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Layoffs in 2025 (July-Sep): Google, xAI, Fiverr, Salesforce, Oracle and More Fire Over 10K Workers Amid AI Push
In July, Gadgets 360 reported that the mass layoffs in the first half of the year were led by global tech giants such as Intel, Microsoft, Meta, and HP. Now, nine months into the year, the job cuts do not appear to be stopping. In the 64 days between now and our previous report, more than 10,000 professionals have received the pink slip again.
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Salesforce Lays Off 4,000 Employees, CEO Marc Benioff Explains Why: "I Needed Fewer Heads"
During an appearance on the Logan Bartlett Show podcast, CEO Marc Benioff explained the rationale behind the move.
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Workday Targeted By Hackers To Run Social Engineering Scams; “Some” Data Leaked
Workday, the HR solutions company, was recently attacked by threat actors. The company said that "some" information was compromised. However, the customer data was largely safe. Recently, hackers have been targeting tech firms to steal information.
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Layoffs in 2025: HP, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, Ola and More Fire Over 75,000 Staffers; AI the Main Culprit
Layoffs in tech never really stopped in the post-pandemic world. Since the end of 2021, tech companies have been laying off employees in large numbers. Unfortunately, 2025 was also not different, as tech giants such as Intel, Microsoft, Meta, and Salesforce made headlines for their mass layoffs.
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AI Does 50% Work At Salesforce, But Mass Layoffs Not On Cards Yet: CEO Marc Benioff
Artificial Intelligence (AI) performs a lot of work at Salesforce, but the company has no mass lay-off plans yet, CEO Marc Benioff has said.
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Salesforce Said to Have Blocked AI Rivals from Using Slack Data
Slack recently blocked other software firms from searching or storing messages on its platform. Since the Salesforce change, Glean and other applications can no longer index, copy or store the data they access via the Slack API on a long-term basis.
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Microsoft Cuts Hundreds More Jobs After Firing 6,000 Last Month
Microsoft cut hundreds more jobs just weeks after its largest layoff in years. The AI boom has roiled the tech labor market because companies are prioritising AI-focused jobs and harnessing the technology to save money.
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Salesforce Said to Cut 1,000 Roles While Hiring Salespeople for AI
Salesforce is announcing lay-offs as it prepares to enter a new fiscal year. More than 1,000 roles will be affected and displaced workers will be able to apply for other jobs internally. The company has also been keeping a closer eye on maintaining profit margins after pressure from activist investors in 2023.
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Microsoft Launches AI Agents, Deepening Rivalry With Salesforce
Microsoft has confirmed that it will roll out 10 “autonomous agents” to complete tasks on behalf of people in areas such as sales, customer support and accounting.
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Disney to Stop Using Salesforce-Owned Slack After Hack Exposed Company Data: Report
Walt Disney plans to transition away from its use of Slack as a companywide workplace collaboration system, after a hacking entity leaked online more than a terabyte of company data, according to a report in the Status media newsletter.
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Google-Backed AI Startup Anthropic Raises $450 Million, Bringing Total Funding to Nearly $1 Billion
Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup competing with OpenAI in building AI foundation models, said on Tuesday it had raised $450 million (roughly Rs. 3,700 crore) from investors including Alphabet's Google and Spark Capital.
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Slack to Gain ChatGPT Integration With Support for Queries and Conversation Summaries, Salesforce Says
Slack will be updated with support for popular chatbot ChatGPT, which is powered by artificial intelligence. According to Salesforce, the company will also combine its proprietary AI with that of partners like OpenAI to offer its own EinsteinGPT technology. Slack users will be able to ask queries and get summaries of conversation threads, according...
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Big Tech Is Firing Employees by the Thousands. Why? and How Worried Should We Be?
Since the end of the pandemic hiring spree, large numbers of employees have been fired from major tech companies, including Alphabet (12,000 employees), Amazon (18,000), Meta (11,000), Twitter (4,000), Microsoft (10,000) and Salesforce (8,000). Why exactly led to this massive shakeout? And what does it mean for the industry, and you?
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Amazon's Massive Job Cuts Hint at More Pain for Tech Sector in 2023 Amid Recession Fears
Amazon's recently announced job cuts indicate the layoffs at several notable technology firms could continue, as a demand boom during the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly turns into bust, according to analysts. Companies like Meta, Salesforce, and Amazon have already announced that they will lay off several thousand workers, while Microsoft and Google hav...
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Miami City to Make Splash in NFT Arena in Partnership with Mastercard, Time USA, Salesforce
Francis X. Suarez, the pro-Web3 mayor of Miami is looking to release a total of 5,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Ethereum blockchain. Mastercard, Time USA, and Salesforce have been roped-in to facilitate this initiative. Representatives from all three firms have extended their support to the pro-NFT initiative.
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Layoffs in 2025 (July-Sep): Google, xAI, Fiverr, Salesforce, Oracle and More Fire Over 10K Workers Amid AI Push
In July, Gadgets 360 reported that the mass layoffs in the first half of the year were led by global tech giants such as Intel, Microsoft, Meta, and HP. Now, nine months into the year, the job cuts do not appear to be stopping. In the 64 days between now and our previous report, more than 10,000 professionals have received the pink slip again.
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Salesforce Lays Off 4,000 Employees, CEO Marc Benioff Explains Why: "I Needed Fewer Heads"
During an appearance on the Logan Bartlett Show podcast, CEO Marc Benioff explained the rationale behind the move.
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Workday Targeted By Hackers To Run Social Engineering Scams; “Some” Data Leaked
Workday, the HR solutions company, was recently attacked by threat actors. The company said that "some" information was compromised. However, the customer data was largely safe. Recently, hackers have been targeting tech firms to steal information.
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Layoffs in 2025: HP, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, Ola and More Fire Over 75,000 Staffers; AI the Main Culprit
Layoffs in tech never really stopped in the post-pandemic world. Since the end of 2021, tech companies have been laying off employees in large numbers. Unfortunately, 2025 was also not different, as tech giants such as Intel, Microsoft, Meta, and Salesforce made headlines for their mass layoffs.
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AI Does 50% Work At Salesforce, But Mass Layoffs Not On Cards Yet: CEO Marc Benioff
Artificial Intelligence (AI) performs a lot of work at Salesforce, but the company has no mass lay-off plans yet, CEO Marc Benioff has said.
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Salesforce Said to Have Blocked AI Rivals from Using Slack Data
Slack recently blocked other software firms from searching or storing messages on its platform. Since the Salesforce change, Glean and other applications can no longer index, copy or store the data they access via the Slack API on a long-term basis.
-
Microsoft Cuts Hundreds More Jobs After Firing 6,000 Last Month
Microsoft cut hundreds more jobs just weeks after its largest layoff in years. The AI boom has roiled the tech labor market because companies are prioritising AI-focused jobs and harnessing the technology to save money.
-
Salesforce Said to Cut 1,000 Roles While Hiring Salespeople for AI
Salesforce is announcing lay-offs as it prepares to enter a new fiscal year. More than 1,000 roles will be affected and displaced workers will be able to apply for other jobs internally. The company has also been keeping a closer eye on maintaining profit margins after pressure from activist investors in 2023.
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Microsoft Launches AI Agents, Deepening Rivalry With Salesforce
Microsoft has confirmed that it will roll out 10 “autonomous agents” to complete tasks on behalf of people in areas such as sales, customer support and accounting.
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Disney to Stop Using Salesforce-Owned Slack After Hack Exposed Company Data: Report
Walt Disney plans to transition away from its use of Slack as a companywide workplace collaboration system, after a hacking entity leaked online more than a terabyte of company data, according to a report in the Status media newsletter.
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Google-Backed AI Startup Anthropic Raises $450 Million, Bringing Total Funding to Nearly $1 Billion
Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup competing with OpenAI in building AI foundation models, said on Tuesday it had raised $450 million (roughly Rs. 3,700 crore) from investors including Alphabet's Google and Spark Capital.
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Slack to Gain ChatGPT Integration With Support for Queries and Conversation Summaries, Salesforce Says
Slack will be updated with support for popular chatbot ChatGPT, which is powered by artificial intelligence. According to Salesforce, the company will also combine its proprietary AI with that of partners like OpenAI to offer its own EinsteinGPT technology. Slack users will be able to ask queries and get summaries of conversation threads, according...
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Big Tech Is Firing Employees by the Thousands. Why? and How Worried Should We Be?
Since the end of the pandemic hiring spree, large numbers of employees have been fired from major tech companies, including Alphabet (12,000 employees), Amazon (18,000), Meta (11,000), Twitter (4,000), Microsoft (10,000) and Salesforce (8,000). Why exactly led to this massive shakeout? And what does it mean for the industry, and you?
-
Amazon's Massive Job Cuts Hint at More Pain for Tech Sector in 2023 Amid Recession Fears
Amazon's recently announced job cuts indicate the layoffs at several notable technology firms could continue, as a demand boom during the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly turns into bust, according to analysts. Companies like Meta, Salesforce, and Amazon have already announced that they will lay off several thousand workers, while Microsoft and Google hav...
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Miami City to Make Splash in NFT Arena in Partnership with Mastercard, Time USA, Salesforce
Francis X. Suarez, the pro-Web3 mayor of Miami is looking to release a total of 5,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Ethereum blockchain. Mastercard, Time USA, and Salesforce have been roped-in to facilitate this initiative. Representatives from all three firms have extended their support to the pro-NFT initiative.
