GOOGLE LAYS OFF STAFF FROM FLUTTER, DART, AND PYTHON TEAMS WEEKS BEFORE ITS DEVELOPER CONFERENCE

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Google has laid off staff across key teams like Flutter, Dart, Python, and others ahead of its annual I/O developer conference in May. The company says that the layoffs aim to help it simplify its structures to give employees more opportunities to work on innovative and important advances while reducing bureaucracy and layers. Some employees were asked to onboard their off-shore replacements. Affected employees will be able to apply for other open roles at Google.