This week on TLDR, we’re looking back at some of the top stories of 2018 so far. Today: the ups and downs of the tech economy, including cutbacks by tech giants, a string of big IPOs, and the resurgence of an iconic gaming brand. Watch above.
Today’s featured stories
- Amazon confirms job cuts at Seattle headquarters, hundreds of positions impacted
- Microsoft makes a new round of layoffs across multiple business units
- Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader just completed a $150M IPO: Here are the things he won’t be doing
- Orange crush: Avalara’s colorful culture helps sales tax company go public after 14 years
- DocuSign stock spikes as digital signature giant shines in first quarter as a public company
- Nintendo’s profits soar by 500% thanks to massive success of Switch console
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