For decades "big tech" has been on an insurmountable growth trajectory. Companies like Meta (Facebook), Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google (FAANG) have grown into trillion-dollar companies with tens of billions of cash on reserve. But suddenly, each of the core big tech companies is announcing significant layoffs or hiring freezes. We explore some of the reasons why this has happened and what's possibly next on this episode.

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