Microsoft

Microsoft calling employees back to the office 3 days a week now, it's official. https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-s... Only a matter of time before the holdout companies cave.

LinkedIn has always been an easy mark, but Microsoft's ownership has made it a liability. The company has a history of missteps, from its initial reliance on a social network model to its recent privacy issues and anemic attempts to integrate AI. Now, OpenAI, the very company is propping up, is developing a competing product, the OpenAI Jobs Platform, a direct threat to LinkedIn's core business. This move is a brilliant, calculated strike from OpenAI that exploits LinkedIn's weaknesses and could significantly harm Microsoft's stock price. LinkedIn has been complacent, becoming a bloated directory rather than an innovative platform. OpenAI is proposing a whole new certification process called OpenAI Certifications, which could be used to verify the skills of potential employees. If this works they will have a substantial advantage over any other online job board. It's far too soon to make bets, for that we need to see what OpenAI can actually deliver. But it wouldn't surprise me to see MSFT losing one of their major revenue streams if OpenAI can actually get the masses to pivot to their own jobs platform.

In shocking news (/s) Microsoft is chopping %4 of its global workforce, or about 9000 jobs in yet another round of layoffs. What is this, the fifth or sixth time Satya Nadella has turned to sacking employees to make the numbers look better this year? If the company doesn't need these employees why were they being hired in the first place? https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/02/microsoft-l...

Despite nobody wanting Copilot, Microsoft's AI revenue has reached $25 billion. Wedbush raises price target to $600, a nearly 20% increase from current values. Makes you wonder who the customers are, or if Microsoft is just fudging revenue from other sources to be classified as artificial intelligence.

Copilot has done the impossible. It's actually infesting Notepad. The one application we all had hope might make it through the AI trash fire unscathed. Nope. Welcome to your new hell, plebs. I wonder how many people were thinking, "You know what Notepad needs? A random text generator!". Probably zero. Source: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/23/micr...

Oh Billy Gates, why is Windows 11 so awful? I just want Windows 7 back. Stop shoving AI slop, Office 365 garbage, random ads, and spyware telemetry down our throats...