Microsoft exec opens up about Research lab closure, layoffs

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It’s been a bit over a month since Microsoft shuttered its Microsoft Research lab in Silicon Valley as part of the company’s broader restructuring that will include 18,000 layoffs. This week, Harry Shum, Microsoft EVP of Technology & Research, posted what he termed an “open letter to the academic research community” on the company’s research blog.

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