Voluntary buyouts: Big Tech pays staff to walk away as the AI bill comes due
Microsoft, Google, Meta and Canva are paying employees to leave as amid record AI spending. International Finance explains the A-Z of the phenomenon...
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Meta joins Microsoft, Google in offering voluntary exit packages in France
According to a report by French publication La Lettre, Meta's voluntary exit scheme could affect around 100 of its 300 employees in France....
HP names former GSK chief Emma Walmsley as CEO, ending nine-month search
Walmsley to take charge in January as the computer maker battles a memory-chip shortage, falling PC shipments and pressure to turn AI into growth...
After Microsoft, now Google offers employee buyouts as AI spending pressures cash flow
Google expands voluntary employee buyouts to five countries as AI spending drives global workforce restructuring...
Despite strong cash flow, Microsoft taps bond market to fund AI ambitions
Microsoft is reportedly considering issuing debt across as many as 10 tranches, with maturities ranging from two to 40 years...
Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees as AI costs bite
Employees across several divisions, including AI experiences, Copilot, finance, human resources, Xbox and Windows + Devices, will be eligible for the offers...
Will the AI boom face a market correction? ECB report warns of risks
European households have about 440 billion euro of exposure to US technology stocks, raising financial stability risks if AI-driven optimism reverses...
Apple stock tumbles despite strong earnings, bucking Nasdaq trend
The iPhone maker has issued a disappointing forecast that showed the company struggling to secure enough components amid the ongoing chip shortage...
RAMageddon: The memory crisis crushing consumer electronics
The chip shortage has resulted in the global smartphone shipments going down 11% in the Q2 2026, marking their weakest April–June performance since 2013...
Asha Sharma-led Xbox to cut 3,200 jobs in biggest shake-up yet
Interacting with the gaming studio's employees, Sharma said that profit margins were running three to ten times lower than the industry peers...