Microsoft Confirms Small-Scale Job Cuts Amid Focus on Performance

Redmond, Washington – Microsoft is cutting a small percentage of jobs across its departments, targeting employees based on performance, the company confirmed on Wednesday. “At Microsoft, we focus on high-performance talent,” a company spokesperson said in an email to CNBC. “We are always working on helping people learn and grow. When people are not performing,…

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Vulnerability in Microsoft’s BitLocker Allows Hackers to Bypass Encryption

New York, U.S. – A critical vulnerability in Microsoft’s BitLocker encryption, identified as CVE-2023-21563, has been demonstrated to allow hackers to bypass its security with minimal effort and brief physical access to a device. Security researcher Thomas Lambertz, known as “th0mas,” revealed this flaw during a keynote at the Chaos Communication Conference titled “Windows BitLocker:…

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Microsoft lists OpenAI as competitor in artificial intelligence, search

Microsoft lists OpenAI as competitor in artificial intelligence, search

The relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI has become more complicated. In the 10-K document submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Microsoft officially listed OpenAI as a competitor, and the list also includes companies such as Amazon, Google, and Meta that have existed before. Although Microsoft is OpenAI’s largest investor, having invested approximately…

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