Microsoft

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Microsoft is undergoing significant workforce reductions, having announced cuts of approximately 4,800 employees in one round and over 15,000 total layoffs in recent years, primarily to fund investments in artificial intelligence. The company is expanding its data center infrastructure through a 20-year electricity supply agreement with Chevron for a Texas facility powered by the Permian Basin gas field. Microsoft continues to invest in AI ecosystems and quantum computing, aiming to deliver a commercial quantum computer by 2029.

Events

• Ed Smith called for stricter regulation of artificial intelligence…
• Bill Gates believes that humanity in 2027 will face 'many unpleasant…
• According to him, in 2025 the company fired six thousand American…
• To address the issue, the Russian Federation created an Xbox DNS
• Bill Gates to Discuss AI Control with Xi Jinping
• Gates: AI Regulation Harder Than Nuclear Arms Control
• Bill Gates Warns AI Could Kill a Billion People
• Bill Gates Warns AI Could Kill a Billion People
• Moscow 21 Sept Vesti. Western countries' authorities
• Russian subsidiary of Microsoft is heading toward final liquidation

Recent coverage

• Microsoft released a font based on Michelangelo's handwriting — Коммерсантъ
• Microsoft abandoned data center project in Britain due to power shortage — Вести
• The Telegraph: Microsoft renounced a major data center in the UK — Коммерсантъ
• Microsoft presents pocket controller Xbox Nano for $50 — Коммерсантъ
• Microsoft head compared AI requirements to washing machine requirements — Вести
• Microsoft President called for stricter AI regulation — Ведомости
• Brad Smith, head of Microsoft, says more demands are now placed on washing machine security than on AI. — РИА Новости (Telegram)
• Bill Gates predicted new cyberattacks using AI in 2027 — Ведомости
• Bill Gates warns of rise in AI-powered cyberattacks in 2027 — Москва 24
• Microsoft Head Smith Explained the Need for AI Regulation Using the Example of a Washing Machine — Москва 24
• We are awaiting many unpleasant surprises — РИА Новости (Telegram)
• Bill Gates warns of risks of cyberattacks using AI — Вести
• Microsoft Head Called for Using an 'Emergency Brake' in AI Development — Коммерсантъ
• Buffett Indicator Warns of Bubble in AI. — РИА Новости (Telegram)
• USA stopped issuing work visas and green cards to Microsoft employees — Meduza
• USA restricted Microsoft and seven other IT companies in green card processing for employees — Фонтанка
• Vatican developed font based on Michelangelo's handwriting — Вести
• White House deprived foreign Microsoft employees of right to request visa and residence permit — Вести
• Microsoft creates within Xbox a department for developing game franchises in film and on TV — Интерфакс
• Vance: Microsoft excluded from program for obtaining residency for employees — Коммерсантъ