According to the latest WARN report released by the California Employment Development Department (EDD), more than 700 Apple employees have recently lost their jobs. Most of those laid off worked at Apple’s Santa Clara offices, with 371 coming from locations that primarily handled the company’s now-defunct electric car program. Under California law, companies must submit reports to the EDD for each location affected by a layoff under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) program.
Apple is experiencing layoffs at eight Santa Clara locations, including its main automotive office, although one location was responsible for its internal MicroLED display project, which was reportedly canceled in March due to cost and technical difficulties. The company wants to make its own screens for iPhones, Macs and its smartwatches, but that’s obviously not going to happen anytime soon.
Apple’s original automotive ambitions were to create a fully autonomous car without pedals and steering wheels, until it decided to develop an electric car.the previous one Bloomberg According to reports, Apple has canceled what it internally calls “Project Titan” after investing billions of dollars and continuing for ten years. Employees developing the vehicle have the opportunity to move to other parts of Apple, including teams reportedly working on artificial intelligence and home robotics. But according to Apple’s WARN report, it won’t be able to integrate everyone back into the company.
Apple is believed to be in the early stages of developing a personal robot for the home.One of the machines currently in development is a robot that follows people around, while another is a desktop device that uses robots to move monitors, according to another person Bloomberg Report. The company’s work on personal robots is part of its efforts to find new revenue streams, which also includes the Vision Pro.
