Microsoft's recent announcement of over 15,000 layoffs in 2025 marks a significant shift in the company's strategic direction, emphasizing a robust commitment to artificial intelligence (AI). This move underscores the tech giant's intent to realign its workforce and operations to stay...
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Glenn Lockwood, a prominent figure in the high-performance computing (HPC) world and a respected voice in the supercomputing community, has recently made headlines by announcing his departure from Microsoft. This move is significant not only because of Lockwood’s stature—gained through his...
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As of July 2025, Windows 11 has overtaken Windows 10 as the world's most-used Windows OS, with a 52% market share.
This change is largely due to Microsoft ending security support for Windows 10 in October. Users seeking a secure...
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Microsoft's strategic evolution under CEO Satya Nadella has been marked by a significant shift from consumer-focused products to enterprise solutions, particularly emphasizing cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI). This transition has led to a sense of disconnection among long-time...
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Microsoft’s recent strategy shift in how it handles Enterprise Account renewals has sent ripples through the IT industry, especially among the constellation of “Large Service Providers” (LSPs) that for decades played a pivotal role in transacting, managing, and supporting Microsoft’s biggest...
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Microsoft’s relentless drive for efficiency, highlighted by its recent waves of job cuts, crystallizes a defining paradox of the modern tech industry: in the race to dominate artificial intelligence, the cost-saving benefits of automation may come at the expense of thousands of skilled human...
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Microsoft’s latest round of layoffs, revealed through records from the Washington state Employment Security Department and analyzed by GeekWire, marks a contentious inflection point in the evolving relationship between technology, corporate structure, and the workforce powering one of the...
A profound transformation is underway at Microsoft, marking not just a pivotal moment for the tech giant but serving as a barometer for larger shifts sweeping across the entire technology sector. This transformation was brought into sharp focus during a recent companywide town hall where CEO...
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The sudden announcement by Microsoft to retire Bing Search APIs on August 11, 2025 represents a pivotal shift not only for developers but for the broader search ecosystem that has long depended on open web data access. Since their inception, Bing Search APIs have provided a critical...
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The past decade of technology has been defined by walled gardens—proprietary ecosystems, vendor lock-in, and platforms that often put barriers between users and the broader promise of digital innovation. Today, however, seismic changes are underway, with the world’s largest software providers...
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In a significant shift within the tech industry, Apple is reportedly exploring the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) search capabilities into its Safari browser, a move that could challenge Google's longstanding dominance in the search engine market. This development has already had...
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As Microsoft officially commences the final rollout stage for Windows 11 version 24H2 and reiterates the impending end of support for Windows 10, millions of PC users are confronting a pivotal crossroads. For many, the looming October 2025 deadline signifies more than just a routine update...
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Microsoft's decision to discontinue the Windows Maps application marks a significant shift in its approach to mapping services within the Windows ecosystem. This move reflects broader trends in the tech industry, where companies are reevaluating the role of native applications in favor of...
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The wave of change rolling through Microsoft’s software suite signals an era of transition for longtime users and business professionals alike. As the company prepares to sunset one of its stalwart legacy applications, Publisher, and repositions another, Skype, the motives and implications are...
LG smart TVs throughout the world are preparing for a significant shift—a change that reaches deep into the everyday user experience and gets to the heart of how we interact with our entertainment hubs. Across living rooms from the U.S. and Europe to South Korea, users of LG's webOS TVs have...
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This week at Link Removed in London we talked to business and IT leaders about the role technology can play in transforming organizations. We are at the edge of a major technology shift towards more intelligent computing – one fueled by the rise of data, artificial intelligence...
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After record numbers in the fourth quarter of 2010, PC sales slowed considerably in the first quarter of 2011, according to analysts, who debated whether the primary culprit was the rise of the iPad and other tablets, or Microsoft's Window 7.
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