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Xbox Game Pass's profitability has been cited as the catalyst for Microsoft firing 9,000 employees, most of whom are from ...
After Microsoft’s latest round of 9,000 layoffs, an Xbox executive suggested that affected employees seek support and job search help from AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot.
A Microsoft executive is facing backlash after suggesting that recently laid-off employees use a specific tool to help them ...
Speaking to The Game Business in a new interview, Moore – who helped launch both the Xbox and 360 – guesses that if Microsoft had not spent so much time and money on repairing the "bone pile of [Xbox ...
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Microsoft began sending out layoff notices to employees on Wednesday, July 2, according to the AP. The cuts will impact roughly 9,000 workers, CNBC and the Seattle Times reported.
In an ongoing effort to trim its workforce, Microsoft said as much as 4%, or roughly 9,000, of the company’s employees could be affected by Wednesday’s layoffs.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the job landscape, with top global CEOs warning that up to half of ...
The layoffs follow a reduction of about 6,000 positions in May. Microsoft had 228,000 employees at the end of June 2024, its most recent disclosure.
The layoffs eliminated hundreds of positions across Microsoft's gaming subsidiaries, including King (makers of Candy Crush), ZeniMax, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games, Halo Studios, and Turn 10 ...
Matt Turnbull, executive producer at Xbox Game Studios Publishing, told the fired employees to seek help of AI chatbots.
Following rumors of reductions that first began last week, Microsoft is set to lay off more than 9,000 employees worldwide Wednesday, including some in the Microsoft Gaming/ Xbox division.