2024 has seen two mass layoffs at Microsoft, with 1900 staff laid off in January, before a further 650 Xbox employees were shown the door in September.

Regardless, Microsoft’s shares are up and the company’s market value is now higher than $3tn, as it works to capitalise on the rise of AI.

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    3 hours ago

    Trickle down was a rebrand.

    It used to be called “Horse and Sparrow economics.”

    Idea being: The horses eat buckets of whole grains. And the sparrows pick their meal from the horseshit.