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Apple has cut more than 200 employees in its Vision Pro and Siri teams, redirecting resources toward the development of artificial intelligence, Bloomberg reports. The company has also raised prices on Mac and iPad and introduced leasing.

Finnish Nokia will close most of its divisions in China by the end of 2026 and cut local staff, ending more than 40 years of presence in the market. The cause was competition with Huawei and ZTE.

🇨🇳 By 2026, Microsoft reduced its presence in China: 15 branches closed, exit from retail and production. 📉 Key facts: - Reduction of 2,000+ jobs at partner Wicresoft and 400 Azure employees. - Production of Surface and Xbox moved out of the PRC. - China's share of revenue dropped to 1.5%. ☁️ But the company is not leaving completely: retains business with ByteDance and Shein, and access to OpenAI models for Chinese corporations. Strategy: risk minimization while maintaining profitability.

📉 Supermassive Games (Until Dawn, Little Nightmares 3) announces a third round of layoffs in three years. Up to 75 employees may lose their jobs. Over the last 3 years, the studio has lost more than half its staff due to a series of commercial failures, including the flop of Directive 8020. #SupermassiveGames #Layoffs #GamingNews

🚨 'MyOffice' cuts staff by 75% and closes offices in St. Petersburg and Innopolis. Losses increased 7-fold, and development of key products has halted. What will happen to domestic office software? #MyOffice #IT #Layoffs

At the beginning of 2026, the IT sector lost more than 124,000 jobs, surpassing the results of the entire 2025 year. 📉 Giants like Oracle and Amazon are cutting staff, yet simultaneously investing billions in AI. 🤖 Experts note: automation does not always lead to unemployment — in the AI hub of San Francisco, the unemployment rate is falling thanks to hiring at OpenAI and Anthropic. 🚀 #IT #AI #LaborMarket