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Tweet Google and Facebook employees have been swindled out of $ 100M in total by a Lithuanian man posing as a Taiwanese manufacturer. The individual was charged by the Department of Justice last month. Read more… Neowin

Tweet The department which oversees around 20,000 schools in England, and houses over 5,000 employees, will soon be rolling out either a Surface Pro 4 or a Surface Book for each of its workers. Read more… Neowin

Tweet Special versions of Power BI Pro and HDInsight have been certified for government use and Microsoft is now including these services as part of Azure Government. The two programs focus on big data. Read more… Neowin

Tweet Microsoft laid off another round of employees today, and among them was fan-favorite Windows demo guy, Bryan Roper. He announced the bad news today from his Twitter account. Read more… Neowin

Tweet The Redmond giant, which employs almost 120,000 people is about to let go of 700 employees. The company’s latest round of layoffs seems to be part of the job cuts it announced back in July. Read more… Neowin