Here's your T&B Tech Minute for Monday, December 4th.

I'm Alex Oscela for the Wall Street Journal.

This is our new afternoon roundup of the day's big tech headlines.

AT&T has struck a deal to buy up 14 billion dollars of hardware from Swedish equipment

supplier Ericsson.

The five-year agreement would move virtually all of AT&T's new purchases of some cell tower equipment to Ericsson, replacing

existing machinery from Finnish rival Nokia in many places.

The Dallas-based Telecom Giant says it plans to start the swap next year and aims to have 70% of its wireless

network traffic passing through open platforms by late 2026.

General Motors Cruz has been ordered to testify before the California Public Utilities Commission.

Over allegedly misleading comments it gave to regulators about an incident in October in which a pedestrian was hit.

The CPUC said the self-driving car in which a pedestrian was hit.

The CPUC said the self-driving car company omitted critical information about the safety of its vehicles regarding the incident.

In a statement, a spokesman for Cruz said it is committed to rebuilding trust with regulators.

And Spotify plans to layoff 17% of its staff or about 1,500 employees in its third round

of layoffs this year.

CEO Daniel Ek announced the cuts to staff today.

In a letter to staff, Ek said Spotify had been squeezed by slower economic growth as well

as interest rate increases.

The company expects the fresh round of layoffs to help it reach its profitability target faster.

For a deeper dive into what's happening in tech, check out Tuesday's Tech News Briefing Podcast.