From massive layoffs and the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank to Microsoft's purchase of Activision and attempts to ban TikTok, these are the year's biggest tech stories...

(Bloomberg) -- For much of the last decade, software companies just focused on growing as quickly as possible. That changed in 2023. Profit and operating margin became the industry’s watchwords. Most Read from BloombergThe Late-Night Email to Tim Cook That Set the Apple Watch Saga in MotionChinese Carmaker Overtakes Tesla as World’s Most Popular EV MakerApple Resumes Sale of Watches After Appeals Court Lifts US BanTesla Plans Revamp of Smash Hit Model Y From China PlantGhost Ships at Reawakened...