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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 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 ...
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 plans to replace many of the salespeople it laid off with more technical roles to compete with OpenAI, Google
The company's recent job cuts included thousands of salespeople, many of whom will be replaced by more technical roles to ...
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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.
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 ...
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 ...