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Tech layoffs

Global Enterprise

AI hiring thaw helps relieve tech talent glut in China

The company is on the hook for tens of billions of US dollars to build out increasingly large server farms to meet demand.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Oracle cuts cloud division jobs amid surge in AI spending

Alibaba’s reduction has been more pronounced, with its full-time employee count falling by more than 50 per cent, from 254,941 in March 2022 to 124,320 in March 2025.
Global Enterprise

China’s tech giants spook a generation of workers with job cuts

Microsoft is pushing salespeople to both use and sell artificial intelligence products.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Microsoft offers some salespeople extra pay following layoffs

Scale is one of several AI companies that have seen key talent hired away in the last year, without being acquired.
Startups

Scale AI to cut 14% of staff following Meta investment

Artificial intelligence (AI) has only made matters worse. It’s become a justification for layoffs, while also letting companies outsource the work of empathy to a large language model.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Companies are getting worse at laying people off

Tech executives have been increasingly vocal about the potential for AI to automate labour currently performed by humans.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Microsoft touts US$500 million AI savings while slashing jobs

The leadership changes are the first major move under Lip-Bu Tan, who took the top job last month.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Intel cuts over 500 jobs in Oregon as part of layoff plan

Through this year’s first quarter, Amazon added about 4,000 jobs compared to last year’s fourth quarter, according to a disclosure last month.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Amazon cuts more jobs, this time in books division

Microsoft and peers including Meta Platforms have touted the effectiveness of AI-assisted coding tools in speeding up the software development process.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Microsoft cuts hundreds more jobs after firing 6,000 last month

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