Microsoft lays off 9,000 employees, why now, and what it signals for the tech industry. Despite $26B in Q1 net income and Azure growth, Microsoft is eliminating ~4% of its workforce, a strategic move aimed at flattening org structures and increasing execution speed.

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This IPO isn’t just a payday; it could be 2025’s biggest. 🔥. With a possible $1.5B+ raise, it shows how secondary sales might be key to meeting investor appetite in a tight liquidity market. Figma IPO drops soon. Watch this space. 👀📈.

Here’s the twist:.Figma is selling ~12.5M shares. Existing shareholders? They're unloading 24.7M+ shares, nearly double the amount. 😮.If demand soars (likely), another 5.5M could hit the market. Still, Dylan keeps control with 74% voting power thanks to supervoting stock. 🧠👑.

Figma’s IPO is about to mint millionaires, fast. 💸 CEO Dylan Field is cashing out $60M+, and VC giants like Sequoia, Index, and Greylock are selling big, too. But here's the kicker: existing shareholders are selling twice as many shares as Figma itself. 👀👇

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Meanwhile, in the U.S., unless you’re famous, you’re on your own. Some companies like MetaphysicAI are working on complex workarounds (copyrighting AI avatars), but Denmark’s approach is simpler and stronger. 💥 To stop deepfake abuse, we need to fix copyright law. Full stop.

Denmark just took a bold step:.📜 They’re amending copyright law to let people own their digital likeness, face, voice, and identity included. This gives every citizen:.✅ Legal power to remove deepfakes.✅ Protection from unauthorized AI clones.✅ Accountability for platforms.

“Human beings can be run through the digital copy machine and be misused for all sorts of purposes, and I’m not willing to accept that.”.🇩🇰 Danish Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt.Deepfakes are no longer just tech toys. They're being used to bully, deceive, and defame. 👇

Big Tech is getting leaner, not weaker. Microsoft’s cuts mirror moves from Autodesk, Chegg, CrowdStrike & ADP. Even with strong earnings and record stock highs ($497.45), the message is clear:.💡The next wave of growth will come from precision, not headcount.

The cuts aren't about cost, they're about control. 🔹 Layered management is being trimmed, especially in Gaming & Ops.🔹 A similar restructuring happened after the 2014 Nokia acquisition (18K jobs cut).🔹 Microsoft has now laid off ~15K+ employees in 2024 alone.

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If bots and algorithms are building bands and raking in real cash….What does that say about the future of streaming, art, and authenticity?.The line between real and generated is blurring fast.

The album art looks AI-generated. The musicians (Gabe Farrow? Milo Rains?) seem fictional. Their Spotify bio quoted Billboard, except the quote was fake. Platforms like Deezer now admit: the tracks might be AI-made. 🤖.

Something weird is streaming on Spotify….A band called The Velvet Sundown is pulling in 500K+ monthly listeners, but no one can prove they even exist. No shows. No history. No real band members. Just music, money, and mystery. 🧵

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