Information technology giants Google and Meta have started the New Year with a fresh round of layoffs that will impact specific departments in their respective firms. Meta said it is laying off some technical programme managers (TPMs) at Instagram and reports said that at least 60 such jobs are either being consolidated or eliminated. Google announced it is laying off hundreds of hardware employees, especially in the augmented reality (AR) division while Fitbit co-founders James Park, Eric Friedman and other Fitbit leaders are reportedly leaving the company.
