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here's your daily crunch. Coming up, lay-offs at Alphabet, Tik-Tock Find in France.

This week, Alphabet joined the growing list of tech giants making staff cuts amid ongoing economic struggles.

Following a wave of layoffs from the likes of Amazon, Meta, and Salesforce,

Alphabet has begun letting people go.

The company's other Betts division is the first Alphabet has begun letting people go.

The company's other Betts division is the first to see impact.

Alphabet's robot software firm intrinsic has also been impacted.

It will be laying off 40 employees, Tech Crunch has confirmed.

It's a big hit for the Young Division and a bit of an about-face for an area that appeared to be growing quickly.

Up next, Tik-Toc is making it easier for brands to work with its Megastar creators

with an update to its Creator Marketplace that now invites talent managers to oversee,

execute, and analyze the brand opportunities and campaigns being presented to their clients.

This week the Video Entertainment Platform introduced a new Talent Manager portal as a part of the

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