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• Atlassian has cut 1,600 jobs, roughly 10% of its workforce, as it pivots to AI.
• CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes addressed employees in a four-minute video explaining the layoffs.
• He said he is "deeply sorry for the disruption" the layoff creates in their lives.

Atlassian

• Atlassian announced plans to cut 1,600 jobs to focus on AI and enterprise growth initiatives.
• CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes cited AI's impact on workforce needs as a reason for the layoffs.
• 30% of the job cuts impact Atlassian employees based in Australia, reflecting global changes.

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• Companies such as eBay, Amazon, and Atlassian have said they're trimming staff this year.
• Pinterest, for one, cited AI as a factor in its decision to shed less than 15% of its workforce.
• See the list of companies letting workers go in 2026.

The first quarter of 2026 is halfway through, and layoffs are well underway.

Companies

In 2024, Microsoft caused a lot of head-scratching and general bemusement with the launch of its "This is an Xbox" marketing campaign. Now, though, it appears the quandary over what is and isn't an Xbox has been resolved. Game Developer noticed that the original blog post on Xbox Wire that kicked off the whole affair has been removed. It seems Xbox will be going a new direction with its future

For months, Grammarly has been using the identities of real people (including us) for its "Expert Review" AI suggestions without getting their permission, and now it's facing a lawsuit from one of the journalists included, as

• NBCUniversal is planning to cut dozens of employees as the African streamer it jointly operated with Canal+ shuts down.
• Showmax was an "expensive failure," said Canal+, which owns 70% of the venture.
• NBCU employees were informed about the change on Wednesday.

NBCUniversal is planning

• March 11, 2026, marks 15 years since the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
• Cleanup and recovery efforts have been ongoing since the incident.
• While some surrounding areas in the region have recovered, many still remain in a destroyed state.

Fifteen years ago