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Friday, November 13, 2026
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AI is reshaping both sides of the hiring equation, with job applicants turning to it to research employers, Avature convening its US conference around people-and-AI-agent collaboration, and a growing debate over who sets the rules when machine applicants enter the pipeline. Tech layoffs surpassing 200,000 jobs this year underscore the workforce disruption accompanying the AI investment surge, while ZipRecruiter's revenue growth and Mount Thor's $45M Series A signal continued investor appetite in HR tech. On the compliance front, Delta Air Lines, Wabash National, and Osmose Utilities each settled EEOC discrimination suits, keeping workplace accountability squarely in focus alongside the industry's technology transformation.
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Microsoft 365Newsweek· 4:08 AM PST
Microsoft's Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook, Teams, Exchange Online and Copilot, suffered a global outage that Downdetector logged as more than 140,000 user reports across 74 countries. Microsoft says it was not a cyberattack and points to failing automated server health checks and high processor usage. The disruption came less than three weeks after the company offered voluntary exit packages to about 60,000 eligible employees, roughly 27 percent of its 223,000-strong workforce, in divisions including Copilot, HR and AI experiences.
