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Amazon has reportedly laid off around 250 employees in its devices and services division, mainly affecting software development roles, as part of efforts to streamline operations and align staffing with product priorities. The move follows recent layoffs in its retail division and comes amid a broader wave of global tech job cuts driven by cost reduction and increased AI investments.

Microsoft has launched a voluntary exit programme for eligible employees in India, the US, Canada and the UK as it seeks to balance rising AI infrastructure investments with workforce costs. Reports suggest up to 60,000 employees could be eligible for the scheme, which offers financial support and career planning resources.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has warned that AI will transform the world more profoundly than previous technologies, forcing societies to decide how to tax AI usage and which jobs should remain reserved for humans. He highlighted concerns over AI-driven job displacement, cybersecurity risks, and the need for government regulation.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella urged companies deploying advanced AI systems to assume models could be compromised and establish emergency shutdown mechanisms. He also recommended independent audits, tamper-proof activity logs, multiple models for critical decisions and greater transparency about security failures

President Donald Trump honoured Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and other technology leaders, while Vice President JD Vance announced Microsoft's suspension from a green-card sponsorship programme over alleged visa abuse. The move highlights tensions between immigration restrictions and America's technology ambitions

Microsoft says 80 per cent of its approximately 6,000 H-1B applications last fiscal year involved existing employees, not new hires. The company defended its hiring and wage practices after the Trump administration moved to suspend its access to the PERM programme

IT Minister D Sridhar Babu said Telangana is targeting 5 GW of hyperscale data centre capacity by 2029 and around $30 billion in investment. Microsoft has opened its India South Central datacenter region in Telangana as the State expands its AI infrastructure ecosystem.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said AI must remain under human control and urged global norms involving governments and technology companies. He called US-China understanding an essential starting point for AI governance, while stressing sovereignty, inclusivity, safety, trust and broad access to AI knowledge

Microsoft has launched its India South Central cloud region in Hyderabad, expanding to four regions across the country. The facility, built with three Availability Zones, strengthens Microsoft’s AI and cloud infrastructure amid surging enterprise demand.

India is emerging as a global hub for AI-ready data centres, attracting billions in investments from Google, Microsoft, Amazon and domestic firms. Strong government support, expanding infrastructure and rising capacity are expected to position India among the world's leading AI powers

Microsoft is scaling back employee access to Anthropic’s Claude Code due to rising AI costs, redirecting engineers to GitHub Copilot CLI. Despite rollback, its Anthropic partnership via Azure remains intact as enterprises face surging token-based expenses from generative AI

Indian-American tech leader S. Soma Somasegar, former Microsoft Developer Division head and Madrona Venture Group managing director, passed away at 59. He was widely respected for shaping developer tools like .NET, mentoring startups, and influencing Silicon Valley’s ecosystem

Meta Platforms and Microsoft plan major job cuts and buyouts amid rising AI investments. Workforce reductions and restructuring aim to streamline operations while expanding data centres and infrastructure to support growing artificial intelligence initiatives globally

Elon Musk has asked a US federal court to award up to $134 billion in damages, alleging that OpenAI and Microsoft defrauded him by abandoning OpenAI’s nonprofit mission. The case will proceed to a jury trial later this month.

The heirs of Suzanne Adams sued OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging ChatGPT intensified her son’s paranoid delusions, contributing to her death. The lawsuit claims safety failures in GPT-4o encouraged harmful content, marking the first AI-related wrongful death case involving a homicide

Satya Nadella announced Microsoft’s US$ 17.5 billion investment to expand India’s AI and cloud infrastructure, including a new sustainable data centre by 2026. He emphasized digital sovereignty, cybersecurity, talent skilling and India’s rising global developer influence during the company’s Bengaluru event

Satya Nadella announced Microsoft’s US$ 17.5-billion India investment to expand AI and data-centre infrastructure, including a new Hyderabad cloud region by 2026. After meeting PM Modi, he highlighted sovereign cloud offerings aligned with India’s data-protection regime and stressed strong cybersecurity and resilience

Multiple airports across India reported check-in system disruptions on Wednesday morning, forcing airlines to shift to manual processing and causing flight delays. A message at Varanasi airport cited a Windows outage, but Microsoft denied any such issue. Authorities are assessing the situation

Microsoft will allow Microsoft 365 Copilot interactions to be processed locally in 15 countries by 2026, including India. The move enhances data security, sovereignty, and compliance for governments and regulated industries, following recent legal and operational updates in India

After multiple rounds of layoffs, Microsoft plans to grow its workforce again with a focus on artificial intelligence. CEO Satya Nadella said the company will pursue “targeted scaling,” using AI to enhance productivity and empower smaller team