Over the last few weeks, Google has laid off several of its employees in a bid to slash costs. The most recent job cuts struck its entire Python team following a move aimed at reducing costs by hiring ...

What just happened? Google, whose parent Alphabet recently reported a 57% quarterly profit increase to $23.7 billion, has implemented yet another round of layoffs. The latest job cuts are mostly ...

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