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Monday.com is the latest tech company to blame AI for layoffs — here are 20 others | TechCrunch
A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor.

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49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan hurt in car crash, limited as training camp opens | CNN
San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan was injured in a car crash earlier this month that will limit his participation at the start of training camp.
Trump administration admits it canceled clean-energy grants in states that voted for Kamala Harris | CNN Politics
Democratic lawmakers accused the Trump administration of abusing its power after officials admitted in a federal court filing they recommended terminating several billion dollars in grants for clean-energy projects based “solely” on states’ “political identity” and whether President Donald Trump won the vote there in the 2024 election.
Police ID suspect after van slams into crowd at Berlin’s Pride event, killing 1 and injuring 16 | CNN
A van plowed into a crowd at Berlin’s biggest LGBTQ+ event late on Saturday, killing one person and wounding 16, with a police manhunt now underway for the suspected attacker.

Vance, Caine raised concerns about escalating war in Iran, sources say as US pauses consecutive nights of strikes | CNN Politics
Vice President JD Vance and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine both raised concerns about escalating the war in Iran as President Donald Trump weighed the possibility during a White House meeting on Friday, a source familiar with the matter and a US official told CNN.