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Microsoft gaming division suffers further layoffs

  Last week, it was   rumored   that Microsoft was getting ready for a major round of layoffs within the Xbox team.   Bloomberg  is now reporting   that employees in the company’s gaming division were informed of job cuts Wednesday morning. The PC giant has been on a cost-cutting mission lately,   announcing   it would let go of 3 percent of its global workforce earlier this summer, and announcing a   further 9,000 job cuts   on Wednesday. According to  Bloomberg , Microsoft’s Stockholm-based King division, famous for  Candy Crush , is laying off 10 percent of its staff, representing roughly 200 jobs. While some other European gaming offices are also cutting, US units are reportedly being informed later Wednesday.

Elon Musk reacts to SpaceX Starship explosion: ‘Just a …’


SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shared his response after a Starship prototype exploded during an on-ground test in Texas. The tech billionaire took to the social media platform X (earlier Twitter) to acknowledge this incident, which is a setback in SpaceX’s Mars ambitions and even shared information explaining what caused this mishap. The latest incident involved Starship 36 undergoing a static fire test at SpaceX’s Starbase facility, which authorities described as a "catastrophic failure." The test, which involved firing the rocket’s engines while it remained anchored, resulted in an explosion shortly after 11:00 PM local time (9.30 AM IST).

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