Wednesday’s top tech news: layoffs come for Microsoft

Who’s the biggest name at VidCon?

Last year, TikTok was the event’s main sponsor, highlighting a major shift in the creator video space. This year… YouTube is back. (And surely, it’ll want to remind creators to use YouTube Shorts.)

Of course, buying a sponsorship ≠ maintaining cultural dominance. Shorts has its work cut out. But showing up to VidCon still means something — it tells creators that YouTube cares.

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