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Top stories so far this week

Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs, about 2% globally, revamps salesforce and launches massive Xbox overhaul
Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs and overhauling its Xbox gaming business in what its new gaming CEO calls the biggest restructuring in Xbox history, while reshaping its sales and consulting division amid record AI spending and a 30% stock slide.
Xbox at a crossroads: 25 years later, Microsoft is done playing around
Microsoft is pressing its Xbox business for growth and stronger profits after 25 years of losses and thin margins.
Etzioni on AI: Elon Musk promised humanoid robots, but China delivered
While American tech giants are valued for the anticipation of perfect prototypes, Chinese manufacturers are winning the robotics race by getting paid for delivery.
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Chicago software company plants flag in Seattle area as new leadership team seeks AI talent
Governance, risk and compliance software company LogicGate recently signed a lease in Bellevue with space for up to 25 employees and expects to have about 20 people working there by the end of the year.
A ‘painful’ reset for Xbox: 3,200 job cuts, studio spinoffs, and a vow to return to growth in 2027
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma calls it the most significant restructuring in Xbox history: 3,200 job cuts, four studio spinoffs, a new COO, and a flattened management structure — all aimed at turning around a division she says has been losing 64 cents on every dollar invested in its studios.
An agent in the empty chair: Amazon vets launch Primitive Labs, using AI to model customer behavior
Founded by former Amazon AGI and AWS colleagues and backed by a16z Speedrun, Primitive Labs is building AI agents that stand in for a company's customers, letting product teams see how people will react to a new feature or design before it ships.
Filing shows Amazon cut 57 tech jobs in Washington state in recent weeks
Amazon is cutting 57 jobs in Washington, including roles at the director and senior manager levels.
Tech Moves: Seattle tech exec named Dropbox CPO; Xbox VP among layoffs; C-suite changes at T-Mobile
Past exec at Amazon, Microsoft and Google is now Dropbox's first CPO; T-Mobile appoints a new C-suite leader and promotes another; and Xbox VP Kevin LaChapelle is laid off in Microsoft's big round of layoffs.
10 new startups emerge from the University of Washington, with healthcare dominating the lineup
The University of Washington's CoMotion program announced 10 startups that secured UW-licensed intellectual property over the past year.
Former GitHub CEO’s startup Entire unveils its answer to the crush of AI coding agents
Former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke's startup Entire is rolling out a distributed network for mirroring code repositories, making the case that centralized platforms like he once ran as part of Microsoft can't handle the demands of AI coding agents on their own.
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