{"id":240756,"date":"2026-07-06T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/microsoft-axes-4800-jobs-including-major-cuts-to-xbox\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:35:11","slug":"microsoft-axes-4800-jobs-including-major-cuts-to-xbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/microsoft-axes-4800-jobs-including-major-cuts-to-xbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft axes 4,800 jobs, including major cuts to Xbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/06\/tech\/microsoft-layoffs-xbox\">Microsoft axes 4,800 jobs, including major cuts to Xbox<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/06\/tech\/microsoft-layoffs-xbox\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/06\/tech\/microsoft-layoffs-xbox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-06 12:16:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnn.com\">www.cnn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft announced it is eliminating around 4,800 jobs, representing about 2.1% of its global workforce, with cuts particularly heavy in its Xbox gaming unit.<\/li>\n<li>Executive Amy Coleman cited changing technological and business environments, mentioning AI\u2019s role in transforming how work gets done.<\/li>\n<li>To focus on AI, Microsoft has faced pressure to establish itself as a major player while pouring billions into AI infrastructure and grappling with concerns over returns on these investments.<\/li>\n<li>The layoffs follow earlier rounds of reductions, including an April voluntary retirement offer where 30% of eligible US staff participated and previous cuts totaling around 9,000 workers.<\/li>\n<li>Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced plans to cut approximately 3,200 jobs from the Xbox division, attributing these cuts to industry challenges like increased competition from independent studios and a hardware crisis leading to higher console prices.<\/li>\n<li>Despite investments in its Game Pass subscription service and acquisitions of video game studios, Xbox has not achieved expected growth; as a result, the company will shut down four studios and implement a more focused investment strategy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft axes 4,800 jobs, including major cuts to Xbox https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/06\/tech\/microsoft-layoffs-xbox Publish Date: 2026-07-06 12:16:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240757,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2gettyimages-2257905282.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240756"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240758,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240756\/revisions\/240758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}