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Structural scarcity in critical minerals is not just an investment story. It is a business-building opportunity that most of the startup world hasn’t noticed yet.
Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s stoking fears of AI replacing jobs. The layoffs will hit Xbox and commercial sales the hardest.