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Nike cuts 1,400 jobs in second round of layoffs this year

By Stacey D. WallsApril 23, 2026

People walk past a Nike store in New York on April 2, 2025.Kylie Cooper | ReutersNike announced a new round…

Technology

What some executives think about using universal basic income to mitigate AI-related layoffs: Musk calls it the "best way"OpenAI policy document mentions a public wealth fund (Siladitya Ray/Forbes)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 18, 2026

Siladitya Ray / Forbes: What some executives think about using universal basic income to mitigate AI-related layoffs: Musk calls it…

Technology

layoffs in the technology sector totaled 78,557 in the first quarter of 2026, 76.7% of which were in the United States; almost half were attributed to AI implementation and workflow automation (Nikkei Asia)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: The history and future of AI at Google, with Sundar Pichai Stripe co-founder John Collison interviews…

Technology

The takeaway from Game Developers Conference 2026: High volume of job seekers amid layoffs, AI was the buzzword, more outsourcing than ever, and more (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 15, 2026

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: What to take away from Game Developers Conference 2026: High volume of job seekers amid layoffs,…

Technology

Survey of 1,000 hiring managers: 59% say they emphasize the role of AI in layoffs or hiring freezes "because it plays better"; only 9% say AI has completely replaced roles (Gautam Mukunda/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 14, 2026

Gautam Mukunda / Bloomberg: A survey of 1,000 hiring managers: 59% say they emphasize the role of AI in layoffs…

Technology

Meta’s VR layoffs could help the industry in the long run as the roles most affected focused on first-party content and games that competed with the broader ecosystem (Palmer Luckey/@palmerluckey)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 19, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The PM’s Non-Technical Guide to Building with Cursor | Zevi Arnovitz (Meta) Interviews with world-class product…

Business & Money

Congressional Hemp Ban Raises Fears of Mass Layoffs, Black Market Growth

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 13, 2025

The hemp industry is bracing for layoffs, production cuts and billions in lost revenue after Congress passed a government funding…

Technology

Financial stress from AI infrastructure spending, overhiring, and recession fears, rather than AI adoption, is likely driving tech sector layoffs (Fast Company)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 10, 2025

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: “Sell Alpha, Not Feature”: The Guide to Enterprise Sales for $1-10M ARR | Jen Abel Interviews…

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Target cuts 1,800 corporate jobs, first major layoffs in a decade

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 23, 2025

A Target logo is displayed outside one of their stores on August 2, 2025 in San Diego, California. Kevin Carter…

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Taiwan’s stock market value surpassed that of the United Kingdom at around $4.3 billion, followed closely by South Korea, driven by massive gains in TSMC, Samsung and SK Hynix (Bloomberg).

Citizen Lab details two espionage campaigns that exploit weaknesses in SS7 and Diameter protocols on 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G networks to track people’s locations (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

A look at Elon Musk’s $134 billion lawsuit against Sam Altman, set to begin April 27, accusing him of going back on his vow to keep OpenAI a nonprofit (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Anthropic details Project Deal, a marketplace experiment where Claude’s models bought, sold and traded personal belongings on behalf of Anthropic employees (Anthropic)

Europe’s dependence on American companies in the technology and financial sectors is largely its fault, after excessive regulation made European companies too weak to compete (The Economist)

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Nike cuts 1,400 jobs in second round of layoffs this year

What some executives think about using universal basic income to mitigate AI-related layoffs: Musk calls it the "best way"OpenAI policy document mentions a public wealth fund (Siladitya Ray/Forbes)

layoffs in the technology sector totaled 78,557 in the first quarter of 2026, 76.7% of which were in the United States; almost half were attributed to AI implementation and workflow automation (Nikkei Asia)

The takeaway from Game Developers Conference 2026: High volume of job seekers amid layoffs, AI was the buzzword, more outsourcing than ever, and more (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

Survey of 1,000 hiring managers: 59% say they emphasize the role of AI in layoffs or hiring freezes "because it plays better"; only 9% say AI has completely replaced roles (Gautam Mukunda/Bloomberg)

Meta’s VR layoffs could help the industry in the long run as the roles most affected focused on first-party content and games that competed with the broader ecosystem (Palmer Luckey/@palmerluckey)

Congressional Hemp Ban Raises Fears of Mass Layoffs, Black Market Growth

Financial stress from AI infrastructure spending, overhiring, and recession fears, rather than AI adoption, is likely driving tech sector layoffs (Fast Company)

Target cuts 1,800 corporate jobs, first major layoffs in a decade

A look at the continuation of Marc Benioff of productivity gains via AI in Salesforce, which has undergone a series of layoffs in the past two years (Caroline O’Donovan / Washington Post)