#Business
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Microsoft cuts 4,800 employees: Xbox and commercial sales hit hardest
On July 7, 2026, Microsoft laid off 4,800 people — 2.1% of its global workforce. Xbox and commercial sales teams were hit hardest amid concerns about AI-driven…
2026 chronicle: which tech companies officially cited AI as the reason for layoffs
TechCrunch maintains an updated list of major tech companies that in 2026 are officially citing AI as a factor in mass layoffs.
Australian government: women and university graduates at highest risk of replacement by AI
Australia's first national report on AI's impact on employment: telemarketers, advertising professionals and accountants are in the highest-risk group…
Russia's Digital Ministry Proposes Using Neural Networks to Accelerate Mobile Internet
Huawei enters South Korea with AI equipment Ascend and Atlas—shipments in Q4 2026
TikTok Considers Cutting 300 Employees at Dublin European Hub
A Reinforcement Learning tutorial without the math: just code for programmers
Meta and TikTok cut staff in Ireland: first real casualties of AI efficiency
Meta and TikTok are cutting jobs at their Irish offices, citing AI efficiency as a reason — Bloomberg documents the beginning of AI disruption in Europe's labor…
Meta Unveiled Brain2Qwerty 2.0: Reads Brain Signals During Typing Without Surgery
Meta announced the second version of Brain2Qwerty — a non-invasive neural interface that decodes brain activity during text typing and transforms it into complete…
Wall Street Researchers: AI in Hedge Funds Creates New Systemic Risks
Modal releases a GPU calculator: serverless wins when peak demand exceeds the reservation discount
Microsoft: over 20 million paying Copilot users — and they actually use it
Nadella: Microsoft will offer OpenAI technologies to Azure customers without additional costs
Rented Intelligence: Why Russia Is Losing the Battle for AI Sovereignty
A Habr analyst breaks down why renting Western AI models leads to a dead end, how labor replacement pumps money abroad, and what lawmakers will respond with.
Google and Idris Elba Finance Access to AI Tools for African Authors
Alphabet (Google) and British actor Idris Elba announced funding for access to AI tools for African content creators.