{"id":599043,"date":"2023-01-19T06:50:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T12:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/19\/wednesdays-top-tech-news-layoffs-come-for-microsoft\/"},"modified":"2023-01-19T06:50:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T12:50:03","slug":"wednesdays-top-tech-news-layoffs-come-for-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/19\/wednesdays-top-tech-news-layoffs-come-for-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday\u2019s top tech news: layoffs come for Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>My condolences to anyone at Microsoft affected by its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/1\/17\/23559412\/microsoft-layoffs-job-cuts-2023\">large round of layoffs<\/a>. Announced officially <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23560393\/netflix-2023-movie-lineup-luther-damsel-rebel-moon-the-mother\">on Wednesday morning<\/a>, the cuts mean about 10,000 people are losing their jobs. It makes Microsoft the latest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/11\/14\/23458204\/meta-twitter-amazon-apple-layoffs-hiring-freezes-latest-tech-industry\">tech giant to have cut thousands of jobs in recent months<\/a>, following layoffs at the likes of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/11\/9\/23448926\/meta-layoffs-2022\">Meta<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/1\/4\/23539737\/amazon-layoffs-thousands-17000\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s tech news started, like Tuesday\u2019s, with a new Apple hardware announcement. After discontinuing its HomePod speaker a few years ago, the company s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/1\/18\/23553366\/apple-homepod-2022-price-release-date-specs-features\">launching a new version<\/a>, priced at $299, with support for Spatial Audio and the Matter smart home spec.<\/p>\n<p>Apple has also reportedly put its plans to release a pair of lightweight augmented reality glasses on hold due to \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/1\/17\/23560097\/apple-ar-vr-glasses-headset-rumor-mixed-reality\">technical challenges.<\/a>\u201d Its mixed reality headset (which would offer both AR <em>and<\/em> VR) is still believed to be on track for this year, but these sleeker AR-only glasses are now unlikely to meet their 2025 target launch date.<\/p>\n<p>For now, here\u2019s a silly tweet to start your day (don\u2019t worry, it\u2019s not actually \u201csensitive content\u201d as the disclaimer suggests):<\/p>\n<p><h5>Stay tuned, as we continue to update this list with the most important news of today: Wednesday, January 18th, 2023.<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"updates-section\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<p>Finally, a good use of \u2018yelling fire in a crowded theater.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the latest project from Jeff Kosseff, author of <em>The Verge\u2019s <\/em>favorite Section 230 book, <em>The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet.<\/em> I truly cannot wait.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<p>We are gathered here today in memory of our dearly departed cloud gaming service, Stadia<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23543108\/google-stadia-shutdown-time-transfer-games-saves\">transferred your saves<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23559284\/google-stadia-controller-bluetooth-mode-how-to\">converted your controller to Bluetooth<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/10\/20\/23415558\/bethesda-elder-scrolls-online-stadia-save-progress-transfer-pc\">rescued your toons<\/a>, so there\u2019s nothing left to do but remember all the times Google told us <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/9\/30\/23378757\/google-stadia-commitments-shutdown-rumors\">we wouldn\u2019t be here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Google Stadia is officially closing its cloud doors today, almost four years after an inauspicious debut displaying the console alongside <em>uhhh&#8230; <\/em>notable video game artifacts, ET for the Atari 2600, the Power Glove, and the Dreamcast. <\/p>\n<p>Google has handled its passing with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23380370\/google-stadia-refund-how-to\">as much grace<\/a> as can be expected, so let\u2019s (Google) Wave goodbye to a cloud gaming OG. <\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<p>Here I am talking about Microsoft\u2019s layoffs and the Activision deal on CNBC.<\/p>\n<p>Nadella noting that he\u2019s planning for a \u201cplatform shift\u201d and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/1\/18\/23560771\/microsoft-hardware-changes-layoffs-2023\">cutting the \u201chardware portfolio\u201d<\/a> is pretty interesting \u2014 but I\u2019m curious for your thoughts in the comments!<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<p>Who\u2019s the biggest name at VidCon?<\/p>\n<p>Last year, TikTok was the event\u2019s main sponsor, highlighting a major shift in the creator video space. This year&#8230; YouTube is back. (And surely, it\u2019ll want to remind creators to use YouTube Shorts.)<\/p>\n<p>Of course, buying a sponsorship \u2260 maintaining cultural dominance. Shorts has its work cut out. But showing up to VidCon still means something \u2014\u00a0it tells creators that YouTube cares.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<p>They\u2019re surveilling your money without a warrant in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>The Transaction Record Analysis Center has been used by more than 600 law-enforcement entities to surveil money sent across US borders without a warrant. Among the data? Your name, how much you sent, and who you sent it to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne slideshow prepared by a TRAC investigator showed how the program\u2019s data could be used to scan for categories such as \u2018Middle Eastern\/Arabic names\u2019 in bulk transaction records,\u201d the <em>WSJ <\/em>reports.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<hr>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/1\/18\/23560290\/january-18-2023-tech-news-liveblog\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Andrew Webster<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My condolences to anyone at Microsoft affected by its large round of layoffs. Announced officially on Wednesday morning, the cuts mean about 10,000 people are losing their jobs. It makes Microsoft the latest tech giant to have cut thousands of jobs in recent months, following layoffs at the likes of Meta and Amazon.Wednesday\u2019s tech news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":599044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27291,46,26603],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-599043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-layoffs","8":"category-technology","9":"category-wednesdays"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}