Microsoft Reportedly Lays Off Shanghai Azure Staff Amid Ongoing Global Restructuring
20 Oct
Business News

Microsoft Reportedly Lays Off Shanghai Azure Staff Amid Ongoing Global Restructuring

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Business Credit: Photo by Simon Ray on UnsplashMicrosoft has reportedly begun layoffs affecting parts of its Azure cloud team in Shanghai, according to Chinese media outlet Phoenix Technology. Employees said they received an internal email titled “Important Business Update,” which they understood as a notification of job cuts. The new severance package reportedly offers about three months less compensation than the July layoffs and does not include a signing bonus. Some staff were offered relocation opportunities to Australia but were laid off if they declined. The move comes as Microsoft continues a broader corporate restructuring. Windows Report noted on October 7 that the company has cut more than 15,000 positions globally since May 2025, mainly across its Azure, sales, and engineering divisions. A Microsoft spokesperson said organizational and workforce adjustments are “a necessary and routine part” of...
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The shutdown’s newest stage: From the Politics Desk
20 Oct
Politics

The shutdown’s newest stage: From the Politics Desk

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Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Deska newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.In Friday’s edition, four of NBC News’ reporters in Washington dig into the next phase of the government shutdown standoff: layoffs ordered by the Trump administration. Plus, “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker dives into Trump’s direction of the prosecution of old political adversaries.Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here.— Scott BlandTrump's latest shutdown move: 'Substantial' federal layoffsBy Sahil Kapur, Yamiche Alcindor, Monica Alba and Laura StricklerThe Trump administration announced Friday that it has begun “substantial” layoffs of federal workers, as the government remains shut down due to the inability of Congress to reach a funding deal. “The...
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Trump and Kennedy claim it’s unsafe to give young children Tylenol. What does the science say?
20 Oct
Science & Technology

Trump and Kennedy claim it’s unsafe to give young children Tylenol. What does the science say?

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It started with an unsubstantiated warning that taking Tylenol during pregnancy could raise a child’s risk of autism. But the message from President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seems to have quickly expanded to suggest that babies and young children should avoid the common painkiller.“Don’t give it to the baby when the baby’s born,” Trump said of Tylenol at a Cabinet meeting on Thursday.Kennedy jumped in to suggest that children who are circumcised have higher autism rates, “likely because they’re given Tylenol.”As the administration’s stance on the medication has broadened over the last few weeks, researchers say the notion that young children may develop autism as a result of taking Tylenol is particularly far-fetched.“There’s even less evidence that there’s a link between Tylenol in early childhood and autism than there is...
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