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Microsoft sheds 4,800 roles and rewires Xbox around a thinner, AI-heavy future
On 6 July 2026 Microsoft confirmed roughly 4,800 redundancies, with Xbox absorbing the brunt — the latest in a series of cuts that mix cost discipline with a quiet bet on artificial intelligence.

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