{
  "id": 16675655,
  "title": "Microsoft to reportedly offer buyouts to 60,000 employees in latest cuts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/microsoft-to-reportedly-offer-buyouts-to-60-000-employees-in-latest-16675655",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-26T18:44:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/26/microsoft-buyout-offers-ai-cuts"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tech company offers buyouts in an effort to reduce costs amid the rising use of AI, according to reports Microsoft announced that it would offer buyouts to 60,000 employees in an effort to reduce costs amid the rising use of artificial intelligence, according to reports, the latest example of how AI is reshaping tech companies and the greater workforce. This is the latest of several trimmings…",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60,000 employees. Read the memo.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/microsoft-is-offering-buyouts-to-around-60-000-employees-read-the-memo",
        "published": "2026-10-26T15:30:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60,000 employees in latest cost push",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/microsoft-is-offering-buyouts-to-around-60-000-employees-in-latest",
        "published": "2026-10-26T17:20:25.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}