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First Thing: Microsoft and Meta cut thousands of staff as they bet big on AI

tech layoffs have there been in 2026?** In four months, more than 92,000 employees in the industry have lost their jobs, according to the tracker Layoffs.fyi. [But some experts believe companies](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/06/tech-layoffs-ai-work)

May Day in the age of AI: The new war on workers

layoffs on account of AI. In October 2025, The New York Times [reported](https://archive.is/20260203015543/https:/www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/technology/inside-amazons-plans-to-replace-workers-with-robots.html) that the company had plans “to replace more than half a million jobs with robots”. The US presently leads

NPR's new chief content officer: 'I've been training for this job my whole life'

2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Brenton Ho/Variety via Getty Images)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6779x4520+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2Ff5%2F36e13eaf47b7a8cf7525998237d1%2Fgettyimages-2254524269.jpg) NPR has hired Nadine Zylstra to be its chief content officer, a leadership role that has remained vacant for nearly