Microsoft came out of this summer’s earnings season looking like a prudent spender. Unlike rival cloud computing firms Amazon and Alphabet, which both burned cash thanks to their heavy AI investments, Microsoft not only generated $19.6 billion in free cash flow in the June quarter but forecast ...

Microsoft came out of this summer’s earnings season looking like a prudent spender. Unlike rival cloud computing firms Amazon and Alphabet, which both burned cash thanks to their…

Microsoft's $15 billion capex revision to $175 billion stems from an accounting change, not reduced spending. Azure grew 43% as shares jumped 8%.