SAN JOSE, California — Tech companies have chopped several hundred more jobs in the Bay Area, a fresh round of layoffs that has made January 2024 the worst month for high-tech staffing reductions in this area in a year. PayPal, ChargePoint, Twitch and Discord are among the tech companies that have recently disclosed plans for job cuts in the Bay Area. All told, tech companies have disclosed plans for the elimination of a combined 929 jobs in the Bay Area in the most recent rounds of cuts, according to official WARN notices filed with the state Employment Development Department (EDD). Here are …