Each week, we review the week’s news, offering analysis about the most important developments in the tech industry.

Greetings from the alternate reality we call Silicon Valley. I’m Nicole Perlroth. Here’s a look at the week’s tech news:

Uber’s very bad, horrible, no good day

Arguably, the biggest news to come out of the Apple event on Tuesday was Uber’s layoffs. Usually anytime Apple unveils anything new, it dominates the entire week’s tech news cycle. But Uber stole Apple’s thunder, and not in a good way.

Soon after Apple executives unveiled their latest shiny objects — lower-priced iPhones, a new iPad and a $5-a-month streaming service — Uber announced that it had laid off nearly 8 percent of its global product and engineering group, its second round of layoffs in less than three months.

By late Tuesday, the day had gotten worse for the ride-hailing service after California legislators approved a landmark bill requiring companies like Uber and Lyft to treat their contract workers as employees.