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Microsoft is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management
13 Aug 2025
We’re proud to announce that Microsoft has once again been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management, for the third year in a row. The post Microsoft is a Lead
GPT-5 in Azure AI Foundry: The future of AI apps and agents starts here
08 Aug 2025
Today, we’re announcing general availability of OpenAI’s new flagship, GPT-5, in Azure AI Foundry. This is more than a new model release; it is the most powerful large language model (LLM) ever releas
Introducing Azure Storage Discovery: Transform data management with storage insights
07 Aug 2025
We are excited to announce the public preview of Azure Storage Discovery, a fully managed service that provides you enterprise-wide visibility into your Azure Blob Storage data estate. The post Introd
OpenAI’s open‑source model: gpt‑oss on Azure AI Foundry and Windows AI Foundry
07 Aug 2025
With the launch of OpenAI’s gpt‑oss models—its first open-weight release since GPT‑2—we’re giving developers and enterprises unprecedented ability to run, adapt, and deploy OpenAI models entirely on t
Scaling generative AI in the cloud: Enterprise use cases for driving secure innovation
30 Jul 2025
In our technical guide, “Accelerating Generative AI Innovation with Cloud Migration” we outline how IT and digital transformation leaders can tap into the power and flexibility of Azure to unlock the
Project Flash update: Advancing Azure Virtual Machine availability monitoring
28 Jul 2025
Flash enables rapid detection of issues originating from the Azure platform, helping teams respond quickly to infrastructure-related disruptions. The post Project Flash update: Advancing Azure Virtual
Microsoft Azure AI Foundry Models and Microsoft Security Copilot achieve ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification
18 Jul 2025
Microsoft has achieved ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification—a globally recognized standard for Artificial Intelligence Management Systems for both Azure AI Foundry Models and Microsoft Security Copilot.
Databricks runs best on Azure
16 Jul 2025
Choosing Azure Databricks can streamline your entire data lifecycle within a single, scalable environment. The post Databricks runs best on Azure appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
Reasoning reimagined: Introducing Phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning
10 Jul 2025
Unlock faster, efficient reasoning with Phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning—optimized for edge, mobile, and real-time applications. The post Reasoning reimagined: Introducing Phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
Introducing Deep Research in Azure AI Foundry Agent Service
08 Jul 2025
Announcing the public preview of Deep Research in Azure AI Foundry—an API and SDK-based offering of OpenAI’s advanced agentic research capability. The post Introducing Deep Research in Azure AI Foundr
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
