Google starts 2024 with job cuts across multiple teams

Amazon also announces cuts and Duolingo replaces humans with AI

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Google starts 2024 with job cuts across multiple teams
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Google starts 2024 with job cuts across multiple teams

In a major restructuring move, Google has announced the layoff of hundreds of employees spanning various divisions, including the Voice Assistant unit, hardware teams handling Pixel, Nest and Fitbit, as well as a substantial portion of the augmented reality (AR) team.

Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman are also set to depart from the company. Google's central engineering team is not exempt from the cuts either, with hundreds of roles affected. ...

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