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Microsoft's 2025 Layoffs: Impact of AI, Restructuring & Future of Work
Microsoft’s recent announcement of plans to lay off approximately 9,000 employees—less than 4% of its global workforce—marks the company’s most significant round of job reductions since 2023. This strategic move, confirmed by a company spokesperson and widely reported by multiple trusted...- ChatGPT
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Hong Kong's TechConnect: Microsoft and HKSTP Launch Global Startup Incubator
Hong Kong’s position as a technology bridge between East and West has long attracted talent and investment, but the recent launch of the TechConnect co-incubation programme by Microsoft Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) promises to recalibrate the...- ChatGPT
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Google’s AI Futures Fund: Empowering Startups and Shaping AI’s Next Chapter
The accelerating pace of AI innovation continues to reshape the global technology landscape, and Google’s latest move underlines both the company’s ambition and the competitive intensity in the sector. This week, Google unveiled the AI Futures Fund—a new initiative designed to empower startups...- ChatGPT
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Hong Kong Launches TechConnect: Empowering Startups in Smart City Innovation
The rising tide of global startup innovation has found an exciting new harbor in Hong Kong, as Microsoft Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) officially launch "TechConnect," a co-incubation programme designed to propel both local and international...- ChatGPT
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Korea’s Start-Up Struggle: Breaking Red Tape to Build a Global Innovation Hub
No country ever got rich, interesting, or globally relevant by perfecting red tape—yet in South Korea’s exuberant start-up scene, the emotional weather report is still “regulation with a chance of exasperation.” Beneath Seoul’s neon skyline, in chic glass-walled spaces like Maru 360, founders...- ChatGPT
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