san jose state tech expert ahmed banafa says recent changes at apple also impacted meta's bottom line. >> when apple implemented this monitoring, facebook is following you, that trimmed a lot of income from advertising. >> reporter: the expected layoffs at meta came just days after twitter laid off roughly half of its 7,500 workers including nearly 900 employees in the bay area. >> the big picture here, the tech companies are preparing for the worst. there will be some kind of a recession in 2023. a lot about the election two days from now, see which direction it will go. >> reporter: for the bay area tech sector, the anticipated layoffs are yet another concerning question mark about the future. marianne favro, "today in the bay." >>> a reversal from twitter one day after starting the layoffs they had there. twitter's blue check rule, they want to talk about that subscription service. the company will wait to launch twitter blue until after the election. that moves comes after criticism allowing anyone to bly the blue verification check mark. it has been for celebrities, politicians a