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Report: Microsoft's 2025 layoffs revolve around its desperate $80 billion AI infrastructure investment
The Redmond giant has laid off over 15,000 people in 2025, and a report claims it's all in the name of freeing up spending ...
AI Is Not in the Memo, but It Haunts Every Layoff at Xbox
Microsoft’s Xbox division just laid off thousands of employees, shut down an entire game studio, and canceled multiple ...
Microsoft is cutting thousands of jobs in sales and hiring
Microsoft is strategically shifting its workforce by replacing thousands of traditional salespeople with technical experts, ...
Microsoft's recent round of layoffs to impact about 4% of its workforce
The tech giant intends to reduce organizational layers by having fewer managers and streamlining its products, procedures and ...
Microsoft to cut about 4% of jobs amid hefty AI bets
Microsoft will lay off nearly 4% of its workforce, the company said on Wednesday, in the latest job cuts as the tech giant ...
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Laid-off workers should use AI to manage their emotions, says Xbox exec
Turnbull acknowledged that people have some “strong feelings” about AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot, but suggested that ...
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Microsoft to replace sales roles with AI-focused engineers as 9,000 employees face layoffs
According to the recent report, Microsoft's recent job cuts have fallen particularly hard on traditional sales roles, many of ...
Amidst Xbox job cuts and Microsoft’s AI push, Matt Turnbull promotes AI tools for helping manage layoffs
Microsoft, amidst layoffs impacting the Xbox division and heavy AI investments, saw Xbox Game Studios Publishing executive ...
Microsoft’s largest layoff in years hits Xbox, sales and other divisions
Microsoft says it is laying off about 9,000 workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years.
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Halo devs are worried about their future. Microsoft reportedly wants to replace them with AI
Amid major layoffs at Microsoft, reports have emerged of a troubling situation at the studio responsible for the Halo series.
Internal Microsoft memo lays out its new strategy for selling AI as the company cuts salespeople
Microsoft's Judson Althoff is revamping sales to become the "frontier AI firm," according to an internal memo.
Microsoft Plans to Slash 9,000 Jobs to ‘Increase Agility and Effectiveness’
Phil Spencer told employees Xbox will shed roles to boost agility as Microsoft restructures gaming and sales teams amid ...