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Microsoft plant Streichung von tausenden Jobs im Vertrieb
Microsoft plant laut Medienberichten zufolge die Streichung tausender Jobs insbesondere im Vertrieb, um die Belegschaft zu verschlanken.
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I've been 'working-from-home' for 30yrs. Microsoft has enabled WFH since I joined in 1995 via Remote Access Services/RAS - over dial-up or ISDN.
This was a Microsoft strength: No one was ever out of touch or "off work hours". We all had laptops, cellphones, pagers, MCI concall accounts & ISDN lines at home. Everyone was "on" all the time. And we liked it.
✅ Flexible Work Was The Promise. The Infinite Workday Is The Reality. - Fobes

Flexible Work Was The Promise. The Infinite Workday Is The Reality.
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Microsoft is planning another round of redundancies, with a significant number of sales jobs to go as part of AI push, media reports say.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/more-jobs-to-go-at-microsoft-next-month-report

More jobs to go at Microsoft next month, report
Microsoft is planning another round of redundancies, with a significant number of sales jobs to go, media reports say.

Sources: Microsoft is prepared to walk away from high-stakes talks with OpenAI if they cannot agree on critical issues, such as the size of Microsoft's stake (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/072e90fe-1c8c-415c-8024-5996b1ebb3cb

Microsoft prepared to walk away from high-stakes OpenAI talks
ChatGPT maker’s plans to convert into a for-profit leads software giant to make contingency plans

Microsoft will den Vertrag mit OpenAI bis 2030 aussitzen
Streit um die Beteiligung bei Umstrukturierung: Microsoft soll sich auf Plan B vorbereiten, falls die Verhandlungen mit OpenAI scheitern.
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Duckduckgo is fine for the time being, but that won't last long. MS wants to drive people to AI.
Maybe we need a foundation-run public search index. Something we can all build our own search front-ends on.
https://www.wired.com/story/bing-microsoft-api-su…

Microsoft Cuts Off Access to Bing Search Data as It Shifts Focus to Chatbots
Microsoft is limiting access to tools that boosted its rivals, but larger customers like DuckDuckGo say they won’t be affected.

OpenAI und Microsoft: Partnerschaft droht der Bruch
OpenAI soll sich bereits auf öffentlichen Streit mit Microsoft vorbereiten – samt Vorwurf des wettbewerbswidrigen Verhaltens.
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Sources: Microsoft plans to announce thousands of job cuts, particularly in sales, early next month after the end of its fiscal year (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-18/microsoft-planning…

AMD und Microsoft: Läuft die nächste Xbox mit Windows?
AMD und Microsoft bauen gemeinsam die nächste Xbox-Generation. Ein dazu veröffentlichtes Werbevideo ist interpretationsbedürftig.
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#heiseshow: OpenAI vs. Microsoft, Instant-Apps, EU für Atomkraftausbau
In der #heiseshow: OpenAI und Microsoft droht das Zerwürfnis, Google beerdigt seine Instant Apps und die EU-Kommission rechnet fest mit mehr Atomstrom.