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Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts for some employees

Microsoft will offer voluntary retirement to thousands of employees in a first for tech giant

Microsoft is offering a one-time voluntary retirement program for the first time in its 51-year history, giving thousands of long-serving U.S. employees a chance to leave with a financial payout and e...

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Microsoft plans first-ever voluntary employee buyout for up to 7% of U.S. workforce

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Microsoft to offer voluntary retirement to thousands of US employees for the first time

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Microsoft Targets About 7% of Its U.S. Workers With Buyout Offer

Microsoft offered early retirement to thousands of long-serving employees on Thursday as it looks to thin its ranks amid major investments in artificial intelligence, according to an internal email fr...

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Microsoft: The Voluntary Buyout Is A Warning Shot Before Earnings

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Microsoft offers voluntary retirement to 7% of US workers in first-ever buyout programme amid $80B AI spending push

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Microsoft Gaming changes name to Xbox

Microsoft’s gaming business is going back to its original name: Xbox. Four years after the tech giant changed the division’s name to Microsoft Gaming, its leaders have decided to change the name back to Xbox and laid out their vision for the next stage of the business.

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New Xbox CEO Is ‘Reevaluating’ Exclusive Games

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Microsoft’s plan for reducing its workforce: Retirement buyout vs. layoff

Microsoft announced its first-ever voluntary early retirement program, for which about 7% of the 125,000 U.S. employees are eligible.

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Microsoft Offers Soft Landing While Others Lay Off In The Age Of AI

While peers reach for pink slips, Microsoft is setting a new standard for AI-era workforce transitions offering 8,750 eligible employees a voluntary buyout with benefits.

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Michael Burry Just Went Long on Microsoft. Is the Market Missing Something Big?

The market has spent much of the year rewarding caution and punishing complacency. After a long stretch where mega-cap tech felt untouchable, volatility has crept back in — driven by shifting interest-rate expectations,

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20,000 job cuts at Meta, Microsoft raise concern that AI-driven labor crisis is here

Meta said it's cutting 10% of its workforce, just as Microsoft announced that it's offering employee buyouts for the first time in its 51-year history.

Microsoft is making this first-ever move to cut workforce size amid the AI shift

Following the recent wave of tech layoffs, the company is giving some employees the option to take a voluntary buyout.

Microsoft will let you pause Windows Updates indefinitely, 35 days at a time

Windows users will no longer be forced to run automatic updates in the middle of a game or a busy day. Microsoft is rolling out some long-awaited changes to Windows Update to users on its Dev and Experimental Windows Insider channels,

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At last, Microsoft will spare you the shame of unintended hand raise in Teams

Accidentally hitting Raise Hand instead of sending an emoji reaction is one of Teams' most common frustrations but Microsoft is finally fixing it.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

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Microsoft Bets on Australia’s National AI Plan With $18 Billion Spend

Microsoft will invest $18 billion in Australia to expand AI and cloud infrastructure, deepening Azure, Copilot, and cybersecurity partnerships with the government.