Brad Smith defends Microsoft layoffs, addresses AI’s role, and explains the company’s $4B workforce initiative amid a major tech transition.

Be it Azure’s dominance, Copilot’s spread, or its massive data center bets, Microsoft is marching forward with considerable aplomb. 💵💰Don't miss the move: Subscribe to TheStreet's free daily newsletter💰💵 Despite the uncertainty,

Copilot can now see what’s on your screen, verbally discuss it, and help you use related apps. Apple's and Google's desktop OSes don't have anything similar.

Microsoft plans to donate $4 billion worth of cash, technology and training to enhance artificial intelligence education, a substantial bequest as the Redmond software giant aims to make billions more off a technology it expects to be on par with the introduction of electricity.

“We believe Microsoft will also hit the $4 trillion market cap club this summer and then over the next 18 months the focus will be on the $5 trillion club,” wrote Wedbush analyst Dan Ives and colleagues in a note to clients, saying they believe the AI-driven tech bull market is still in its early phases.

Some long-awaited Microsoft Teams features, like threaded conversations and the option to react with multiple different emojis on the same message, are rolling out now.

Microsoft said it would provide cash, artificial intelligence tools and computing services to schools, colleges and nonprofit groups.

Microsoft saved more than $500 million in its call centers alone last year by using artificial intelligence, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.

A recently laid-off project manager says that deals for Xbox Game Pass games (that Microsoft doesn't already own) range from $50K to $50 million or more.

Cindy Rose, Microsoft's chief operating officer for global enterprise sales, is leaving the tech behemoth to become CEO