Microsoft reportedly will lay off 3 percent of its workforce–likely numbering in the thousands, according to multiple media reports–as the vendor invests in cutting-edge artificial ...

Microsoft is facing a pair of new antitrust probes from the Federal Trade Commission, according to reports Wednesday evening from The New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

The layoffs in Microsoft's gaming unit come about three months after Microsoft closed on its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the company behind Call of Duty, Diablo and Overwatch.