Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 60,000 Staff to Fund AI - DTH
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Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 60,000 Staff to Fund AI - DTH

C1AdvancedOctober 27, 20265 min
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Want to get this show ad free? Head to dailytechnewsshow.com slash subscribe to find out how. These are the daily tech headlines for Tuesday, October 27, 2026. I'm Rob Dunwood.

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Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to approximately 60,000 employees over a quarter of its global workforce to manage costs while funding massive capital expenditures and artificial intelligence. Time limited program targets as well as roles up to level 70 across Canada, India, the UK and the United States spanning teams such as Windows, Xbox, AI Finance and HR.

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Med-Ads committed approximately $825 billion toward AI infrastructure and data centers, causing its first negative quarterly free cash flow in over a decade, $2.12 billion of cash burn, despite strong early traction from its Muse AI agent. To support its revised annual capital expenditure forecast of $135 to $145 billion,

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