It was not immediately clear how many employees were affected by Microsoft's recent layoffs. Tech giant Microsoft has quietly laid off an entire internal team focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)---making the company the latest corporation to ditch diversity-based initiatives.
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More than 2,000 flights in the US were canceled by Sunday evening following the tech outage. Hundreds to thousands of businesses worldwide are still struggling following a faulty software update that caused global tech outages on Friday.
A recent update to CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor software caused widespread "blue screen of death" errors for Microsoft users worldwide, impacting both individuals and businesses and resulting in a 1.3% drop in Microsoft's stock price.
Microsoft allegedly shut down accounts of Palestinians abroad, making them unable to connect to online services, including Skype, for communication with Gaza.
In China, Microsoft employees were banned from using Android phones and were forced to use iPhones only as a device, sparking social media backlash due to overreliance on foreign technologies.
Despite initial plans to fill OpenAI's board seats, Apple and Microsoft will exit instead to avoid regulatory concerns but will continue their collaborative partnerships.
Several US government entities, including the Department of Veterans Affairs and a State Department arm, have confirmed being affected by a Microsoft breach attributed to Russian state-sponsored hackers.
Microsoft has agreed to a $14.4 million settlement following a California Civil Rights Department investigation that found the company discriminated and retaliated against employees who took parental, disability, or family care leave.
Head of Microsoft AI, Mustafa Suleyman, sparked controversy by suggesting all publicly available online content should be treated as "freeware" for training AI.
The European Union's antitrust regulators are set to scrutinize Microsoft’s $13 billion investment in OpenAI, focusing on the exclusive use of Microsoft's cloud technology and its potential impact on competition.
