Tech layoffs have topped 190,000 so far this year, with less than three months left on the clock, according to career website TrueUp.
EBay plans to cut 9% of its workforce to streamline operations, following a February round that affected about 800 positions.
Electronic Arts, the video game publisher behind EA Sports FC, Madden NFL and The Sims, will eliminate 400 jobs, around 3% of its staff, including shutting down BioWare, the studio behind Mass Effect, cancelling the series' next title.
The cuts follow EA's earlier pledge to investors to trim research and development spending as part of a plan to save up to $700 million.
Netflix will lay off about 1,000 people, around 6% of its global workforce, hitting product, tech, legal and human-resources teams, in what the Wall Street Journal reports is the company's largest reduction since 2022.
Oracle has had the year's biggest single impact, cutting 21,000 jobs, about 13% of its workforce, according to its annual filing on 23 June, which cited "the adoption and deployment of AI technologies across our operations."
Uber is cutting 3,300 jobs, about 10% of its workforce, with chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi saying the company is "removing layers, simplifying team structures" and reducing staff who sit seven or more levels from him by 20%.
TrueUp data shows over 245,000 tech workers lost jobs globally in 2025; 2026's pace already exceeds 190,000 with the fourth quarter still running.
California Governor Gavin Newsom launched a tool in June to track AI's effect on the state's workforce, while more than 4,500 Google employees have signed a petition demanding buyouts and guaranteed severance ahead of further cuts.
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