Google is cutting hundreds of jobs and the departures include the co-founders of wearables company Fitbit. The news comes in the wake of a similar move at Amazon com and is a sign that big technology companies still think there’s scope to trim spending after last year’s mass layoffs. Google-parent Alphabet cut employees in multiple teams including those working on Google’s Assistant program, hardware, and internal software tools, the company said Wednesday...

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Alphabet's Google, Amazon and Airbnb need not comply with an Italian rule requiring them to provide information on the companies as they are already subject to laws in Ireland and Luxembourg where they are located, an adviser to Europe's top court said on Thursday. The spat between the companies and the Italian government concerned a regulation obliging online service providers operating in Italy to join a register and submit various information as well as pay a financial contribution. Google, Amazon and Airbnb subsequently challenged the rule in an Italian court, saying it was contrary to EU legislation which says online service providers are only subject to the rules of the country where they are established, while countries where they provide a service must refrain from applying their laws...