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Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0 unifies Semantic Kernel's enterprise foundations with AutoGen's multi-agent orchestration into one open-source SDK for .NET and Python, with support for A2A and MCP protocols.

Microsoft staff have informed carbon removal developers that the company is pausing new purchases, a move that rattles a market in which the tech giant accounted for 96 percent of 2025 credit purchases.

JPMorgan commits to 60,000 tons of carbon removal credits from Graphyte, while Microsoft secures 626,000 tonnes from Canada's first Indigenous-owned BECCS project, as corporate buyers race to underwrite the next generation of carbon removal infrastructure.

India's Reserve Bank enforces mandatory two-factor authentication for all digital payments from April 1, while NIST's updated identity guidelines and Microsoft's passwordless-by-default accounts mark a coordinated global shift toward phishing-resistant authentication.

Microsoft released TypeScript 6.0 on March 23, the last version of the compiler written in JavaScript. The release introduces strict-by-default settings and deprecates legacy features ahead of TypeScript 7.0, a full Go rewrite that has shown up to 10x faster compilation in benchmarks.

Bethesda's space RPG arrives on PS5 with two DLC expansions and the Free Lanes overhaul, as Microsoft's multiplatform strategy reaches its most significant title yet.

The CMA will begin a Strategic Market Status investigation in May, examining whether Microsoft's licensing practices disadvantage rival cloud providers and whether AI integration into productivity tools could entrench dominance.

GitHub's new opt-out policy lets it use code snippets, prompts, and context from Free, Pro, and Pro+ users to train AI models, drawing sharp criticism from developers who call it a bait-and-switch.

A coordinated operation led by Europol, Microsoft, and law enforcement agencies across six countries seized 330 domains powering the Tycoon 2FA phishing-as-a-service platform, which had accounted for 62 percent of all phishing attempts Microsoft blocked by mid-2025.

Samsung Electronics is negotiating three-to-five-year memory supply agreements with Google and Microsoft that could include more than 10 billion dollars in prepayments, as hyperscalers move to secure chip capacity amid a structural AI-driven shortage.

Microsoft has released TypeScript 6.0, the final major version built on the original JavaScript compiler codebase. The release introduces sweeping default changes, deprecates legacy module formats, and adds a migration flag to prepare codebases for TypeScript 7.0, which will be built entirely in Go.

Microsoft, the Pentagon, and Zscaler are extending zero trust beyond network perimeters to AI agents, weapons systems, and sovereign data flows, driven by a non-human identity explosion that outnumbers human users 100 to 1.