 |  Jenny Lay-Flurrie (CELA), Vice President and Chief Accessibility Officer, Microsoft and Nanna-Louise Linde, Vice President European Government Affairs, Microsoft