As Microsoft Eliminates Almost 5,000 Employees, Its HR Chief Makes a Statement About AI

The employees, who work across the company’s commercial business organizations and Xbox, were notified of the cuts today.

The employees, who work across the company’s commercial business organizations and Xbox, were notified of the cuts today.
by Calculated Risk on 1/09/2026 10:34:00 AM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Housing Starts Decreased to 1.246 million Annual Rate in October A brief excerpt: Note: The Census Bureau is still catching up. They released Start data for September and October today, but we are still missing November data.…The third graph shows…
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A Delhi-based taxpayer was denied a ₹17 lakh tax refund after he failed to e-verify his income tax return (ITR) within the prescribed time. The delay, he said, was because he was caring for his 83-year-old father, who was seriously ill and had to be hospitalised repeatedly, according to a report by The Economic Times….
As the training wheels start to look like they can come off for The Prompt Economy, the next phase of agentic AI is starting to look less like a lab experiment and more like an operating model that needs to scale to be truly effective. Evidence for this comes from Nubank researchers who recently reported production…
As Q3 2026 kicks off in a few days, with experts already forecasting a continuation of the extreme volatility seen in Q2, smart money investors are paying close attention and hunting for signals that could help them turn current market conditions into profitable opportunities. Interestingly, this has prompted a growing number of investors and traders…
Its rankings-based model gave France a 24.5 percent chance of winning, against 31.5 percent in sportsbook odds and 34.1 percent in prediction markets, while Argentina drew 25.2 percent in the model but about 16 percent across both markets. In Canada, operators reported sharp increases in activity. BetMGM said bets placed per match in Canada rose…