New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- September saw a fresh wave of job cuts across the global technology industry, as companies restructured operations, reassessed workforce needs, and redirected costs towards investments in artificial intelligence (AI).

According to data from Layoffs.fyi, a tracking platform, 128,536 tech employees across 299 companies lost their jobs globally by 10 September, marking a massive increase in an already large wave of job cuts in 2026.

In the first 10 days of September, technology companies announced workforce cuts affecting more than 5,000 employees, with Uber, PayPal, Apple, Zomato and Oracle among the companies linked to the reductions. That figure is already above the 122,606 job cuts reported across 278 companies t...