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Microsoft hangs up on Nokia business, to cut 7,800 jobs

Most of the job cuts will be in the phone hardware business, underscoring the company’s shift in focus to software and cloud from hardware. About a third of the layoffs will be in Finland, where Microsoft will shut down a product development unit, according to Finland’s national broadcaster YLE. This is the second round of job cuts since Satya Nadella took over as chief executive in February 2014.

United Airlines' U.S. takeoffs halted on ‘automation issues'

United Airlines is resuming flights after a computer fault halted all U.S. departures for about two hours, disrupting travel for thousands of passengers in the second such setback since early June. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration disclosed the end of the grounding in a statement Wednesday after saying “automation issues” had forced a temporary suspension of U.S. takeoffs.