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Bay Area Tech Layoffs Continue Into February As Several Firms let Hundreds More Let Go

February 8, 2024 2:30 amFebruary 8, 2024 2:31 am

Mass layoffs struck the Bay Area once again this week after a high number of jobs lost during January, with hundreds more workers being let go from multiple tech companies. San Francisco and the Bay Area, still reeling after tens of...

Google, Twitch, Discord Announce Massive Layoffs As Bay Area Mass Layoffs Continue

January 12, 2024 2:30 amJanuary 12, 2024 2:31 am

Multiple San Francisco tech firms such as Google and Discord instituted mass layoffs on Wednesday and Thursday, increasing the number of unemployed tech workers in the Bay Area in a year where the region had been projected to begin to...

Unity Gaming Company Announces Mass Layoff of 1,800 In San Francisco

January 9, 2024 2:30 amJanuary 9, 2024 2:31 am

Unity, a San Francisco video game company specializing in game engines, let go 1,800 employees on Monday, becoming the Bay Area’s first major mass layoff a little more than a week into 2024. In the last few years, San Francisco...

Congresswoman Anna Eshoo Announces She Won’t Run In 2024

November 22, 2023 1:19 pmNovember 22, 2023 1:19 pm

Silicon Valley-area Congresswoman Anna Eshoo announced on Tuesday that she will not be running for reelection in 2024, leaving her 16th district for an open election next year for the first time since 1992. Eshoo began her political career in...

Laphonza Going La-Gone-za: Sen. Butler Will Not Seek Senate Re-Election

October 20, 2023 8:37 amOctober 20, 2023 8:37 am

In what can only be called a sadly typically au courant Newspeak statement, Sen. Laphonza Butler has announced she will not be entering the 2024 race to try to keep the seat gifted her by Gavin Newsom two weeks ago....

The Confidence to Repair California

September 12, 2023 2:30 amSeptember 12, 2023 2:31 am

Many things in life take confidence and many times confidence is misplaced. More specifically, fixing something – anything, really – takes confidence in that it will be worth the effort, that deciding to spend time and energy to repair a...

Intel Announces 140 More Job Cuts In Latest California Tech Sector Layoffs

August 18, 2023 11:56 amAugust 18, 2023 11:56 am

Mass tech layoffs returned to the Bay Area on Thursday following a relatively calm summer, with Intel announcing that an additional 140 employees are to be let go by the end of the month. Beginning in October of last year,...