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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Brother Black fly's left hand clue delivery! CTOnews.com, February 10 (Xinhua)-- Microsoft announced a new round of layoffs on Thursday, cutting 617 jobs in the US state of Washington. The layoffs involve employees in the Redmond, Issaquah and Bellevue regions.

Microsoft announced 900 layoffs in Washington State in January, bringing the number of layoffs in the state to 1495. Microsoft plans to start layoffs in April this year.

CTOnews.com reported last month that Microsoft plans to cut 10, 000 jobs. Microsoft announced that it would cut 10, 000 jobs, or about 4.5 per cent of its 220000 workforce, by the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2023.

Microsoft's 10,000 job cuts have spread to the gaming division, including Bethesda Game Studios (Bethesda Game Studios), the developer of the Ancient Scroll and radiation series, and 343Industries, the developer of Halo: infinity.

"although we are cutting jobs in some areas, we will continue to recruit staff in key strategic areas," said Nadella, Microsoft's chief executive. Microsoft said the layoffs were in response to "macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities".

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