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Updated on: Apr 2023
Microsoft is bringing AI to Office, launched Microsoft 365 Copilot
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Microsoft is bringing AI to Office, launched Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft is bringing the power of next-generation AI to work. The introduction of Microsoft 365 Copilot will copilot to work. Commenting on the launch of Microsoft 365 Copilot the company said, “Humans are hard-wired to dream, to create, to innovate. Each of us seeks to do work that gives us purpose — to write a great […]

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Microsoft India laid off employee says challenging time for family
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Microsoft India laid off employee says challenging time for family

Recently, according to several reports Tech giant, Microsoft has announced a third round of layoffs. The roles that are impacted in this round of layoffs are Supply Chain, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT). The reports suggest that the company has shut down its AI-powered automation effort Project Bonsai and laid off the team. […]

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Microsoft 3rd layoff round hits employees 10,000 jobs affected
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Microsoft 3rd layoff round hits employees 10,000 jobs affected

According to several reposts, an American multinational technology corporation, Microsoft has conducted a third round of layoffs. The roles that have been impacted include the areas of the supply chain, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT). The reports suggest that the company has shut down its AI-powered automation effort Project Bonsai and […]

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Bill Gates meets Ratan Tata & Sachin Tendulkar, and shared ideas
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Bill Gates meets Ratan Tata & Sachin Tendulkar, and shared ideas

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has met Tata group’s Ratan Tata, N. Chandrasekaran, and former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Gates Foundation India shared a Tweet saying, “Our co-chair & founder, @BillGates had an enriching discussion with @RNTata2000 & N. Chandrasekaran, about their philanthropic initiatives.” “We look forward to strengthening our work together & partnering for health, diagnostics, and […]

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Microsoft Indian employee shares heartbreaking story of layoff
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Microsoft Indian employee shares heartbreaking story of layoff

A former Indian Microsoft employee Alisha Acharya has shared a heartbreaking story of layoff. She was working as a technical program manager with the organization for over five years. Alisha Acharya shared a LinkedIn post saying, “Heartbroken. I was impacted by the recent round of layoffs at Microsoft. It took me a few days to […]

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YouTube appoints Indian-American Neal Mohan as new CEO
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YouTube appoints Indian-American Neal Mohan as new CEO

A global online video-sharing and social media platform, YouTube has announced the appointment of Indian-American Neal Mohan as CEO. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of YouTube Susan Wojcicki has resigned from her role, Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc informed. She wants to spend more time with her family, health, and personal projects. “Today, after nearly 25 […]

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Shell, Microsoft join hands to offer digital skills to non-IT students
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Shell, Microsoft join hands to offer digital skills to non-IT students

In line with their joint commitment to empowering the workforce of tomorrow with future-ready skills, Shell and Microsoft announced a collaboration to impart digital skills to students in vocational education institutes. The project aims to enable 5,000 underserved youth across 24 government institutes with digital productivity and employability skills, and prepare them for digital careers […]

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IBM sues former executive for accepting role at rival company
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IBM sues former executive for accepting role at rival company

An American multinational technology corporation, IBM has sued a former top Thai executive for accepting a role at a rival company. As per the company’s claims, The company has paid the employees bonuses totaling more than $470,000 in exchange for protecting confidential information and not engaging in “anti-competitive conduct within a specified period”. The company had asked […]

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IIT graduate laid off by Microsoft gets overwhelming support from Twitter
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IIT graduate laid off by Microsoft gets overwhelming support from Twitter

In January 2023 Microsoft announced to sack 11,000 employees worldwide due to the global economic slowdown. An IIT graduate took to Twitter to share his post about being laid off by Microsoft. Koustuv Saha shared a tweet, “I am laid off from @MSFTResearch MTL. It hasn’t quite sunk in, but it has hit my confidence to lose […]

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Fiancé got sacked by Microsoft: Woman asks “Marry him or not”?
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Fiancé got sacked by Microsoft: Woman asks “Marry him or not”?

The major companies laid off employees including Infosys, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Byju’s, Wipro, and Salesforce laid off a maximum number of workers globally. According to trueup.io, so far in 2023, Stay up-to-date on the latest layoffs across big tech, tech unicorns, and startups. So far in 2023, there have been 379 layoffs at tech companies with 113,082 people impacted (3,056 people per day). In 2022, […]

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Microsoft Outlook, Teams, and others faced outrage in India
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Microsoft Outlook, Teams, and others faced outrage in India

Yesterday, January 25, 2023, several Microsoft services including MS Teams, Outlook, Microsoft 365, and Azure were down for thousands of users in India and users were unable to access Microsoft’s multiple services. According to the outage tracking website Downdetector.com, about 63% of users reported that they were facing issues with the Teams app, 26% reported issues […]

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Ex-Microsoft HR lists 3 types of employees at most risk of layoffs
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Ex-Microsoft HR lists 3 types of employees at most risk of layoffs

Recently, Chris Williams, Ex-Microsoft Vice President- Human Resources has come forward to share three categories of employees that are unsafe during layoffs and two categories of employees who are at least at risk during layoffs. Below are the categories of employees who are at least risk:- Profit-making employees: “If you’re an essential part of building the most […]

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