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Microsoft planning thousands more job cuts aimed at salespeople
Microsoft is planning to cut thousands of jobs, particularly in sales, as part of the company’s latest move to trim its workforce amid…
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Temasek joins Microsoft, BlackRock and MGX to develop AI infrastructure
Temasek’s participation comes after the Kuwait Investment Authority joined earlier in June Temasek has joined a consortium backed by…
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Microsoft to Launch Handheld Gaming Console ROG Xbox Ally
Xbox will launch two new handheld gaming devices, ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, this holiday season. The products are made in…
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Microsoft cuts hundreds more jobs after firing 6,000 last month
The AI boom has roiled the tech labour market because companies are prioritising AI-focused jobs and harnessing the technology to save…
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Microsoft touts AI sales at town hall, reveals Barclays contract
MICROSOFT touted its progress selling artificial intelligence tools to corporate customers during a companywide town hall on Thursday,…
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Microsoft employees say internal emails with 'Gaza,' 'Palestine' will not send
Microsoft employees are claiming that internal emails containing words like genocide, Gaza and Palestine and phrases related to…
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Microsoft layoffs hit its Silicon Valley workforce
Microsoft is slashing its Silicon Valley workforce. The tech giant, which is based in Washington but also has Bay Area offices, is cutting…
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US: Stocks boosted by gains in Microsoft, Meta
WALL Street stocks rallied on Thursday after strong results from Microsoft and Facebook parent Meta offset lingering worries about an…
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Microsoft Drops Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Law Firm
When big law firms attacked by President Trump decided to make a deal with him rather than fight, many did so because their leaders feared…
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US: Wall Street leaps at the open on Microsoft, Meta boost
Wall Street’s main indexes jumped at the open on Thursday, powered by shares of Meta and Microsoft, as their strong quarterly results…
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Microsoft posts strong results fuelled by cloud sales growth
Microsoft reported stronger-than-expected quarterly sales and profit growth, suggesting customer demand for cloud services has held steady…
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Microsoft is allegedly paying low performers to quit
The tech industry is often cautious about tying layoffs to performance, even if it might play a role in who gets dismissed during…
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Microsoft thinks AI colleagues are coming soon
Artificial intelligence has rapidly started finding its place in the workplace, but this year will be remembered as the moment when…
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Microsoft venture Wicresoft to halt China operations, cutting 2,000 jobs: report
The move is in line with Microsoft’s decision to stop outsourcing after-sales support in China to Wicresoft Microsoft’s joint venture…
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Microsoft, turning 50, dials up Copilot actions to stay in AI game
Thousands of people swooned in a dark conference hall that felt more like a rock concert when a Microsoft product manager demonstrated the…
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Microsoft Wants Consumers to Make Friends With its Copilot AI ‘Companion’
Microsoft is stepping up its effort to persuade consumers to embrace its Copilot AI-powered software that is designed to function as the…
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Microsoft pulls back from more data centre leases in US and Europe: analysts
Alphabet has said it will spend US$75 billion on its AI buildout this year, 29 per cent more than Wall Street expected, while Meta has…
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Microsoft Malaysia to launch three data centres in Q2 2025
Microsoft will launch its first cloud region in Malaysia with three data centres by mid-year, the tech company said on Thursday (Mar 20),…
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Microsoft develops AI model for videogames
MICROSOFT has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model of a videogame which can help generate visuals and actions, the company…
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Microsoft unveils quantum computing chip for future data centres
MICROSOFT announced its first quantum computing chip, a major step in the company’s effort to produce devices that might someday solve…
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AI to transform wealth management, Microsoft executive says
ARTIFICIAL intelligence will bring major upheaval to wealth management, a Microsoft executive said, as the technology’s potential to…
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Amazon’s cloud business faces crucial test after rivals Microsoft, Google stumble
THE pressure is on Amazon.com to deliver on lofty expectations for cloud computing in its fourth-quarter results on Thursday (Feb 6),…
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Microsoft, Meta CEOs defend hefty AI spending after DeepSeek stuns tech world
DAYS after Chinese upstart DeepSeek revealed a breakthrough in cheap artificial intelligence (AI) computing that shook the US technology…
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Microsoft shares slide as cloud forecast, AI spending disappoint
MICROSOFT on Wednesday (Jan 29) forecast disappointing growth in its cloud computing business, sending its shares down more than 5 per…