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Google Axes Staff In Assistant, Hardware, Engineering Teams

Hundreds of job losses at Google, as staff are handed marching orders across multiple teams, amid exit of FitBit co-founders

11 months ago

Twitch To Lay Off 35 Percent Of Staff – Report

Amazon-owned Twitch is handing a sizeable portion of its workforce the worst news in early 2024 by axing their jobs

11 months ago

SpaceX Illegally Fired Staff Critical Of Elon Musk, Says US Agency

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleges SpaceX illegally fired staff who in 2022 had denounced Elon Musk's behaviour

11 months ago

Xerox Axes 15 Percent Of Workforce, Admits ‘Cyber Incident’

Happy new year. Tech veteran Xerox is to hand out P45s to approximately 3,000 employees in the first quarter of…

11 months ago

Hyperloop One To Close Down – Report

Futuristic travel experiment Hyperloop One to cease operations, as assets sold off and remaining staff made redundant

11 months ago

ARM Lays Off Workers In China – Report

ARM Holdings has laid off over 70 software engineers in China, but will relocate some of the roles outside of…

11 months ago

GM’s Cruise Dismisses Nine Executives, Faces Fine

Nine executives dismissed at Cruise, amid reports it faces $1.5m penalty for allegedly misleading regulators after accident

11 months ago

Meta Pressure Led To Harvard Termination, Alleges Misinformation Expert

Mark Zuckerberg donation of $500 million alleged to have pressured Harvard University into firing misinformation expert

12 months ago

Spotify To Axe 1,500 Jobs In Cost-Cutting Drive

Music-streaming service Spotify to slash 17 percent of workforce a month after stepping back from costly podcast drive

12 months ago

Broadcom To Axe 1,200 Staff After $69 Billion VMware Acquisition

Staff paying the price. A week after closing $61bn purchase of VMware, Broadcom begins laying off VMware employees

12 months ago

GM Cruise To Re-Launch Operation In One City – Report

A week after withdrawing all its autonomous cars, replacing its CEO, Cruise warns staff of layoffs and said it will…

12 months ago

Amazon Cuts Hundreds Of Jobs In Alexa Division

More job layoffs again at Amazon's Alexa division, on top of the 27,000 jobs already let go in the past…

12 months ago

Gartner Cites Generative AI Impact On Business Going Forward

Focus on worker augmentation to improve productivity and quality of work, rather than role automation from AI, Gartner warns

1 year ago

Amazon Trials Humanoid Robot, Prompting Job Fears

Experiment to automate a couple of Amazon warehouse in the US via the use of robots, has prompted job loss…

1 year ago

Nokia To Axe 14,000 Jobs As US Demand Declines

Heavy job losses at Finnish telecoms supplier Nokia, amid weak demand for 5G equipment in US and elsewhere

1 year ago

LinkedIn To Cut More Jobs, In Second Round Of Layoffs

Another 668 people across LinkedIn's engineering, product, talent and finance teams are to be made redundant, in second tranche of…

1 year ago

Qualcomm To Axe Jobs Amid Shrinking Revenue

Filing in California reveals Qualcomm is to axe 1,258 jobs in the US state, after previous warning of shrinking revenues

1 year ago

Meta To Axe Staff In Reality Labs Unit Wednesday

Staff reductions reportedly underway at Metaverse-oriented Reality Labs Unit, otherwise known as Facebook Agile Silicon Team

1 year ago

TalkTalk To Split Into Three Companies, With CEO To Step Down

Job losses expected, as TalkTalk confirm plan to “demerge its main operating businesses” into three standalone entities

1 year ago

Meta Surrenders Lease At One London Building

Tech office consolidation, after report Meta Platforms handed back lease on one building near Euston Station in London

1 year ago

Product Boss Panos Panay Departs Microsoft

Changing of the guard. Top executive at Microsoft in charge of Surface product line, Panos Panay, abruptly exits Redmond

1 year ago

Alphabet Cutting Hundreds Of Jobs In Recruitment Unit

More job cuts at Google, as executive confirms “significant reduction” to its global recruiting organisation

1 year ago

Binance Product Head Resigns Amid US Investigation

Binance's global head of product resigns, amid a number of executive departures, job losses, and US regulatory lawsuit

1 year ago

Elon Musk To Auction Twitter Signs, Backs Verbal Cage Fight With Zuck

X owner Elon Musk auctions off Twitter signs, and hints at 'verbal cage fight' with Mark Zuckerberg instead

1 year ago

Facebook Parent Meta Profits From Advertising Increase

Year of efficiency paying off for Mark Zuckerberg, as Meta enjoys a strong second quarter thanks in part to advertising…

1 year ago

Virgin Media O2 To Axe 2,000 UK Jobs

Price of 2001 merger? Virgin Media O2 is to axe 12 percent of its workforce, as it seeks to “simplify”…

1 year ago

Twitter Owes Former Staff $500m, Lawsuit Claims

Lawsuit from Twitter's head of employee benefits alleges Elon Musk platform owes sacked staff $500m in severance payments

1 year ago

Microsoft Confirms More Job Losses

Software giant Microsoft confirms it is axing more staff, in addition to the 10,000 job losses announced in January

1 year ago

Silicon UK Pulse: Your Tech News Update: Episode 10

Welcome to Silicon UK Pulse – your roundup of the latest tech news and developments impacting your business for the…

1 year ago