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British layoffs headline
Microsoft is cutting an additional 3,200 jobs beyond those in the gaming division.
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Microsoft axes 4,800 roles in fresh cuts alongside Xbox overhaul
Thousands of gaming jobs will be shed over the coming fiscal year as Microsoft continues to invest heavily in AIMicrosoft said on Monday it was eliminating about 4,800 jobs – roughly 2% of its global workforce – in a cost-cutting move that will deliver a sweeping restructuring of its struggling Xbox gaming division.The cuts include…
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As ZeniMax also faces cuts, Xbox seeks a “significant overhaul” to focus on Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Quake, and other big franchises
Following weeks of rumours and speculation, Microsoft and Xbox have announced today around 3200 jobs are being cut before financial year 2027 ends, with a number of studios being let go to find new owners or go independent. As more details pour out, we’ve also learned ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks are facing cuts -…
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Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs and shrinks Xbox in ‘significant restructure’
The sweeping layoffs equate to roughly 2.1% of Microsoft’s workforce, with 1,600 job losses at Xbox.
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Microsoft lays off nearly 5,000 employees across Xbox, commercial sales
Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s stoking fears of AI replacing jobs. The layoffs will hit Xbox and commercial sales the hardest.
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Inside the big business of the creator economy, with the agents making it happen
We’ve got another special episode of Decoder today, recorded at the Cannes Lions advertising festival in the South of France. I’m talking with Ali Berman and Raina Penchansky, who run the Creators division at United Talent Agency. UTA is an enormous talent agency. Half the people you’ve ever heard speak or perform or who show…
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Xbox Slashing 3,200 Jobs In “Most Significant Restructure” in Platform’s History
“Our business today is not healthy,” Xbox CEO Asha Sharma warned in a memo to staff Monday.
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Noah Wyle On How ‘The Pitt’ Could Be A Replicable Model To Bring Production Back To L.A. – Guest Column
Editor’s Note: The harsh decline of film & TV production in Los Angeles the past few years has become a central issue in both the City of Angels’ mayoral race & California’s gubernatorial campaign. Even with the Golden State’s program now at $750 million annually, jobs are still scant movies & shows are far &…
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Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise
Exclusive: Government and developers privately acknowledged Lanarkshire datacentre site had power provision ‘issue’‘It’s smoke and mirrors’: hope turns to fear in Scottish village chosen for AI datacentreWhat are Britain’s AI growth zones and are the plans feasible or ‘complete bunk’?A landmark AI development billed as delivering jobs and prosperity has misrepresented its plans to channel…
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The world ranking that should have Anthony Albanese worried – as Australia tops inflation list
Australia’s trimmed mean inflation increased to 3.6 per cent in May, and some economists believe the Reserve Bank is to blame.