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It's been more than two years — going back to the start of the Covid pandemic — since I have been able to do a deep dive of Silicon Valley. But over the past week I was able to reconnect with many executives, CEOs, and market insiders in CNBC's San Francisco bureau, and I was blown away by what I learned and how different things have become. It is all pretty shocking compared even to the beginning of 2020. I want to give Investing Club members an exclusive look at my observations and impressions of the global center of…

People will be able to play Xbox Game Pass games over a cloud connection on 2022 Samsung smart TVs.MicrosoftMicrosoft is releasing an Xbox app for smart TVs, enabling consumers to stream Xbox video games even if they don't own consoles.Microsoft said Thursday that it will first bring the app to Samsung's 2022 smart TVs and then expand distribution to other manufacturers. It's a bold bet for Microsoft, after Xbox's hardware revenue jumped 92% last year. The company said the app will be available starting June 30, in 27…

Alex KipmanPhoto: GABRIEL BOUYS (Getty Images)Alex Kipman, the executive in charge of leading Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed-reality platform, is leaving the company following allegations of verbal abuse and sexual harassment, according to Insider. Kipman was the subject of a recent Insider investigation in which dozens of employees accused Kipman of inappropriate behavior toward women and one instance where he allegedly watched what was described by a witness as “VR porn” in front of other employees. More than 25 current and…

Microsoft HoloLens chief Alex Kipman is reportedly leaving the company in the mixed reality reorganisation following allegations of misconduct.According to geekwire.com, the tech giant is splitting its HoloLens mixed reality group and parting ways with Kipman.The restructuring was announced in an internal email on Tuesday evening, shifting the company's Mixed Reality Hardware group into the Windows and Devices organisation, and its Mixed Reality Presence and Collaboration group into the Microsoft Teams organisation in the…

Microsoft’s move to spend more on staff follows similar moves by rivals in its core cloud-computing sector. Photo: Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg News…

Satya Nadella, CEO of MicrosoftCNBCMicrosoft's security business is growing faster than any of its main products, and now the company is adding heft to its offerings with three new services designed to help organizations spot and respond to cybersecurity incidents.Microsoft is among the leaders in cloud software and infrastructure, which means its technology is already the backbone for many businesses of all sizes. That puts the company in position to not only make security software available to its client base, but also…

Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella warned that employee well-being could suffer from an ever-expanding workday that often now creeps well into the night.Nadella, whose company has studied how remote work impacts collaboration in an effort to improve its Teams software, cited Microsoft research showing that about a third of white-collar workers have a “third peak” of productivity late in the evening, based on keyboard activity. Productivity typically spikes before and after lunch, but this third peak…