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Proprietary Waste, Yahoo Layoffs, and Yet Another Wave of Microsoft Layoffs (Second This Year!)

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 12, 2023

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Businesses are wasting millions on unused software licenses

↺ Businesses are wasting millions on unused software licenses

> Surveying six million customers spanning nine industries across 12 regions. Nexthink (opens in new tab) looked at over 30 popular software tools and uncovered that 50% of all licenses were not being used.

> The cost for the unused licenses alone was said to be putting a $45 million drain on the companies every single month, which each year adds up to almost $537 million worth of wasted software.

Yahoo layoffs: Company to cut 20% off staff by year-end

↺ Yahoo layoffs: Company to cut 20% off staff by year-end

Yahoo to lay off 20% of its staff as it cuts advertising tech business

↺ Yahoo to lay off 20% of its staff as it cuts advertising tech business

> Yahoo has laid off 1,000 workers, or about 12% of its remaining staff, in a move aimed at restructuring the company’s advertising technology business unit and reallocating its finances more efficiently.

Microsoft announces another round of layoffs impacting Washington workers

↺ Microsoft announces another round of layoffs impacting Washington workers

Microsoft Is Even Cutting Cloud, AI Workers in Layoffs, Email Shows

↺ Microsoft Is Even Cutting Cloud, AI Workers in Layoffs, Email Shows

Microsoft continues with previously announced layoffs, as Seattle-area total nears 1,500 people

↺ Microsoft continues with previously announced layoffs, as Seattle-area total nears 1,500 people

Microsoft Cuts Jobs in HoloLens, Surface, Xbox as Layoffs Continue

↺ Microsoft Cuts Jobs in HoloLens, Surface, Xbox as Layoffs Continue

Microsoft announces next round of layoffs in Washington

↺ Microsoft announces next round of layoffs in Washington

Malicious Dota 2 game modes infected players with malware

↺ Malicious Dota 2 game modes infected players with malware

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