Microsoft Xbox Chief Executive Asha Sharma talks on stage at Fortune Brainstorm Tech in Aspen, Colo. on June 9, 2026.Microsoft Xbox Chief Executive Asha Sharma talks on stage at Fortune Brainstorm Tech in Aspen, Colo. on June 9, 2026.

Game over for 20% of Xbox staff as Microsoft hits reset: We ‘didn’t focus on the core business,’ CEO says. ‘We simply spread ourselves too thin.’

2026/07/07 16:58
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Good morning. On Fortune’s radar today:

  • Exclusive: Xbox CEO on why she is laying off 20% of her staff as Microsoft hits reset.
  • Markets: Selloff in Asia.
  • “Doom loop”? Strategy is selling bitcoin while hoping it also goes up.
  • How David Senra built the podcast the world’s most powerful CEOs can’t stop listening to.
  • Dow CEO gets big pay rise.
  • The very rich are different from you and me—as this household spending stat shows.
  • The cost of AI as hyperscalers enter their negative cash flow era.
  • Foreign fans at the World Cup are gorging themselves on the American foods they don’t get at home.

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