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Microsoft announced plans to lay off up to 10,000 employees to cut costs in January.
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The company has reportedly started a second round of layoffs this week.
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Half of Microsoft's Mixed Reality division was let go, including the HoloLens hardware team.
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The Xbox division was also hit with more layoffs, including the ZeniMax Studios development team and business and marketing teams.
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The Surface PC hardware division got rid of its business partnership team.
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Microsoft also laid off an unknown number of Windows software visual designers.
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GitHub, which Microsoft owns, also announced a 10% reduction in its 3,000 team members.
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The HoloLens hardware team was greatly affected by the layoffs.
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The future of Surface may be impacted by the deep layoff in the business partnership team.
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The software hosting and sharing company, GitHub, has also been affected by the layoffs.