Microsoft and Anthropic appoint former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak as a senior adviser and pledge his role will not include lobbying with the UK government
The UK politician to Silicon Valleysdvisor pipeline is real. — https://www.theguardian.com/ ... Kevin Beaumont / @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social : This will go well. 🥴 — [image] Forums: r/microsof...
Docs: Microsoft's recent layoffs of 6,000 workers hit software engineers the hardest, making up 40%+ of the ~2,000 positions cut in its home state of Washington
In Microsoft's home state of Washington, software engineering was by far the largest single job category to receive layoff notices … Bluesky: @glinden and @mattmday . Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace...
In a memo, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announces a hiring freeze and other cost-cutting efforts; VP of product Jay Sullivan will take over as head of product
Elon Musk's deal is looking wobbly, and the CEO just fired his top two lieutenants Rob Quinn / Newser : Elon Musk Says Twitter Deal Is ‘Temporarily on Hold’ Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No...
Better.com CEO Vishal Garg apologizes for how he handled firing ~900 employees, 9% of his workforce, over Zoom, as a report says Better.com is delaying its SPAC
Three Executives Quit Joshua Bote / SFGATE : Startup valued at $7B lays off hundreds on Zoom before holidays Niket Nishant / The Economic Times : Better.com CEO apologises after laying off 900 employe...