"Google's Job Cuts: Layoffs Hit Hardware and Voice Assistant Teams"

Google has laid off hundreds of employees in its hardware, voice assistance, and engineering teams as part of cost-cutting measures, following pledges by executives of Google and its parent company Alphabet to reduce costs. The job cuts have been criticized by the Alphabet Workers Union, and other technology companies like Meta, Spotify, and Amazon have also implemented significant layoffs in recent months. Google is currently in a fierce rivalry with Microsoft in the artificial intelligence domain.