(Reuters) -Apple Inc has eradicated about 100 jobs in its digital companies group, with the largest cuts affecting the group liable for its Apple (NASDAQ:) Books app and Apple Bookstore, Bloomberg Information reported on Tuesday.
The layoffs embrace some engineering roles and different companies groups just like the one which runs Apple Information, the report mentioned, citing individuals acquainted with the matter.
Apple declined to touch upon the Bloomberg Information report.
It was not instantly clear what number of workers Apple had in its companies division. The corporate had roughly 161,000 full-time equal workers as of Sept.30, 2023, in line with its newest annual report.
Apple has been reorganizing groups amid shifting priorities, together with to synthetic intelligence.
It has beforehand suspended work on its subsequent high-end Imaginative and prescient headset and shuttered a challenge to design and develop its personal smartwatch shows earlier this yr, in line with media experiences.
Apple has been going through headwinds in China, its third-largest market, since final yr, the place gross sales declined 6.5% final quarter.
