Riot’s New Fighting Game Is Already Imploding As It Lays Off 80 Developers Less Than a Month After Coming To Console // Kotaku
https://kotaku.com/2xko-layoffs-league-legends-riot-update-2000666998
Riot’s New Fighting Game Is Already Imploding As It Lays Off 80 Developers Less Than a Month After Coming To Console // Kotaku
https://kotaku.com/2xko-layoffs-league-legends-riot-update-2000666998
Staff Photographers at The Washington Post All Lose Their Jobs https://petapixel.com/2026/02/05/staff-photographers-at-the-washington-post-all-lose-their-jobs/ #pressphotographers #staffphotographers #newsphotographers #thewashingtonpost #visualjournalists #picturedesk #redundancy #Industry #layoffs #layoff #News
Staff Photographers at The Washington Post All Lose Their Jobs https://petapixel.com/2026/02/05/staff-photographers-at-the-washington-post-all-lose-their-jobs/ #pressphotographers #staffphotographers #newsphotographers #thewashingtonpost #visualjournalists #picturedesk #redundancy #Industry #layoffs #layoff #News
「 They began 2025 by unveiling the “Big Hairy Audacious Goal” of jumping from about 2.5 million subscribers to 200 million paying users, despite having ended the previous year hemorrhaging tens of thousands of their existing subscribers, all while blaming the journalists for the paper’s travails 」
「 They began 2025 by unveiling the “Big Hairy Audacious Goal” of jumping from about 2.5 million subscribers to 200 million paying users, despite having ended the previous year hemorrhaging tens of thousands of their existing subscribers, all while blaming the journalists for the paper’s travails 」
「 Last year, the $205 billion bank sent out a memo introducing required AI training to 175,000 staffers across 80 locations—instructing them particularly in prompting—Citi confirmed with Fortune. The company’s CEO believes that mandatory instruction helps remove “the myths of intimidation” around the tools, and that strengthening employees’ AI prompting skills will help them “in life as well as work.” 」
"Broadly, across economic sectors, AI isn’t visibly affecting the #jobmarket. But it’s a good layoff excuse.
So if that’s true, why are there all these #layoffs? It’s broader and long-running economic problems. You can start at the end of the zero interest rate policy [ #ZIRP]."
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/29/the-job-losses-are-real-but-the-ai-excuse-is-fake/
"Broadly, across economic sectors, AI isn’t visibly affecting the #jobmarket. But it’s a good layoff excuse.
So if that’s true, why are there all these #layoffs? It’s broader and long-running economic problems. You can start at the end of the zero interest rate policy [ #ZIRP]."
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/29/the-job-losses-are-real-but-the-ai-excuse-is-fake/
I did not survive the #Amazon #layoffs today.
If you’re looking for an energetic #Rubyist hamster who is interested in figuring out hard problems people haven’t solved before, with a track record of doing it at scale, hit me up. I’m also interested if you’re only looking for a fractional CTO to help your company out part time. Or some other collaborative role that might otherwise be hard to describe.
I did not survive the #Amazon #layoffs today.
If you’re looking for an energetic #Rubyist hamster who is interested in figuring out hard problems people haven’t solved before, with a track record of doing it at scale, hit me up. I’m also interested if you’re only looking for a fractional CTO to help your company out part time. Or some other collaborative role that might otherwise be hard to describe.
Do you work at ASML? And are you worried you might get laid off?
Come talk to Techwerkers! Send us a DM here or join the coalition: https://techwerkers.nl/en/join/ A fellow tech worker will be happy to help you figure out exactly:
* What are your rights?
* What's going to happens when, and how long can it take?
* How can you organize together with your coworkers to resist?
Above all: Don't sign anything until you've figured out where you stand!!
Earlier today the ASML Board of Management announced its financial results for 2025.
Turns out, the semiconductor industry is doing pretty well! And ASML can lift along on this success:
"The semiconductor ecosystem is poised to experience significant growth in the coming years, and ASML is well positioned to leverage this positive development."
Do you work at ASML? And are you worried you might get laid off?
Come talk to Techwerkers! Send us a DM here or join the coalition: https://techwerkers.nl/en/join/ A fellow tech worker will be happy to help you figure out exactly:
* What are your rights?
* What's going to happens when, and how long can it take?
* How can you organize together with your coworkers to resist?
Above all: Don't sign anything until you've figured out where you stand!!
ASML: Business is going great! We're growing!
Also ASML: Let's lay off 1,700 people 🤪
Announcement: https://www.asml.com/en/news/press-releases/2026/strengthening-focus-on-engineering-and-innovation
Earlier today the ASML Board of Management announced its financial results for 2025.
Turns out, the semiconductor industry is doing pretty well! And ASML can lift along on this success:
"The semiconductor ecosystem is poised to experience significant growth in the coming years, and ASML is well positioned to leverage this positive development."
ASML: Business is going great! We're growing!
Also ASML: Let's lay off 1,700 people 🤪
Announcement: https://www.asml.com/en/news/press-releases/2026/strengthening-focus-on-engineering-and-innovation
👉 Ubisoft propose cutting up to 200 jobs at Paris headquarters, as unions reportedly agree three day strike | Rock Paper Shotgun
💥 Ubisoft Cancels 6 Projects Including Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake, Closes 2 Studios and Confirms Further Layoffs in Major Company Restructure - IGN
Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team
https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss.com/pull/2388
#HackerNews #TailwindCSS #Layoffs #EngineeringTeam #TechNews #StartupChallenges