Microsoft offers buyouts to nearly 30% of workforce in ongoing AI shift The software giant has been cutting headcount to trim costs while investing billions to build out AI data centers. Fortune · Oct 26
Jeff Bezos took 60 meetings to raise Amazon’s first $1 million. Now worth $361 billion, he says the cure for stress is to ‘take the first step’ Bezos worked through decades of stress to build the No. 1 Fortune 500 company. Fortune · Oct 24
The non-gamer CEO racing to save Microsoft’s Xbox Asha Sharma has cut thousands of jobs, consolidated studios, and rewritten the playbook. Insiders wonder if she’s saving the brand or preparing it for a non-Microsoft future. Fortune · Oct 20
From radical transparency to a 48-hour rule: How Melinda French Gates, Ray Dalio, Satya Nadella and David Shelley approach employee feedback Melinda French Gates follows a 48-hour rule for employee feedback, giving herself time to reflect before addressing concerns. While Ray Dalio advocates radical transparency and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella promotes a learn-it-all culture, Hachette chief David Shelley stresses the importance of leaders communicating in their own words rather than relying… The Economic Times · Oct 19
Melinda French Gates has a 48-hour rule for criticizing employees. The billionaire philanthropist says it’s because ‘being clear is kind’ The billionaire philanthropist’s 48-hour feedback rule is designed to replace anger with honesty, and it eliminates surprises at performance reviews. Fortune · Oct 18
Microsoft president Brad Smith says it's ironic that White House targeted his company the same day it gave a medal to former H-1B Satya Nadella Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith reacted to the Donald Trump administration suspending the Green Card filings from his company along with seven other tech majors in an exclusive interview with Politico in Dublin and warned that this could cripple the US tech sector for over a generation. He… The Times of India · Oct 15
Microsoft’s CEO is still haunted by staying silent in a meeting with Bill Gates. Years later, his boss Steve Ballmer taught him how to speak up Satya Nadella still regrets staying silent in a meeting with Bill Gates around 2008–09—but says the experience shaped his approach to career success. Fortune · Oct 15
Satya Nadella went from H-1B worker to Microsoft CEO. The Trump administration just shut that path for his employees Vice President JD Vance accused Microsoft of replacing laid-off Americans with “foreign indentured servants” and suspended it from the PERM green card program Fortune · Oct 12
Bill Gates issues stark warning about ‘really bad people using AI’ IN FULL The Independent UK · Oct 12
Microsoft bosses call for ‘emergency brake’ to stop ‘compromised’ AI models IN FULL The Independent UK · Oct 12
All AI is ‘compromised’ and has fewer rules than milk, Microsoft bosses say CEO and President say an ‘emergency brake’ is needed to stop out-of-control AI The Independent UK · Oct 12
AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety Brad Smith adds to calls for tougher rules for AI, including ‘kill switches’ and legal obligation to victims of rogue agents The Guardian - UK · Oct 12
Most trustworthy AI system demands least inherent model trust: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella The most trustworthy Super Intelligence system will not be the one powered by the model users trust the most, but rather the system that allows people to trust the model the least, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated in a post on X. The Economic Times · Oct 11
Vance's H1b crusade leads to family history scrutiny In a recent outburst, US Vice President JD Vance slammed Microsoft for allegedly favoring foreign workers over American talent, igniting widespread controversy. His disparaging remarks about immigrant labor drew ire from various groups, leading Microsoft to clarify that most H-1B visa petitions are for existing employees. This discourse emerges alongside… The Times of India · Oct 9
International Business Times UK · Oct 9 Trump Awards Top Science and Technology Honours to Six Tech Leaders Amid Scrutiny of Financial Ties Trump awards science and technology medals to Elon Musk, Satya Nadella and four other tech leaders, amid scrutiny of their political and corporate ties.
International Business Times UK · Oct 9 Trump Appears to Insult His Own Supporters, Says He Finally Has a 'High-IQ Audience Donald Trump praised a 'high IQ audience' at a Washington science summit, while critics debated whether 'for a change' was a dig at his supporters.
Latin Times · Oct 9 Microsoft Loses Green Card Rights. What It Means for Thousands of Workers in Limbo Trump bars Microsoft, Adobe, and 6 IT firms from the PERM green card program. What the ban means for workers and the industry.
The Times of India · Oct 9 America First And Foreign Talent: Trump honours six tech titans; medals underscore immigrant roots TOI correspondent from Washington: There was something deliciously awkward and ironic about US President Donald Trump’s celebration of American technological greatness in the White House on Thursday. Of the six technology titans who received the nation’s highest science and tech honours from the MAGA boss, five were born outside the…
Latin Times · Oct 9 Musk Gets America's Top Science Honor: Trump's Science Medals Went to Six Tech Billionaires Trump awarded six tech CEOs the National Medal of Science and Technology at a Washington summit, signaling his AI strategy and closing the Musk feud.
The Economic Times · Oct 9 Trump honours Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella after Vance drops H-1B visa hammer on company President Donald Trump recognized tech leaders including Satya Nadella with National Medals for their achievements during a ceremony. Vice President JD Vance announced the suspension of Microsoft's green card applications due to alleged visa abuse. Vance criticized Microsoft for laying off American workers while hiring foreign employees. The event coincided…
The Economic Times · Oct 9 Microsoft defends foreign hiring after US green card programme suspension Microsoft has emphasized that a significant majority of its US employees are American amidst immigration crackdowns. It submitted H-1B visa applications primarily for current employees, not new hires, reflecting its workforce strategy. This statement coincides with CEO Satya Nadella receiving the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. The Trump administration…
The Guardian - US · Oct 8 Trump hosts awards party for tech billionaires, almost as if he doesn’t care about ordinary Americans Amid a cost-of-living crisis, with US midterms a month away, the president held a ceremony to celebrate our tech overlords – again
International Business Times UK · Oct 8 Microsoft Hit by Green Card Freeze as JD Vance Accuses It of Replacing US Workers With Foreign Hires Microsoft faces a US green-card pathway freeze as JD Vance accuses it of replacing American workers with foreign hires
The Economic Times · Oct 8 Trump plans to honour Microsoft's CEO after Vance drops H-1B visa hammer on company The crackdown on Microsoft came under Vance's purview as the head of a fraud task force, but the targeting revealed the tension between the companies powering US economic growth and the administration's efforts to reduce immigration that it says has come at the expense of American workers.
The Times of India · Oct 8 Trump honours CEO Satya Nadella as Vance goes hard at Microsoft TOI correspondent from Washington: On the same day US vice president JD Vance put Microsoft in the crosshairs over its use of foreign workers, his boss Donald Trump was preparing to honour the company’s CEO, Satya Nadella, with America's highest technology awards at a White House ceremony.