Orwell would have loves this newspeak.
MongoDB CEO: If AI hype were the dotcom bo-m, it is 1996
https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/13/mongodb_ceo_says_if_ai/
Reports Say Morale At Xbox Is “Very Low”
https://gameranx.com/updates/id/508797/article/reports-say-morale-at-xbox-is-very-low/
'challenging days'
https://www.hrgrapevine.com/us/content/article/2024-09-13-microsoft-shedding-650-jobs-in-post-acquisition-adjustment
650 Laid Off (Gaming)
https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-lays-off-another-650-staff-from-its-video-game-workforce-xbox-boss-phil-spencer-sends-memo-to-staff
Blizzard Workers Union Calls Out Latest Microsoft Layoffs
https://gameranx.com/updates/id/508837/article/blizzard-workers-union-calls-out-latest-microsoft-layoffs/
Look ma! I got laid off at 3 in the morning!
https://www.digit.in/news/general/inside-microsoft-layoff-late-night-emails-social-media-blackout-and-more-job-cuts-coming.html
Innovative new euphemism: layoffs were "growth" according to him and now they are "to minimise disruption"
https://fandomwire.com/phil-spencer-says-our-goal-has-been-to-minimise-disruption-in-650-xbox-staff-layoff-mail/
Microsoft Layoffs Hit Call of Duty Warzone Mobile, Which ‘Didn't Hit as Big as Hoped’
https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-layoffs-hit-call-of-duty-warzone-mobile-which-didnt-hit-as-big-as-hoped
CWA slams Microsoft over 'extremely disappointing' layoffs
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) has chastised Microsoft for laying off hundreds of video game workers in what it has branded an "extremely disappointing"... — read more
Microsoft Lays Off Another 650 Staff From Its Video Game Workforce
Microsoft is laying off a further 650 staff from its gaming business, according to a memo sent by Xbox chief Phil Spencer to staff today, September 12, and obtained by IGN. In the memo, Spencer said the roles affect mostly corporate and support... — read more
"Whatever it was called, the game was cancelled in January of this year, when Microsoft enacted a huge wave of layoffs across Activision"
https://www.thegamer.com/odyssey-blizzard-cancelled-survival-game-screenshots-leak/
"Microsoft announced that they were closing Tango Gameworks alongside other layoffs and studio closures in May this year"
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/shinji-mikami-thought-tango-gameworks-would-be-safe-from-closure-if-they-made-hi-fi-rush-games
When your valuation depends on a Ponzi scheme like "AI" (and Windows is not selling)
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2024/09/03/breaking-news/intels-dow-status-under-threat-as-chipmakers-shares-plunge/
So Far This Year Microsoft Had Mass Layoffs Every Month
http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/30/So_Far_This_Year_Microsoft_Had_Mass_Layoffs_Every_Month.shtml
Microsoft’s recent announcements and actions have left many Xbox fans feeling uncertain about the future of the gaming console brand.
https://www.phoneworld.com.pk/xbox-update-a-source-of-confusion-and-concern/
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard Accused of Bad Faith Bargaining Amidst Raven Software Union’s Fight for a Fair Contract
... — read more
"large corporations like Microsoft have let record amounts of talent go."
https://www.mmorpg.com/news/amazons-blue-protocol-devs-will-avoid-layoffs-in-the-wake-of-mmos-global-cancelation-2000132650
Layoffs include "hundreds more at Microsoft"
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/advice/tech-contractors-tips-skills-ai-cybersecurity-recruitment-hays
Job cuts at Microsoft
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/tech-layoffs-2024-job-cuts-at-microsoft-google-apple-and-other-firms/article68572100.ece
'Microsoft India' now talks of mass layoffs is terms like meaningless buzzwords to confuse the gullible
https://www.latestly.com/technology/infosys-layoffs-not-coming-any-time-soon-on-account-of-generative-ai-says-ceo-salil-parekh-6215041.html
Leaked Microsoft Spreadsheet Shows Pay for Hundreds of Engineers
Leaked Microsoft Spreadsheet Shows Pay for Hundreds of Engineers
Microsoft Cooking the Books
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/22/microsoft_financial_metrics_changes/
Microsoft could lose its $22 billion IVAS US Army contract, as 80 competitors look to take the HoloLens' place
https://www.xrtoday.com/mixed-reality/microsoft-hololens-may-lose-its-largest-partner/
Faking the numbers to take growth, cook the books
Microsoft on Wednesday lowered its cloud computing unit revenue forecast in a bookkeeping move, shifting money to its "productivity" software business. The accounting change comes as investors are wary about whether the billions Microsoft and tech... — read more
Microsoft Shutting Down Mods
https://www.channelnews.com.au/outrage-as-activision-forces-shuts-down-modern-warfare-2-mod/
Microsoft is ki-ling the Windows Paint 3D app after 8 years
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-is-ki-ling-the-windows-paint-3d-app-after-8-years/
"We’ve long known that the balance sheets of darling valley companies like Open AI are massively in the red."
https://gregmorris.co.uk/2024/08/13/who-pays-for.html
"Microsoft's closure of Arkane Austin in May was one of the more shocking events of the past couple of years"
https://www.thegamer.com/raphael-colantonio-shocked-arkane-austin-closure-microsoft/
Bigger Bubble
https://www.dbreunig.com/2024/08/12/how-to-inflate-ai-valudations.html
Was the Microsoft Azure outage linked to recent layoffs?
https://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science/was-the-microsoft-azure-outage-linked-to-recent-layoffs/article
Product-related R&D jobs surge at Microsoft as operations roles decline, new numbers show
The number of product-related research and development roles at Microsoft increased more than 12% to 81,000 positions as of June 30, from 72,000 the year before, even as the company continued to make periodic... — read more
More Microsoft shutdowns
https://phandroid.com/2024/08/12/microsofts-paint-3d-might-be-shutting-down-soon/
More layoffs expected soon at Microsoft
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2024-08-09-large-corporations-expect-to-make-more-layoffs-in-the-coming-months/
"... Microsoft, among the top companies who announced workforce reductions"
https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/more-than-130000-it-employees-have-lost-their-job-so-far-in-2024-as-tech-layoffs-continue-2580912-2024-08-12
Just shows that Microsoft's layoffs are flippant, panic-based (Xbox sales down 42% in latest quarter)
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/former-xbox-studio-tango-gameworks-and-hi-fi-rush-has-been-acquired-by-pubgs-krafton-inc-saving-it-from-closure
Spin wherein Microsoft is hiring where in reality it does mass layoffs every month this year
https://evrimagaci.org/tpg/ai-talent-war-salaries-surge-amid-layoffs-11361
DOD contract
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/palantir-soars-on-deal-with-microsoft-to-sell-ai-tools-to-us-defense-and-intelligence-agencies/
Latest media spin: Microsoft layoffs are a "blessing"
About 7 Indian news sites in English cover the same thing, calling a sacking "blessing" to be thankful for. Nice spin!
"Sign of the AI Bubble"
https://futurism.com/the-byte/tech-stocks-ai