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Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 workers amid AI spending push
Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 employees as the company looks to control expenses while pouring billions of dollars into artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Bango begins rolling out LinkedIn Premium to Digital Vending Machine
Clients with access to the Digital Vending Machine can now offer LinkedIn Premium as a standalone subscription or via a bundle with other apps like Netflix and YouTube Premium.
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Microsoft to clip thousands of jobs in Xbox gaming division
Xbox will bear the brunt of broader job losses at Microsoft, with approximately 3,200 positions to be eliminated through fiscal 2027.
LinkedIn courts more news posts, amends acceptable content policy
LinkedIn is amending its acceptable content policy to include potentially-offensive materials that have probative news or historic value.
Microsoft advertising revenue climbs 21 percent during fiscal Q4
Microsoft saw strong demand for its advertising products across Bing, Microsoft Edge and Microsoft News.
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Microsoft warns of security issue affecting SharePoint servers
The SharePoint software is used by thousands of government agencies, universities and private businesses around the world; at least one telecom has been targeted by hackers.
Microsoft stops selling digital copies of TV shows, movies
Customers can access previously-purchased content, but won't be able to buy new shows or movies and aren't entitled to refunds.
Innovid rolls out support for LinkedIn CTV ads
Clients can now purchase connected TV ad inventory within the Social Ads Manager.
TV stations go offline during global outage caused by CrowdStrike
Dozens of major television broadcasters had their operations disrupted by a global computer outage triggered by security vendor CrowdStrike on Friday.
Gaming services outpace gym memberships in American homes, study says
The research study from Parks Associates found streaming video services to be one of the most-dominant subscription products purchased by Americans.
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Netflix to stop using Microsoft for advertising platform tech
The company will continue to lean on Microsoft as a programmatic advertising partner.
LinkedIn suffers outage one day after Facebook glitch
LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned social media platform favored by C-suite executives and jobseekers alike, suffered from a prolonged outage on Wednesday.