Worth pointing out that, you, too can see this layoff data for yourself (depending on your state):

The 20 recent layoffs mentioned in the article: https://labor.ny.gov/app/warn/details.asp?id=5714

California updates a PDF daily, and a lot of tech companies can be found in the listing (including Theranos's layoff of 62 Palo Alto employees a couple weeks ago)...I think it's where some news outlets find out about otherwise unannounced layoffs: http://www.edd.ca.gov/jobs_and_training/Layoff_Services_WARN...