Microsoft is cutting about 2.1% of its workforce, or roughly 4,800 jobs, the latest in a wave of tech layoffs as the Windows maker spends heavily on AI infrastructure and ​uses the technology to improve efficiency across its business.

The next round of Microsoft layoffs align with the start of new fiscal year on July 1. These job cuts follow a pattern of fiscal-year restructuring.

The U.S. ISM Services PMI Index came in at 54.0 in June, roughly in line with the 54.1 consensus and slowing from 54.5 in May, marking the 24th consecutive month of expansion. The prices index reading of 67.

With new major Xbox layoffs, The Elder Scrolls Online team has reportedly lost up to half its team. Roadmaps "will be shifting".

Microsoft has announced sweeping layoffs and other dramatic changes resulting in 4,800 layoffs across the company, including 3,200 at Xbox specifically. What’s led to this? According to one expert, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and his “catastrophic mismanagement” of the company is to blame.

Blizzard Entertainment president Johanna Faries has weighed in on the Xbox cuts, while a new report has talked about the team's future.

A post on the game's forums stated that the studio was committed to the game, but “the roadmaps we previously shared will be shifting.” Original story, July 6, 2026: Details have emerged on the sweeping job cuts announced today by Xbox CEO Asha Sharma,

Employees at Rockville video game developer Zenimax were caught up Monday in Microsoft's widespread Xbox layoffs.

As you've probably seen, Xbox has announced 3,200 job cuts as part of a major restructuring plan, with 1,600 of those cuts taking place today - including at popular Xbox studios and publishers such as Obsidian,

Faced with continued enrollment declines, school officials in Boston say that their new budget maintains a 10:1 student to teacher ratio. The post City declines to use reserve funds to prevent BPS layoffs as more than 560 positions are cut appeared first on Boston.

The makers behind “South of Midnight,” “Hellblade,” “Psychonauts,” and “State of Decay” are already affected.