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Xbox Is Three Quarters of the Way Through Its Reset. Halo Changed Hands on the Way.

Microsoft eliminated 268 more roles in its games division on Tuesday, moved development of the next Halo to Activision, folded Obsidian into Bethesda and began consultation on closing Ninja Theory after two sale agreements collapsed. Xbox's chief content officer said the restructuring announced in July is now roughly three-quarters done.

By Margaret Holloway 1 hour ago

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Apple's Second Round of Cuts Went After the Content It Has to Keep Making

Apple has laid off a handful of Fitness+ employees, Bloomberg reported, a month after it cut about 200 jobs in its Siri and Vision Pro groups. The numbers are small against a workforce of 166,000. What the two rounds have in common is more telling: in both, Apple cut people who make content, not products.

By Alison Acosta 26 hours ago

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Xbox Is Three Quarters of the Way Through Its Reset. Halo Changed Hands on the Way.

Apple's Second Round of Cuts Went After the Content It Has to Keep Making