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Some media reported that Microsoft has launched layoffs, affecting tons of of workers.
In keeping with accessible data, the layoffs primarily have an effect on workers within the blended actuality division, who’re liable for creating HoloLens 2 glasses, and likewise have an effect on tons of of builders liable for Microsoft’s Azure cloud companies.
An organization official instructed The Verge that the “reorganization” affected workers within the firm’s blended actuality division, however didn’t specify what number of workers had been laid off.
In early 2023, Microsoft launched a layoff marketing campaign that affected greater than 10,000 workers, and one other layoff marketing campaign in mid-July final yr that affected about 300 workers.
On the finish of January this yr, Microsoft introduced that it could lay off 1,900 workers, about half of which got here from the Activision Blizzard division. In Could final yr, it closed 4 studios once more, together with one liable for the event of Hello-Fi Rush.
