#layoffs

We have been following the slow growth in revenues for generative AI over the last few years, and the revenues are neither big enough to support the number of layoffs attributed to AI, nor to justify the capital expenditures on AI cloud infrastructure. Those expenditures may be approaching $1 trillion for 2025, while AI revenue—which would be used to pay for the use of AI infrastructure to run the software—will not exceed $30 billion this year. Are we to believe that such a small amount of revenue is driving economy-wide layoffs?

Also, as part of a plan to re-emphasize a digital and local focus, Mediaphormedia, which created the internationally accepted Django Web framework, released 10 employees and will phase out its commercial software operations to serve only the company’s specific internal needs. The change was announced to employees and clients earlier this week.

Also, as part of a plan to re-emphasize a digital and local focus, Mediaphormedia, which created the internationally accepted Django Web framework, released 10 employees and will phase out its commercial software operations to serve only the company’s specific internal needs. The change was announced to employees and clients earlier this week.

"George Oates is responsible for much of what is great about Flickr. George Oates is the last person a sane company would lay off. I don’t know what to think about Yahoo after reading how they laid off George Oates."

""I'll just get straight to the point. You've been affected by the layoffs." ... I watched as my access to various parts of the guts of Flickr fell away. I noticed how naturally I searched for any and all bits I could think of, just in the hope that it still existed. But no. I was shut out entirely within about 14 hours of the phone call. ... I was beginning to feel humiliated, particularly given what I was up to. You know, being in Taiwan at an international conference to talk about my work."

"Boy, it's been quite a week so far."

"Yahoo's Ryan Kuder was canned today."