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Microsoft is reportedly offering voluntary buyouts to up to 7 percent of its employees
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Microsoft is reportedly offering voluntary buyouts to up to 7 percent of its employees

Microsoft is planning to get rid of more US employees via its first voluntary buyout program, CNBC reports. The buyout program will reportedly be offered to US...

Sonos’ big sale on refurbished speakers is about to end
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Sonos’ big sale on refurbished speakers is about to end

Portable audio and home theater upgrades can be very pricey, which is why we make a habit out of telling readers when there are good deals happening. With that...

Meta is laying off 10 percent of its staff
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Meta is laying off 10 percent of its staff

Meta is planning to layoff around 10 percent of employees in May, according to a memo from the company's chief people officer, Janelle Gale, published by Bloomb...

Meta is downsizing by about 10 percent
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Meta is downsizing by about 10 percent

Meta is making another steep cut to its staff, this time to the tune of a 10 percent reduction in its workforce. About 8,000 people will be laid off and about 6...

‘We Are Xbox’: read the memo defining Microsoft’s gaming future
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‘We Are Xbox’: read the memo defining Microsoft’s gaming future

Microsoft's new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has laid out a new strategy for what she describes as a "return of Xbox." In a joint memo to with Xbox Chief Content Office...

Microsoft’s new Xbox chief is ‘reevaluating’ exclusive games
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Microsoft’s new Xbox chief is ‘reevaluating’ exclusive games

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma held an all-hands meeting this morning and laid out her strategy for a "return of Xbox" with employees. While rebranding Microsoft Gaming b...

Titanium Court mashes together genres and cultural references to tell a strange, funny tale
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Titanium Court mashes together genres and cultural references to tell a strange, funny tale

I'd love to tell you everything about my favorite game of the year so far. But that would be doing a great disservice to Titanium Court. I'm not even sure I cou...

Democrats want to ban ICE from turning warehouses into detention centers
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Democrats want to ban ICE from turning warehouses into detention centers

A bill introduced by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) would prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from converting warehouses and similar buildings into immigran...

X is shutting down its Communities feature
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X is shutting down its Communities feature

X is closing its Communities feature in May, X Head of Product Nikita Bier has announced. Communities were introduced before Twitter was acquired and rebranded...

Spirit is broken
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Spirit is broken

The bright yellow livery of Spirit Airlines may soon disappear from the skies. The country's seventh-largest airline has been in financial trouble for years: It...

Anthropic’s Mythos breach was humiliating
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Anthropic’s Mythos breach was humiliating

Anthropic's tightly controlled rollout of Claude Mythos has taken an awkward turn. After spending weeks insisting the AI model is so capable at cybersecurity th...

Apple, Amazon join push for looser greenhouse emissions reporting
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Apple, Amazon join push for looser greenhouse emissions reporting

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol, a widely used international environmental standard for measuring and reporting emissions, is considering changes to how certain typ...

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