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  2. Microsoft to lay off hundreds at Azure cloud unit, Business ...

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    The Azure for Operators layoffs involved as many as 1,500 job cuts, it added, citing people familiar with the situation. The cuts come after the company shed 1,900 jobs at Activision Blizzard and ...

  3. Microsoft layoffs a 'rip the Band-Aid off' moment: Analyst ...

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    Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it is cutting 10,000 jobs as the tech giant contends with slowing PC and cloud sales.But according to at least one analyst, the layoffs are a proactive move ...

  4. FTC v. Microsoft - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Corp. and Activision Blizzard, Inc. is a lawsuit brought against multinational technology corporation Microsoft and video game holding company Activision Blizzard in 2022. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sought a temporary injunction against Microsoft in its effort to acquire Activision Blizzard.

  5. Microsoft to lay off 1,900 Activision Blizzard, Xbox staff

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    The cuts represent about 8% of the overall Microsoft Gaming division and will mostly happen at Activision Blizzard. Blizzard President Mike Ybarra and Chief Design Officer Allen Adham are also ...

  6. Criticism of Microsoft - Wikipedia

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    The Halloween documents, internal Microsoft memos which were leaked to the open source community beginning in 1998, indicate that some Microsoft employees perceive "open source" software — in particular, Linux — as a growing long-term threat to Microsoft's position in the software industry. The Halloween documents acknowledged that parts of ...

  7. List of mergers and acquisitions by Microsoft - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft acquired the Norwegian enterprise search company Fast Search & Transfer on April 25, 2008, for $1.191 billion (~$1.66 billion in 2023) to boost its search technology. [14] On May 10, 2011, Microsoft announced its acquisition of Skype Technologies, creator of the VoIP service Skype, for $8.5 billion (~$11.4 billion in 2023). [15]

  8. Spotify, Google, Microsoft, and more: 2023 tech layoffs are ...

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    Microsoft. Microsoft said on Jan. 18 that it's laying off 10,000 workers as it seeks to cut costs.These cuts affect about 4.5% of Microsoft's total corporate workforce of 221,000. The Redmond ...

  9. Microsoft to lay off 1,900 employees in its gaming division

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    A spokesperson for Microsoft declined to comment, but confirmed details in The Verge's report, including the contents of an internal memo sent by Microsoft’s game content and studios president ...