American technology company Microsoft’s workforce will be reduced by about four percent. The company is making heavy investment in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Because of this, the staff is being reduced to reduce the cost. Earlier, Microsoft had trimmed a large number of workers.

A one of reates Report According to, the company had about 2,28,000 workers later last month. It is preparing to remove thousands of these workers. This will have a major impact on divisions like sales and gaming. Microsoft, which created the Windows operating system, had informed about a capital expenditure of about $ 80 billion in FY 2025. However, the cost of increasing infrastructure related to AI is affecting its margin. The company has stated that its plan is to reduce the number of managers and improve its products and procedure.

About 10 percent of the workers are also being removed from a division of Microsoft in Barcelona, ​​Spain. This division makes Candy Crush Video Games. Earlier this year, META, who had anted social media platform Facebook, had said that she had trimmed a large number of workers. Internet search engine Google’s company Alphabet also reduced its workforce. Google workers had expressed concern about this. The workers of the company started an internal petition titled ‘Job Security’. These workers said that such steps of the company affect their ability to work with good quality and weaken the morale.

Last month, CEO of Alphabet, Sundar Pichai said that the hiring of engineers in the company will continue. He said that despite increasing the use of AI, it cannot replace workers. Pichai had reported that AI acts as an accelerator instead of Human talent options. This makes it easier for the company to take advantage of more occasions in the emerging area of ​​technology. Pichai had said, “I hope our existing engineering base will be extended by next year.” This attitude of Pichai is different from other companies who are looking at AI as a means of reducing the cost.

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Seven executives of the unit of South Korea’s electronics and devices maker Samsung have approached a court to reject a penalty of about 8.1 million dollars (about Rs 692 crore) from a court. This penalty is involved in a tax demand demand of about 60.1 million dollars (about Rs 5,135 crore) for the wrong classification of Samsung allegedly by Samsung.

A one of reates Report In the legal documents and a source, it has been told that these Samsung executives have argued that there was no ‘serious crime’. In January this year, the Tax Authority found that Samsung and some of its executives had incorrectly classified the import of a major equipment of a mobile tower between 2018 and 2021 saved tariffs. However, Samsung challenged this order in a tax appeal tribunal. The company had correct its classification of import and denied any disturbance.

In this case, a tax demand of about $ 52 million (about Rs 4,443 crore) was demanded from Samsung. Apart from this, some executives of the company were asked to pay a penalty of about 8.1 million dollars (about Rs 692 crore) to ‘know and deliberately’ in the wrong classification of the import. In an appeal filed in the High Court in Mumbai, Ravi Chadha, the logistics executive of the company’s unit in the country, has said that the two to three days of the penalty had issued a penalty order by Samsung and its executives, two to three days of receiving a detailed answer of hundreds of pages and “hasty” was issued by Ander Authorities of two to three days. This appeal has not been made public but Reuters have seen it. It states, “This period is very short to study deeply. The case is limited to the interpretation of the entries of tariffs. There has been no serious crime in it.” Chaddha was imposed a penalty of about $ 1.1 million (about 95 crore rupees).

In this regard, Samsung unit and Chaddha did not answer the questions sent by Reuters in the country. The Tax Authority has also not answered the request sent for comments. In this case, the online order of the court shows that six other executives of the company in this case have also challenged the order of Tax Authority.

American technology company Intel plans to reduce its workfoses more than 20 percent. It aims to eliminate bureaucracy and balance the management. This will be the first major restructuring since the new Chief Executive Officer of Intel, Bu Tan last month.

Bloomberg news Report In a source who has been aware of the company’s plan, it has been told that Intel’s target is to recreate the focus on engineering. Last year too, the company had informed about retrenchment of about 15,000 workers. The total number of workers of Intel is around 1,08,000. The company’s stock has declined by about 43 percent in the last 12 months. Intel’s stock closed at $ 19.50 on Tuesday. In the last few years, rivals like NVIDIA have made a dent in the company’s stake in the market of semiconductors.

It is also lagging behind in the segment of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The company’s sales have declined in the last three years. Tan, who spent many years in the Cadence Design Systems, has planned to separate Intel’s assets that are not according to their vision. Last week, the company informed about selling 51 percent stake in its programmable chips unit Altera to Silver Lake Management.

In a recent conference, TAN said that Intel needs to improve its balance sheet and improve the manufacturing process. The company’s first quarter results will be announced on Thursday. However, analysts believe that the worst phase of revenue reduction has passed for the company. About two years ago, Intel cut the salary of management and senior staff including CEO. The decision was taken due to a decrease in the company’s revenue and profit. The company’s mid-level workers were deducted about five percent in the base pay and 25 percent for the then Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger. Apart from this, there was a 15 percent reduction in the salary of the company’s executive leadership team.