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Layoffs

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The Efficiency Trap Inside Corporate A.I. Spending

Leadership expert Nik Kinley examines the organizational risks emerging from the corporate rush to fund A.I. He argues that layoffs tied to A.I. investment may quietly erode psychological safety, suppress dissent and leave leaders increasingly disconnected from the realities inside their own organizations.
By Nik Kinley
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Mark Zuckerberg Signals Leaner Future While Meta Doubles Down on A.I. Spending

Meta is cutting staff while boosting A.I. spending. CEO Mark Zuckerberg signals that leaner teams may define the company’s future.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Jack Dorsey speaks on stage at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a crypto-currency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood on June 04, 2021 in Miami, Florida.

Block’s A.I. Layoffs Signal a Tipping Point for White-Collar Work

IDCA CEO Mehdi Paryavi examines Block’s A.I.-driven layoffs as an early signal of a structural shift in the global labor market. As leaders from Jamie Dimon to Sam Altman acknowledge the coming transformation, Paryavi contends that without clear global guardrails, reflexive A.I.-driven layoffs could destabilize middle-class economies before the technology is mature enough to replace the workforce it displaces.
By Mehdi Paryavi
Jack Dorsey in an orange shirt.

Jack Dorsey Recasts Block as an A.I.-First Company

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
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Elon Musk’s xAI Is Redefining Data Annotation—an Unglamorous But Vital Job in A.I.

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
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A.I. Drives Job Cuts Across Silicon Valley Giants: By the Numbers

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Tesla Turnaround Plan, Explained

By Sissi Cao
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Cut 10 Percent of Jobs at Tesla. Read His Memo to Employees

By Nhari Djan
Tim Cook

Tim Cook Under Pressure Amid Scrapped Apple Car Project, iPhone’s Fading Appeal

By Francesca Friday
Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish

Where Paramount Made Cuts In Its Latest Round of Layoffs

By Nhari Djan
Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish

Paramount CEO Bob Bakish Announces Layoffs After Record Super Bowl Night

By Nhari Djan
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Is Still Battling the Side Effect of Covid-Era Hiring Sprees

By Nhari Djan
A UBS logo on a flag behind the shadowy silhouette of a man.

Layoff Spree Continues in April and Is Spreading Beyond the Tech Sector

By Sissi Cao
A man looks at a printed newsletter.

Newsletter Publishers Struggle While Trying to Prove Their Model Still Works

By Rachyl Jones
Zoom founder Eric Yuan

Tracking 2023’s Layoffs in Tech, Media, Retail and More (Updated March)

By Sissi Cao
Bob Iger smiles for a photo at an awards ceremony.

Under Bob Iger 2.0, Disney Reports Higher Earnings Amid Layoffs, Restructuring

By Rachyl Jones
Apple CEO Tim Cook

Can Apple Avoid Layoffs? Analysts Look For Answers in This Week’s Earnings Report

By Sissi Cao
Terry Bollea, aka Hulk Hogan, sits in court.

BDG Media Shutters Re-Launched Gawker and Lays off Staff

By Rachyl Jones
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Layoffs Are Sending Big Tech Stocks Soaring

By Sissi Cao
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IAC’s Dotdash Meredith Will Lay Off 7% of its Staff, or 274 Employees

By Rachyl Jones
Google layoff

Google Pauses Green Card Applications, Leaving Foreign Workers in Limbo

By Sissi Cao
Google CEO Sundar Pichai

Google Will Cut 12,000 Jobs in the Latest Big Tech Layoff

By Sissi Cao
Microsoft layoff

Microsoft Is the Latest Big Tech Company to Announce Layoffs

By Sissi Cao
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.

As Coinbase Announces More Job Cuts, Here’s a List of the Layoffs Sweeping Across the Crypto World

By Sissi Cao
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