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• [New] Microsoft now aims to deliver a scalable quantum computer by 2029. Straits Research
• [New] Microsoft is accelerating its Quantum Safe Program with a goal of moving critical products and services to post-quantum cryptography by 2029. The Quantum Insider
• [New] Microsoft pointed to U.S. and French guidance that calls for adoption of quantum-safe cryptography as early as 2030 for certain high-risk systems. The Quantum Insider
• [New] On the security front, Microsoft is now fixing many more vulnerabilities across Windows components, Office apps, and more thanks to its use of AI. Thurrott.com
• [New] Microsoft has announced MAI-Cyber - 1-Flash, a cybersecurity-focused AI model designed to identify and help remediate software vulnerabilities within its MDASH security platform. Exploring Information Security
• [New] Recent quantum computing advances from Google, Cloudflare, and Microsoft have pushed some large technology vendors to set their own migration deadlines to 2029. Forrester
• [New] Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania - the site of the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history - is slated to reopen in 2027 as part of a 20-year deal to power Microsoft data centers. Los Angeles Times
• [New] Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Google now plan to spend $725 billion on capital expenditures in 2026. Last Week in ConTech
• [New] Rather than concede that AI agents will replace the Office interface, Microsoft wants Copilot to become the way enterprises experience Office, Windows, Teams, Outlook, SharePoint, GitHub, and security operations. WindowsForum
• [New] Microsoft processes more than 100 trillion security signals per day, blocks roughly 4.5 million net-new malware files, analyzes 38 million identity-risk detections, and screens 5 billion emails for phishing and malware. Swif.ai
• [New] Microsoft 365 Personal is a useful product wrapped around a strategic bet: that consumers will accept AI, cloud storage, security, and Office as one inseparable subscription. WindowsForum
• Fastest Growing Segment: AI ASICs are the fastest-growing component type, with Omdia forecasting AI ASIC revenue to reach US$ 84.5 billion by 2030 as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft scale proprietary silicon deployments across hyperscale data centers. Persistence Market Research
• Microsoft plans to integrate Databricks' Genie conversational analytics platform into Microsoft 365, enabling natural-language data queries inside productivity tools. Brett Pollak
• Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Meta are expected to spend more than $700bn on AI infrastructure in 2026, while Britain is competing to attract new data centers and computing capacity. City AM

Last updated: 23 August 2026