oNews October 30th — Google’s video platform YouTube confirmed to TechCrunch on October 29th that it is implementing a “voluntary departure program” with compensation for its U.S. employees, while simultaneously launching its first major product team restructuring in a decade. This announcement coincided with parent company Alphabet’s third-quarter earnings report, which revealed YouTube’s advertising revenue reached $10.26 billion (approximately RMB 72.832 billion), marking a 15% year-over-year increase and the strongest growth of the year.YouTube CEO Neal Mohan communicated via internal memo that the program exclusively targets U.S. employees, emphasizing it is “aligned with organizational optimization” rather than cost-cutting. The company…