2023-04-26
I forget, what was the justification for that Microsoft layoff again? https://www.cnbc.com/...
Microsoft
Microsoft reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to $52.9B, net income up 9% YoY to $18.3B, Office Commercial up 13% YoY, Dynamics 365 up 25% YoY, and LinkedIn up 8% YoY
REDMOND, Wash. — April 25, 2023 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 …
I forget, what was the justification for that Microsoft layoff again? https://www.cnbc.com/...
CNBC
Microsoft reports Q3 Intelligent Cloud revenue up 16% YoY to $22.08B, vs. $21.94B est., with Azure and other cloud services revenue up 27% YoY
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
2023-01-12
What an incredibly employee-hostile move. https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Memo: Microsoft plans to give US salaried staff unlimited Discretionary Time Off plus 10 corporate holidays, leaves of absence, mental health time off, and more
surprise—away from the worker. https://twitter.com/... Amy Diehl, Ph.D. / @amydiehl : Unlimited PTO is a trick. It sounds good, but it actually encourages presenteeism. Instead com...
2022-12-27
Oh good. Job security. https://arxiv.org/...
The Register
Stanford study: programmers who used AI tools like GitHub Copilot to solve a set of coding challenges produced less secure code than those who did not
2022-12-26
Oh good. Job security. https://arxiv.org/...
The Register
Study: programmers who use GitHub Copilot and other AI tools produce less secure code than those who do not, despite believing their code has no safety issues
At the same time, tools like Github Copilot and Facebook InCoder make developers believe their code is sound