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Labor and worker’s rights in tech
…Oracle cutting thousands in latest layoff round as company continues to ramp AI spending [ CNBC ] Meta is laying off hundreds of employees as it pours money into AI Emma Roth Mar 25…
Bungie isn't immediately making Destiny 3, is planning layoffs, reports Bloomberg
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Fortnite producer says Epic's mass layoffs will impact the game in ways the remaining teams "cannot even fully understand"
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Epic devs discuss the shock of mass layoffs: 'We only had a slight hint that the company revenue wasn't doing well'
Epic devs discuss the shock of mass layoffs: 'We only had a slight hint that the company revenue wasn't doing well'
Layoffs in IT. Is it Network Positions?
Seeing a lot of IT positions getting layoffs in the news and on r/Layoffs to make way for funding for AI. They don't seem to list what positions are being cut. My suspicion is that Developers seem to be taking the brunt …
Hosted git options these days?
I see a lot of hate on GitHub, I see GitLab recently announced a lot of layoffs and it seems they've joined the 'people you love to hate' club in terms of public opinion. That leaves who for hosting private repos? Bitbuc…
"The cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employees": Nvidia exec says right now AI is more expensive than paying human workers
Recent tech layoffs would initially appear to indicate the great labor shift from human workers to AI may already be happening. Meta announced last week in a memo that it plans to lay off 10% of its workforce, about 8,00…
Accountability Throughput
Most people have had enough of AI, to the point that I almost do not feel like talking or discussing about it anymore. But I will still go ahead because I believe it might add non-zero value to the discourse.AI companies…
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Nvidia boss calls AI layoff excuse lazy – Fudzilla.com
AI News May 28, 2026 by Nick Farrell Nvidia boss calls AI layoff excuse lazy Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, who runs the world’s most valuable company, reckons blaming AI for…
Amazon has cancelled The Lord of the Rings MMO, but promises it "continues to explore a compelling new game experience" set in Middle-earth
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GoPro to lay off over 20 percent of staff by the end of 2026 - Engadget
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Recently laid-off Oracle worker says AI is coming for jobs
…1,000+ layoffs, but wider cuts remain unconfirmed By his third failed attempt to log into Oracle’s VPN on Tuesday morning, a decades-long employee of the company started to get…
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Ubisoft quietly cancels Animal Crossing and Minecraft-inspired cozy life sim game Alterra, layoffs reportedly not happening
…claim no layoffs were happening following the project's cancellation, at least not yet: "Employees working on the game were put on availability for other projects within the company. That said, it…