Nice rollout of Fligh Simulator 2024: https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/microsoft-flight-simulator-2024-review Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is an unplayable mess after a disastrous and disgraceful launch on Xbox and PC Microsoft Flight... — read more 

XBox sales DOWN 50%. NEVER BEEN BETTER, says Microsoft

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/is-microsoft-flying-a-sinking-ship-with-copilot

"John , who has worked at Amazon and left Microsoft earlier in 2024 after five years in technical sales, described the state of the industry as grim." https://headtopics.com/my/goodbye-to-big-tech-s-big-perks-singapore-workers-say-61998290

https://www.itprotoday.com/digital-transformation/what-comes-after-hololens-2-exploring-microsoft-s-ar-vr-future

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/zenimax-union-workers-strike-in-protest-of-microsoft-remote-work-and-outsourcing-policies https://news.faharas.net/162699/fallout-elder-scrolls-and-doom/ "With over 300 quality assurance workers... — read more 

"Then, in June, Microsoft laid off more employees in the Azure department despite successes in AI and cloud. That’s the third round already, in which around 1,500 were reportedly affected. And in September, a few more hundred in the gaming division... — read more 

https://www.ceotodaymagazine.com/2024/11/microsoft-ceo-gets-30m-raise-while-laying-off-thousands-and-facing-cyber-scandal/

good luck

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/layoffs-in-tech-industry-seem-to-be-far-from-over-101731147388812.html covers Microsoft too

For these brutal updates y'all keep making to your product suite. You're fired.

If the market makes a turn soon, do you think there will be Microsoft layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

https://siliconangle.com/2024/11/01/ai-drives-cloud-resurgence-costing-lot/

https://fandomwire.com/xbox-acquisition-activision-blizzard-uphill-battles/

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-cloud-fuels-stronger-expected-203124073.html https://www.barrons.com/articles/microsoft-earnings-stock-price-e12bc920

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-a-year-of-war-nvidia-overtakes-microsoft-as-best-firm-to-work-for-in-israel-db/ Leaked Microsoft polls show employees feel much worse about culture and leadership than at the beginning of the... — read more 

Bubble? Why the CEO pay boost?

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/28/microsft_branding_correction_site/

So, let’s take a quick 2024 Microsoft/Xbox layoffs count. To bring in the crisp, new 2024 year, Microsoft laid off almost 2,000 employees. Between Activision Blizzard, Zenimax, and Xbox itself, many passionate (now former) employees’ dream jobs were... — read more 

https://www.inkl.com/news/arm-vs-qualcomm-legal-battle-threatens-the-future-of-copilot-pcs-as-microsoft-pays-ceo-astronomical-amount-and-salesforce-ceo-calls-copilot-a-flop

https://www.themarysue.com/the-rich-will-always-get-richer-on-the-backs-of-others-microsoft-ceo-gets-30-million-pay-raise-in-year-of-staggering-layoffs-and-closures/

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/microsoft-ceo-earns-usd30-6-million-more-despite-laying-off-over-2-000-employees-in-2024-salary-package-represents-a-63-percent-raise-from-the-previous-year

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/satya-nadella-s-jaw-dropping-pay-jump-despite-microsofts-huge-layoffs-revealed-101729864809217.html... — read more 

I can't understand people who are championing AI. Don't you realize that you're basically cheering on the very thing that will most likely be responsible for the elimination of your job? I understand that it's inevitable, but why people are happy... — read more 

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadellas-2024-pay-rose-63-to-79-million-on-stock-awards/article68794494.ece

For latest quarter, ending Sept 30, debt up 300 million dollars, or 100 million per month https://finbox.com/NYSE:IBM/explorer/total_debt/ the profits are spent buying mostly worthless companies for their revenues, faking revenue "growth".

Big round of layoffs are coming to Azure. They are selling the lack of planned work this semester as focusing on security and quality… consider this your warning

https://fandomwire.com/diablo-4s-redemption-ruined-how-microsofts-timing-to-axe-blizzards-plan-to-fix-the-games-biggest-annoyance-couldnt-have-been-worse/

https://www.eurogamer.net/its-been-12-months-since-microsoft-purchased-activision-blizzard-so-whats-changed "Most notably, perhaps, we have unfortunately seen a devastating number of layoffs across Microsoft, including its gaming divisions, and... — read more 

up next: no, it's not true; ok, it's true, but only in this area; ok, maybe not only this area; ok, no further comment https://twistedvoxel.com/xbox-will-stop-selling-consoles-in-middle-east/

https://www.glitched.online/halo-infinite-2-was-reportedly-in-development-before-being-cancelled/

https://innovation-village.com/tech-industry-layoffs-surge-major-companies-restructure-amid-economic-challenges/

https://gamerant.com/microsoft-why-developers-skipping-xbox/

https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2024/10/bloomberg-exposes-harrisburg-university.html

https://gameworldobserver.com/2024/10/03/game-companies-laid-off-over-1000-industry-professionals-in-september-highest-since-april

https://www.imdb.com/news/ni64854768/

Amazon employees return to home!

https://www.inkl.com/news/it-s-over-microsoft-discontinues-hololens-2-ending-its-foray-into-vr

https://mmos.com/news/microsofts-activision-blizzard-cuts-nearly-400-jobs

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/1/24259369/microsoft-hololens-2-discontinuation-support https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-discontinues-hololens-2/