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Samsung to strike 5/21 for 18 days; Meta cuts 8K on 5/20; Cloudflare axed 1.1K
Samsung Electronics union declares 50,000-worker general strike starting 5/21 after contract collapse, threatening 700 billion won daily loss to HBM production. Meta cuts 8,000 (10% of headcount) on 5/20 and cancels 6,000 open reqs while pivoting 125-145B AI capex from labor to infrastructure. Cloudflare sheds 1,100 saying AI made jobs obsolete—even as revenue hits record.
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