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OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 in Microsoft Foundry: Frontier intelligence on an enterprise ready platform
27 Apr 2026
OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 will be generally available in Microsoft Foundry, bringing OpenAI’s latest frontier model to Azure and the enterprise teams building agents for real production work. The post OpenAI’s
Microsoft Discovery: Advancing agentic R&D at scale
27 Apr 2026
Expanded preview access for Microsoft Discovery brings new enterprise-grade, agentic AI capabilities for research and development teams. The post Microsoft Discovery: Advancing agentic R&D at scale appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
Introducing Azure Accelerate for Databases: Modernize your data for AI with experts and investments
27 Apr 2026
Azure Accelerate for Databases helps organizations modernize their databases and build AI-ready capabilities. The post Introducing Azure Accelerate for Databases: Modernize your data for AI with exper
Cloud Cost Optimization: Principles that still matter
20 Apr 2026
Discover how cloud cost optimization adapts in the age of AI, with best practices for managing spend, improving efficiency, and maximizing value. The post Cloud Cost Optimization: Principles that still matter appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
Optimize object storage costs automatically with smart tier—now generally available
20 Apr 2026
By continuously optimizing data placement, smart tier ensures your storage costs are aligned with actual usage. The post Optimize object storage costs automatically with smart tier—now generally available appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
Microsoft named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™ for Sovereign Cloud Platforms
15 Apr 2026
Microsoft is named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™ for Sovereign Cloud Platforms, recognizing Microsoft Sovereign Cloud leadership in evolving sovereignty needs. The post Microsoft named a Leader in T
How Drasi used GitHub Copilot to find documentation bugs
15 Apr 2026
How Microsoft uses AI agents and Drasi to keep open‑source documentation accurate and working. The post How Drasi used GitHub Copilot to find documentation bugs appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
Cloud Cost Optimization: How to maximize ROI from AI, manage costs, and unlock real business value
15 Apr 2026
Get practical strategies and best practices to help you plan, design, and manage AI investments for sustainable value and efficiency. The post Cloud Cost Optimization: How to maximize ROI from AI, man
Azure IaaS: Keep critical applications running with built-in resiliency at scale
13 Apr 2026
Azure IaaS provides foundational capabilities across compute, storage, and networking to help organizations stay resilient. The post Azure IaaS: Keep critical applications running with built-in resili
Building sovereign AI at the edge: Microsoft and Armada collaborate to deliver Azure Local on Galleon modular datacenters
02 Apr 2026
Explore how Microsoft and Armada bring sovereign AI to the edge with Azure Local, enabling secure, resilient workloads in disconnected and regulated environments. The post Building sovereign AI at the
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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
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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.
