Xbox Decimated By Layoffs

Microsoft laid off ~4,800 employees and gutted Xbox by 3,200 jobs while divesting five studios. Samsung's profit rocketed past Nvidia's, Meta faced a $1.4 trillion lawsuit demand, xAI rebranded to SpaceXAI, and Anthropic researchers found a hidden "J-space" inside Claude.

• Microsoft is laying off ~4,800 employees, or ~2.1% of its workforce; most are in sales or Xbox, where ~20% of jobs are set to be cut by the end of FY 2027 (theverge.com/news/961528/microsoft-layoffs-jul…) (The Verge)

• Microsoft's Xbox to Cut 3,200 Jobs, Divest Five Studios in Major Overhaul (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-06/microso…) (Bloomberg)

• Samsung estimates Q2 operating profit of ~$58.44B, a 19-fold jump from a year earlier and above a ~$57.02B estimate, and revenue up 129% YoY to ~$111.7B (reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/samsung-estimat…) (Reuters)

• Samsung estimates Q2 operating profit of ~$58.44B, a 19-fold jump from a year earlier and above a ~$57.02B estimate, and revenue up 129% YoY to ~$111.7B (wsj.com/tech/samsung-forecasts-record-second-q…) (WSJ)

• Court filing: Meta says four US states seek $1.4T over claims it designed Facebook and Instagram to addict youth and misled the public; its market cap is ~$1.5T (reuters.com/business/meta-says-us-states-are-s…) (Reuters)

• xAI rebrands to SpaceXAI and unveils a new logo; Elon Musk said in May that xAI would be dissolved as a separate company and become the AI products from SpaceX (businessinsider.com/xai-rebrand-spacexai-new-l…) (Business Insider)

• Anthropic researchers detail J-space, a small set of neural patterns in Claude that reveals internal thoughts that don't appear in the model's output (anthropic.com/research/global-workspace) (Anthropic)

• Anthropic researchers detail J-space, a small set of neural patterns in Claude that reveals internal thoughts that don't appear in the model's output (venturebeat.com/ai/anthropics-new-j-lens-revea…) (VentureBeat)

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