Here's our chart derived from a table in Microsoft's 10Q filing today, showing which areas of the business are growing (and not). More here: geekwire.com/2026/microsoft…
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Microsoft is offering buyouts to about 60,000 employees, about a quarter of its workforce. There's no age or tenure requirement this time. It's standard severance, and Microsoft expects a smaller proportion to accept than took its retirement offer. geekwire.com/2026/microsoft…
www.geekwire.com Microsoft makes new ‘voluntary exit’ offer to about a quarter of its workforce, including some execs Microsoft is offering buyouts to about 60,000 employees in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and India, with no age or tenure requirement. The package is equivalent to the company's standard severance, and... New this morning: @TMobile's new T-Mix plans give customers "Picks" to spend on perks like Netflix, ESPN and Xbox Game Pass, or on a new phone. Perks can be swapped every 90 days, but phones and extras come out of the same allowance. geekwire.com/2026/t-mobiles…
www.geekwire.com T-Mobile’s new ‘T-Mix’ plans let customers trade phone deals for Netflix, ESPN and other perks T-Mobile’s new T-Mix plans give customers a set number of “Picks” to spend on perks such as Netflix, ESPN and Xbox Game Pass, or on a new phone, starting at $55 a month for one line. Customers can... Microsoft’s longtime comms chief @fxshaw, who's leaving at the end of the year, joins @maryjofoley and me to reflect on working with Microsoft's three CEOs, lessons learned over the years, and how communications and media are changing in the AI era. geekwire.com/2026/exit-inte…
www.geekwire.com Exit interview: Microsoft’s comms chief on CEOs, reporters, what he got wrong, and stories that... Microsoft communications chief Frank X. Shaw, who is leaving the company at the end of the year, reflects on nearly three decades of shaping its public image. He talks about working for Bill Gates,... Lessons from the Microsoft Garage, from one of its co-founders, @qhawk. Great guest post, following up on the news that it's winding down after 17 years.
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www.geekwire.com The Garage never should have existed: Why Microsoft’s grassroots innovation lab worked for so long Microsoft Garage co-founder Quinn Hawkins explains how the employee innovation program outlasted bigger, better-funded efforts inside Microsoft for 17 years, as the company winds it down. He credits...