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Big Tech's big job losses

Meta becomes the latest firm to axe thousands of jobs- what's going wrong with big tech? And an interview with Sir Ian Livingstone, knighted for his services to video games.

This week Facebook owner Meta becomes the latest tech giant to axe thousands of jobs. We ask veteran industry watcher Michael Malone how big a crisis this is for Silicon Valley - and we hear from our west Africa correspondent, Nkechi Ogbonna, about how big tech's problems are being felt there. Cyber reporter Joe Tidy takes us through the rise and fall of the crypto exchange, FTX. New research highlights the rise and rise of the borderless IT worker. And gaming guru Sir Ian Livingstone tells us about a life in video games - and discovering Lara Croft.

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27 minutes

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Mon 14 Nov 2022 03:06GMT

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  • Fri 11 Nov 2022 09:32GMT
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