Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction and chicanery announcements in December 2018:
United States and German taxpayers unknowingly hosted the Program on Cyber Security Studies from December 4 to 20.
On Okinawa, Japan, it was revealed that taxpayers helped the U.S. Marines expand its Defensive Cyberspace Operations Internal Defense Measures with the addition of three new DCO-IDM companies, as part of Force 2025 modernization ops.
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
CALIFORNIA: Cohu- Everett Charles Technologies issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Fontana, 80 jobs gone by the end of August 2019. Fullscreen suddenly laid off 91 people in Los Angeles. TSI Semiconductors America suddenly laid off 241 people in Roseville! Data analyst Interviewing Service of America (ISA Corp) issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Lancaster, 58 jobs gone by February 2019. The Sacramento Bee issued a layoff WARN, 30 jobs gone by February 2019. Honeywell Aerospace issued a shutdown WARN for its Garden Grove operations, 70 jobs gone by the end of January 2019. Infinera Corporation suddenly laid off 53 people in Sunnyvale.
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group will lay off 68 employees in Burbank.
After eight years of online movies Fandor suddenly laid off most of its staff
Layoffs Hit San Diego based Daybreak Games, Rumored at 70 (the official WARN says 25)
Los Angeles based Jam City suddenly laid off an undisclosed number of video game developers
Pasadena based ad-tech company OpenX confirmed it suddenly laid off approximately 1-hundred people, mainly in New York and California! (the official WARN says 124 in California alone!)
Spanish-language Liberman Broadcasting Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Santa Monica based, AT&T owned, Otter Media suddenly eliminated 10% of its jobs
San Francisco based online mortgage refinancer SoFi (Social Finance) suddenly killed jobs
Tesla has over 3,000 Model 3 vehicles left in U.S. inventory
Visionary tunnel or over-hyped hole? Elon Musk’s design unveiled in Los Angeles
Revealed: Mountain View based Google’s ‘two-tier’ workforce training document
Menlo Park based Facebook’s very bad year, explained
COLORADO: National Guard’s Cyber Protection Team 174 deployed for a year-long mission in Maryland. CPT 174 is made up of National Guard personnel from Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota and Utah.
FLORIDA: Centerfield Media Holding eliminating 249 call center jobs!
Ricoh USA Inc. will close its Melbourne call center – 76 Jobs Lost
Boise based Micron misses on revenues
ILLINOIS: Cars.com issued a layoff WARN, 112 jobs gone starting in February 2019!
Without warning (or final paychecks) ServiCom suddenly shutdown its call center in Machesney Park, employees report they haven’t been fully paid for a long time
IOWA: After 80 years The Varsity Theater shutdown, the owner said running a family owned theater is hard work: “Its been kind of grueling. It`s a 365 day a year operation and I’ve done it for last 10 years every single holiday and the majority of weekends and I think it’s just time.”-Denise Mahon
MICHIGAN: Detroit Free Press continues layoffs and buyouts
Eagan based Thomson Reuters eliminating 3-thousand-2-hundred jobs by 2020!
Taxpayers unknowingly created 34 new jobs at the National Guard Battle Creek Air Base, in the name of cyber security: “Because of its importance to the Air Force, we’re going to begin standing-up this mission very quickly. The fact that Battle Creek was chosen as a host for this mission is a direct result of our highly-skilled Airmen, their perseverance, commitment, and ability to capitalize on opportunity.”-Colonel Bryan Teff
MINNESOTA: Centurylink to eliminate 32 jobs by the end of February 2019. ECI JobBOSS revealed it eliminated 29 jobs in Bloomington.
MISSOURI: Keller 8 Cinema shutdown with less than a day’s warning: “Unfortunately our rent is too high and we aren’t able to keep up with the payments”-facebook post
NEBRASKA: 
Civil Air Patrol cadets, at Offutt Air Force Base, are inspired to take part in the National Cyber Patriot Competition, an event designed to inspire students toward careers in cyber-security, or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers.
NEW YORK: Lucky 8 TV issued a layoff WARN, 110 jobs affected due to a cancellation by Discovery Network! CBS EcoMedia issued a shutdown WARN for its NYC ops, 32 jobs gone in March 2019. Fullscreen suddenly began eliminating jobs, at least 71 affected at two locations.
Xerox eliminating more jobs at its Webster operations
Verizon eliminating 10-thousand-4-hundred jobs by mid-2019! (Can you hear me now?)
OREGON: Thompson Reuters issued a shutdown WARN, 98 Lake Oswego jobs gone by September 2019, due to consolidation ops.
PENNSYLVANIA: Bartash Printing Closes Its Doors After a 66-Year Run
At Fort Bliss, U.S. Army personnel try out experimental man-portable electronic warfare/cyber electromagnetic equipment.
VIRGINIA: It was revealed that taxpayer funded Defense Logistics Agency’s Information Operations Cyber Resilience Integration considered cyber security recommendations from five University of Virginia students, in regards to protecting the military’s food supply.
WASHINGTON: Thompson Reuters issued a shutdown WARN, 58 jobs in Bellevue gone. Online beauty products company Julep suddenly shutdown, 102 jobs gone!
Tacoma News Tribune Will Layoff 67 People
Update now! Microsoft patches another zero-day flaw
Washington DC: Anti-President Trump, yet conservative, The Weekly Standard expected to shut down
Google Data Collection testimony
U.S. Tech/Communications breakdown, November 2018: ‘ROUTINE TESTS’ & ‘LOGISTICS HELL’