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Technology · 1 April 2026
Oracle has cut up to 30,000 employees in what analysts believe could be the largest layoff in its history. Workers across the US, India, Canada and Mexico received termination emails with no warning on March 31. The cuts are not performance-based. Oracle is raising tens of billions in debt to fund a massive AI data centre buildout.
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