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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said he sometimes uses Google Bard as a search engine.
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Ruth Porat
Google recently announced it would cut 12,000 jobs earlier this year as part of its cost-cutting measures. CFO Ruth Porat and other company leaders sent a note to employees last week detailing some of the cuts.
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It's Monday, readers. I'm Paayal Zaveri, and welcome to the first week of April.

We're now officially a quarter of the way through the year. That's a good reminder to make sure you plan some vacation time this year. Nearly half of all American workers don't take their PTO, according to the Pew Research Center. 

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Photo of a TV screen in Cognizant's office. The screen displays questions workers should ask a union before deciding to vote in favor or against.
YouTube Music workers at Cognizant's Austin, Texas, office are surrounded by screens that cycle through anti-union messaging.
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Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, speaks during the annual Google I/O developers conference in San Jose, California, May 17, 2017.
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Google Logo Photo Illustration
Google announced in January that it was cutting 6% of its workforce, and those affected have been urging execs to take another look at their severance terms.
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What a weekend that was, reader. 

By now, you've probably heard a lot about the sudden, bank run-driven collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, one of the tech industry's most stalwart and trusted institutions. There's a lot to catch up on, so buckle up. 

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The widespread tech layoffs shattered long held illusions about the tech industry and its pushing interest in organizing efforts, labor experts said.