Microsoft boards-up research lab amid more layoffs

Microsoft Research is shutting down its Mountain View, Calif., facility as part of a move that included a reported 2,100 more layoffs throughout the company.

Derek Murray, who identifies himself as a researcher of distributed systems at Microsoft Research on his Twitter account, tweeted that “Today they announced that the lab in Silicon Valley will be closing Friday.”

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