In the last year, more than 70,000 people globally have been laid off by Big Tech companies – and that doesn’t count the downstream effect… Read More »Big Tech is firing employees by the thousands. How worried should we be?
By Nathalie Collins, Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University and Jeff Volkheimer, Duke University Tech companies are always in the news, usually touting the next big… Read More »Big Tech layoffs: Big Tech is firing employees by the thousands. Why? And how worried should we be?
Google and Microsoft Corp. MSFT 3.57% this past week joined other tech companies, big and small, in cutting jobs and shelving some products and projects… Read More »Tech Layoffs Unwind Recent Head-Count Growth, Torpedo Long-Shot Projects
Topline Google parent Alphabet and online retailer Wayfair on Friday became the latest tech stocks to rally after issuing massive layoff announcements to help curb… Read More »Alphabet’s Massive Layoffs Fuel $50 Billion Market Rally—And Analysts Expect More Job Cuts Will Boost Tech Stocks
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has faced questions about his company’s market dominance on Capital Hill in recent years.Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) It is poised… Read More »The ongoing big tech antitrust cases to watch in 2023
The era of moonshots is (mostly) over. This year tech companies are taking a more earthly approach. Stock charts both explain the change in boardroom… Read More »Big Tech Stops Doing Stupid Stuff
WASHINGTON—Republicans in the House plan to scrutinize communications between the Biden administration and big technology and social-media companies to probe whether they amounted to the… Read More »GOP-Led House to Probe Alleged White House Collusion With Tech Giants
The Southwest Airlines Co. meltdown that stranded thousands of passengers during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year exposed a major industry shortcoming:… Read More »Southwest Meltdown Shows Airlines Need Tighter Software Integration
Investors face a single question after one of the worst years on record for tech stocks: Is the party over, or just on hold for… Read More »Opinion: One question looms about where tech stocks go now, after one of their worst years on record
Getty Images Well, now we know how much is too much for free-spending Apple when it comes to buying programming for its Apple TV+ video-streaming… Read More »Apple Says ‘Enough’ As Google-NFL Deal Pushes Sports TV Rights Limits