Email accounts went down for thousands of Microsoft users on Thursday, with reports of outages spiking Thursday between 11 a.m. and noon.

Rumors of mass layoffs at Microsoft swirled online this week. One company executive took to social media to shoot them down.

Tech Moves covers notable hires, promotions and personnel changes in the Pacific NW tech community. Submissions: [email protected] by Lisa Stiffler on Jan 9, 2026 at 1:16 pm January 9, 2026 at 4:55 pm ...

Microsoft’s decision to renew a large swath of office space in Redmond is emerging as a key stabilizing force for the Eastside office market near Seattle. That’s one takeaway from a new report by ...