Xbox boss not done writing layoff farewell emails just yet

Despite helping to swing the axe on 9,000 jobs, including a chunk from the Xbox division, Microsoft insists its gaming chief Phil Spencer isn’t going anywhere. 

Tech giant sheds four per cent of workforce to keep AI wheels turning

Software King of the World, Microsoft is slashing around 9,000 jobs globally as it shuffles cash towards its ever-growing AI empire. The move carves out about four per cent of its 228,000-strong workforce and comes hot on the heels of earlier bloodlettings in May and January.

Microsoft admits 400 million Windows devices have disappeared

Microsoft exec Yusuf Mehdi probably didn’t think anyone would notice when he claimed that Windows now runs on “over a billion monthly active devices.” The trouble is, the last time Voles in Redmond bragged about such things, the number was 1.4 billion. That was in 2022. Meaning 400 million devices have quietly exited stage left.

Chen Liwu may dump billions into the bin

Intel’s new chief executive Chen Liwu, is ready to scrap its heavily hyped 18A process in a desperate attempt to snare big-name customers like the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple and Nvidia.

Mustafa Suleyman’s robo-doc squad crushes NEJM case studies 

Software King of the World, Microsoft has tested a new AI medical tool that it claims is four times better than human doctors at diagnosing tricky conditions.

TPUs get a boost as soaring GPU costs force AI giants to seek cheaper hardware

OpenAI is quietly shifting parts of its workload onto Google’s custom TPU chips in what appears to be a calculated move to cut costs.

Chipmaker shifts focus from Big Tech to nation-state billions

While the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street keep panicking over a slowdown in Big Tech’s AI spending, Nvidia boss Jensen Huang is busy shaking hands with heads of state and stacking up contracts that might make Silicon Valley look like small change.

Cloud giants may regret arming the AI kingpin

Cloud computing has been a licence to print money for Amazon.com, Microsoft and Google but now the gravy train faces a fresh threat from AI cloud specialists and Nvidia.

Shares soar past Microsoft 

Nvidia has soared to a $3.77 trillion market cap, overtaking Microsoft after a 4.3 per cent rise in its share price, capping a dramatic turnaround from earlier setbacks this year.

Corporates don't want Copilot

Software King of the World, Microsoft is finding out the hard way that even a decades-long grip on the enterprise world does not mean workers will touch its AI with a bargepole.