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AI Capital Spending

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1 article Last updated: 6 Jul 2026 1 section
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Microsoft Xbox logo displayed at a company campus as the gaming division faces major layoffs. Photo: Sergey Galyonkin from Raleigh, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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4,800 Jobs Gone: Microsoft Guts Xbox to Free Cash for AI

Microsoft is cutting 4,800 roles and dismantling much of its gaming business as it redirects spending toward artificial intelligence, with the Xbox unit absorbing the deepest reductions.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
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