Todd Bishop

1 week ago | geekwire.com | Todd Bishop

Microsoft often restructures its operations and makes strategic cuts around the end of its fiscal year — and this year looks to be no exception, despite laying off nearly 3% of its workforce in May, or about 6,000 people. The company is is preparing thousands more layoffs, this time focused on areas including sales, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing unnamed sources who say the job cuts are expected to be announced early next month. Microsoft’s 2025 fiscal year ends June 30.

1 week ago | geekwire.com | Todd Bishop

Andy Jassy’s latest memo makes it official: AI will reshape and reduce Amazon’s workforce. But this is more than another cost-cutting move. It’s a new phase in a multi-year effort to reshape the company from the inside out. The process began when Jassy inherited Jeff Bezos’ empire nearly four years ago. The leadership transition quickly became a course correction. Now, the Amazon CEO is attempting a full-scale reinvention. Here’s how Amazon’s approach under Jassy has evolved.

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Banzai International’s $53.2 million acquisition of Portland’s Act-On Software unraveled after the Seattle-area company’s funding fell through, a regulatory filing shows. The two Pacific Northwest marketing tech companies announced the acquisition in January. In an SEC filing, Banzai blamed “current market conditions” for its inability to complete the deal, while saying it had “worked diligently” to meet all closing conditions of the merger agreement.

1 week ago | geekwire.com | Todd Bishop

AI could accelerate burnout and chaos at work unless companies fundamentally change how they manage time and priorities, Microsoft warns in a new report. The tech giant’s Work Trend Index Special Report, released Tuesday morning, describes the rise of the “seemingly infinite workday” — in which work stretches from morning to night, and a steady stream of messages and meetings leaves little time for meaningful and productive activities.

2 weeks ago | geekwire.com | Todd Bishop

A wave of protests has swept through Microsoft events in recent months, targeting the company’s cloud and AI contracts with the Israeli military. The campaign — organized by a group called No Azure for Apartheid — includes current and former Microsoft employees who want the company to end the contracts. They argue that Microsoft’s technologies are being used in ways that contribute to human rights abuses against Palestinians in Gaza.