Microsoft holds quarterly earnings calls to discuss the company's financial performance.In 2024, earnings calls touched on topics like the Activision Blizzard acquisition, AI, and layoffs.Here's what to know about Microsoft's revenues, profits, and more.Information about Microsoft's earnings is released publicly at the end of each quarter of the fiscal year. For Microsoft, this is done during an earnings call usually hosted by CEO Satya Nadella.An earnings call consists of company executives laying out the current state of the company's financial situation and explaining how the company performed over the course of the closing quarter. It also involves projections about upcoming fiscal performance. These calls are closely watched by investors, economists, and regulators.In 2024, some of the major themes on these earnings calls were the advancement of AI tools like Copilot, which was first launched in late 2023, and layoffs at Microsoft, largely in the company's gaming division.Microsoft Q1 earnings 2025Things were going well for Microsoft as of the October 2024 earnings call which covered the first quarter of the 2025 fiscal year calendar. Revenues were just over $65.6 billion, a 16% increase year-over-year.Among the specifics discussed were a 10% increase in revenue for LinkedIn and a 61% increase in revenues for Xbox "content and services."The company reportedly returned $9 billion to shareholders in the form of dividends and stock buybacks. On October 30, Microsoft's stock price was trading at around $432 per share.Microsoft Q4 earnings 2024The July 2024 earnings call was mostly filled with good news. Amy Hood, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft reported that the quarterly revenue was $64.7 billion, which was up 15% over the previous quarter.Hood also reported that share prices were up $2.95 over the previous quarter. (On July 30, 2024, Microsoft share prices were at $4.22.92 per share at the close of the market.) Q4 was the best quarter of the fiscal year for Microsoft.Not all the news was good, though: revenues for Xbox video game console hardware fell by 42%, and this drop surely helped account for large round of layoffs in Microsoft's gaming division.Microsoft Q3 earnings 2024Microsoft's revenues for the third quarter of the 2024 fiscal year were almost as strong as those of the fourth quarter. In April 2024, the company reported overall revenues of $61.9 billion for the months of January, February, and March of that year, a 17% year-over-year increase.Revenues increased for platforms like LinkedIn and software suites like Office 365, but decreased for some physical device sales. Share prices increased by $2.94 on average. And Xbox "content and services revenue" increased by 62%, this increase coming only a few months after Microsoft's acquisition of the gaming company Activision Blizzard.Microsoft Q2 earnings 2024In the months of October, November, and December of 2023, the second quarter of the 2024 fiscal year, revenue was almost the same as the following Q3. Q2 revenues were $62 billion, a 18% YOY increase.The massive acquisition of Activision Blizzard concluded during the early days of this quarter, with the software company laying out $69 billion to acquire the gaming company. And artificial intelligence was top-of-mind for Nadella, who said in the earnings call that "we've moved from talking about AI to applying AI at scale. By infusing AI across every layer of our tech stack, we're winning new customers and helping drive new benefits and productivity gains across every sector."Microsoft earnings historyLike most major tech companies, Microsoft spent 2024 adjusting to the post-pandemic slump in what some are calling a tech industry recession.At the same time, a fiercely competitive AI arms race has proven challenging, even with Microsoft's 2023 launch of Copilot.In 2020, the peak year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Microsoft's annual revenues were $143 billion. 2021 saw an increase to $168 billion, while 2022 saw another jump to $198 billion in revenues. In 2023, Microsoft revenues were $211 billion, and when you add all those quarters of FY24 up, you'll see its 2024 fiscal year revenues were a healthy $245 billion.

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All the fish in Fisch are divided into bestiaries for each unique location, and while most of them can be completed fairly easily by simply fishing, others offer more serious challenges like Vertigo. This guide will tell you how to complete the Vertigo bestiary in Fisch.

Conventional fishing games and fishing simulators have a very specific dedicated market that prioritizes accuracy and competition above creativity. The same cannot be said of horror games based on fishing. Fishing simulators make great fodder for horror games. The quiet anticipation of fishing juxtaposes beautifully with the intense horror of an ambush from the deep.

Alefgard is the second main area in Dragon Quest 3 Remake, replacing the main overworld after the Hero defeats the Archfiend Baramos. New players will likely be amazed to discover that Baramos is not actually the Hero's main foe. Instead of the credits rolling after the fight, they get a new map, filled with a wide range of locations. The main quest in Alefgard plays like a single massive mission or dungeon, with several key tasks you must complete. This guide will provide a complete Alefgard walkthrough for Dragon Quest 3 Remake.

Hisense has revealed its new laser TV ahead of CES 2025, and it's going big on both projection size and sound quality.

Following two lawsuits in 2021 and 2023, IBM and Global Foundries have reached a settlement, but it's not known exactly what.

Is Nvidias RTX 5070 Ti mobile set to use a low-end Lovelace chip? No, in a word but new rumor still suggests next-gen GPUs are imminent.

Today on the befores & afters podcast, were chatting to VFX supervisor Alex Noble, who is the founder of Wild Union Post. Now, while it works on big studio films, Wild Union has crafted a lot of visual effects for independent films, including those submitted for the Sundance Film Festival.In this chat, we talk about all things indie related, and how to get the best kind of VFX work done for your indie film. Alex has some fantastic tips and tricks for making the most of your VFX budgetthings that apply all the way from small films to much larger ones, too.This episode of the befores & afters podcast is sponsored by SideFX. Looking for great customer case studies, presentations and demos? Head to the SideFX YouTube channel. There youll find tons of Houdini, Solaris and Karma content. This includes recordings of recent Houdini HIVE sessions from around the world.Listen in above, and below, check out some imagery from Wild Union.The post How to get VFX into your Sundance film appeared first on befores & afters.

This week on Dezeen, we rounded up twelve architecture projects expected to complete in 2025, including a sports campus topped with greenery in China.Featured among the list of projects is the highly anticipated World Expo in Osaka, which is being masterplanned by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto and will be held within a 60,000-square-metre wooden ring.We concluded our review of the year's best projectsAlso this week, we concluded our review of the top stories of 2024, which was rounded off with a look at the top 10 chairs and the top 10 Dezeen videos of the year.We also listed the top 10 holiday homes of the year, which included a home in India wrapped in a gabion wall filled with rocks and an angular black holiday home in the Netherlands informed by stealth aircraft.Tom Dixon was recognised in the new year's honours listIn other news, designer Tom Dixon was awarded a CBE in King Charles III's New Year Honours list.Also recognised in the King's biannual honours programme were architect Peter Clegg and graphic designer Neville Brody, who were each awarded OBEs.Pooran Desai wrote an opinion piece addressing climate tipping pointsAlso published this week was an opinion piece by Pooran Desai, in which the social entrepreneur calls on designers to help lead a fundamental shift in the way we see the world.In the midst of immense climate pressures, Desai highlights a lack of time to save the world revealing only two options: "reimagine, or perish".A desert house in California was the most-read project on Dezeen this weekPopular projects featured on Dezeen this week included a wood-and-stucco house and studio in California, a forest spa featuring tubular concrete wells, and a trapezoidal home added to a Norman Foster extension in London.Our latest lookbooks include bedrooms illuminated by creative lighting solutions and interiors with gold and silver accents.This week on DezeenThis week on Dezeen is our regular roundup of the week's top news stories. Subscribe to our newsletters to be sure you don't miss anything.The post This week we revealed the architecture projects to look out for in 2025 appeared first on Dezeen.