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Zuckerberg wins bid to avoid personal liability in addiction lawsuits: A judge has granted Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s request to dismiss lawsuits that allege he ...
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America's Best Large Employers 2024: The annual ranking, produced in partnership with market research firm Statista, is the product of a survey of employees at U ...
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Ex-Oculus exec regrets not defending Palmer Luckey: John Carmack said he regrets not coming to Oculus founder Palmer Luckey's defense when he was fired from ...
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Mark Zuckerberg wins dismissal in lawsuits that sought to hold him personally liable for social media addiction
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After trans woman's darts victory, resigned teammate shows sympathy: The Dutch women's darts team is being watched internationally after the victory of Noa-Lynn ...
focus.de/panorama/welt/umstrittener-sieg-nach-darts-sieg-von-transfrau-zeigt-teamkollegin-mitgefuehl-wuensche-ich-niemandem_id_259805082.html
Meta employee calls out company for limiting staff’s free speech: The employee calls Meta’s policy on workplace conversations “toxic.”
thestreet.com/employment/meta-employee-calls-out-company-for-limiting-staffs-free-speech
Paddy Cosgrave returns as CEO of Web Summit: Mr Cosgrave made the announcement on X, formerly known as Twitter, where he added that he intends to make the event ...
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Sam Altman Is Reinstated to OpenAI’s Board: OpenAI named Sam Altman, its fired-then-rehired CEO, to its board of directors Friday. It also added three women with ...
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Quick Glance: OpenAI appoints new board members, reinstates CEO Sam Altman
- Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is rejoining the company's board of directors.
- Joining alongside him are three new members, including former CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Sue Desmond-Hellmann, ex-Sony Entertainment president Nicole Seligman, and Instacart CEO Fidji Simo - expanding OpenAI's board to seven people.
- The appointment of the four new board members - and the reinstatement of Altman - comes after OpenAI faced criticism for its all-male board makeup and the nomination of Summers, who made derogatory remarks about women.
- OpenAI's expanded board is certainly diverse - at least in terms of their backgrounds.
Middle Manager Jobs Make Up 30% of White Collar Layoffs: Among white-collar workers, middle manager job cuts rise to more than 30% of laid-off employees as ...
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That's why Jens Heysel resigned as head of MSV Pampow: Jens Heysel was the strong man at the top of MSV Pampow for many years. Now the 55-year-old has ...
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Paid articlePaid Middle Manager Jobs Make Up 30% of White Collar Layoffs: Among white-collar workers, middle manager job cuts rise to more than 30% of laid-off employees as ...
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2024 Layoffs: How They Affect Stock Prices: Are cuts a sign of recession as 2023 tech layoffs continue in the new year?
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In battle with X, Threads gets trending topics where politics will be allowed: After acknowledging last week that Meta’s X competitor Threads would not actively ...
techcrunch.com/2024/02/12/in-battle-with-x-threads-gets-trending-topics-where-politics-will-be-allowed/
Zoom laid off its DEI team. Google and Meta have started to defund their DEI programs. Funding to Black founders continues to dip ... Show more tcrn.ch/42PETFT
Corporate Layoffs: All the Ways Companies Say Someone Is Unemployed: Amid a slew of job cuts, companies opt for euphemistic and vague synonyms ...
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While the spate of large-scale layoffs that befell Big Tech last year appears to have abated ... Show more trib.al/6pJXCzY #AmericasBestEmployers
#VantageOnFirstpost Companies have laid off over 25,000 people across the world as layoffs continue in 2024. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says it is the year of cost-cutting as ... Show more
Bluesky, a trendy rival to X, finally opens to the public: CEO Jay Graber says the app aims to combine ease of Twitter and Threads with customizability of ...
washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/06/bluesky-launch-public-jay-graber/
‘Almost entirely useless’: Union hits out at tech firms’ handling of layoff talks
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AI Officer Is the Hot New Job That Pays Over $1 Million: Companies have ditched their metaverse experts, pivoting to artificial intelligence instead.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-29/ai-overtakes-metaverse-as-firms-reshuffle-corporate-hiring-strategy
Meta has spent millions on a controversial company perk Mark Zuckerberg loves: Top executives at large corporations are increasing their use of a company perk ...
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#NitishKumar ended suspense over the political crisis in #Bihar by resigning as the CM and leaving the Mahagathbandhan which includes #LaluPrasadYadav ’s Rashtriya Janata Dal ... Show more #Congress
🚅 @iryo_eu joins the big Red & White family! 🔴⚪
The first and largest Spanish private high-speed operator and second in Europe becomes the club's new ... Show more loom.ly/JchnaT4
Snapchat stock plunges over 35% as investors react to weak earnings report: The news comes days after Snap announced it was laying off 10% of its staff
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Paid articlePaidQuick Glance: Snapchat Stock Plunges Over 35%
- Snap announced laying off 10% of staff
- Q4 2023 revenue up 5% to $1.36 billion
- Net income loss narrowed by 13% to $248 million
- Q1 2024 revenue projected between $1B and $1.3B, EBITDA loss between $55M and $95M
After losing 5-3 to Villareal, Barcelona’s head coach has decided to leave the club on June 30th when the season is over. Is this the best for Barcelona? ... Show more #Xavi #Barcelona #Barca
U.S. Workers Really Want to Retire Young, According to Their Google Searches: Google Trends said that there was a 1450% spike in searches for "retirement ...
entrepreneur.com/business-news/most-us-workers-want-to-retire-by-55-google-data/468813
Black Mountain Festival in Schwarzenberg on the brink? Organizer pulls the ripcord after online shitstorm and resigns
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Hemant Soren arrested by ED in money laundering case
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Quick Glance: Corruption Case: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Arrested
- Hemant Soren, a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) member, is accused of corruption.
- His party has named transport minister Champai Soren as the next chief minister of the state.
- Mr Soren has contested his arrest in India's Supreme Court, alleging political motivation.
- He is the latest in a long list of opposition leaders facing high-profile investigations by India's central agencies.
North Korea fired multiple unidentified cruise missiles into the sea off its west coast #WION #NorthKoreaMissiles
US shoots down missile fired by Houthis toward Red Sea, Pentagon says
deccanherald.com/world/us-shoots-down-missile-fired-by-houthis-toward-red-sea-pentagon-says-2872092
Cobb police shoot man who fired gun in neighborhood, officials say: GBI agents are at the scene of an officer-involved shooting in Cobb County early Wednesday ...
ajc.com/news/crime/breaking-gbi-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-cobb/N73D2JIERZALHD5UAYU3XPJX4I/
A total of 10 retired surgeons from Nassau University Medical Center, the county’s financially struggling public hospital ... Show more tinyurl.com/57a734hx #longisland #longislandny #liny #longislandnewyork #newyorkers #nassaucounty #nassaucountyny #suffolkcounty #suffolkcountyny #numc #eastmeadow #topearner #hospitals
Series “Sometimes completely private” - A historian with a love for “Rippla”: Many Kulmbach residents know him as a city guide, author or speaker on the city's ...
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“I was concerned…” Giriraj Singh’s first reaction after Nitish Kumar resigns from CM post #GirirajSingh #NitishKumar #BiharCM
JD(U) president #NitishKumar on January 28 resigned as the Chief Minister of #Bihar , saying "things were not working well" for him in the #Mahagathbandhan and the #opposition ... Show more #BJP #oath
Swiggy, Flipkart Announce Layoffs Amid Funding Winter for Indian Startups: Swiggy is set to cut approximately 7% of its workforce while Flipkart is letting go ...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar appears set for a second political volte-face in less than three years and is likely to return to an alliance with the BJP ... Show more #NitishKumar #Bihar
Meta reportedly laid off 60 technical program managers at Instagram: According to Business Insider, Meta recently told at least 60 of its employees at Instagram ...
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Dwayne Johnson Rocks '90s Fanny Pack And Mom Jeans For Christmas Message: Dwayne Johnson has, over the years, channeled an embarrassing '90s photo of ...
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Misinformation expert says she was fired by Harvard under Meta pressure: Joan Donovan says funding was cut off for criticizing Meta when university was receiving ...
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Quick Glance: Harvard Researcher Alleges Pressure from Facebook
- A renowned online disinformation researcher accuses Harvard of shutting down her project to protect its relationship with Facebook founder.
- Dr. Joan Donovan's allegations raise questions about the tech giant's influence on independent research.
- Donovan led the Technology and Social Change Research Project at Harvard's Shorenstein Center starting in 2018.
- Harvard allegedly restricted her research after a $500 million donation from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative for a new AI center.
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek ruthlessly blunt about job cuts, CFO exit: Ek was surprisingly blunt about why he was axing staff and losing his CFO.
businessinsider.com/spotify-ceo-daniel-ek-bluntly-axes-staff-cfo-exit-2023-12
Commentary: ‘Double dipping’ - why managers worry that staff have a second job on the sly
channelnewsasia.com/commentary/remote-work-second-job-secret-moonlight-3948386
Pakistani's dropped catch, extra insult leaves debuting quick contemplating retirement
theroar.com.au/cricket/video/pakistanis-dropped-catch-extra-insult-leaves-debuting-quick-contemplating-retirement-1322256/
Matt Cooper: O’Brien’s foul-mouth rant on telecoms typifies his Digicel misadventure
businesspost.ie/analysis-opinion/matt-cooper-obriens-foul-mouth-rant-on-telecoms-typifies-his-digicel-misadventure/
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Sam Altman to Join Microsoft Following OpenAI Ouster: After Altman’s bid to return to the AI company was unsuccessful, Microsoft said that he would lead a new ...
wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-leadership-hangs-in-balance-as-sam-altmans-counte-rebellion-gains-steam-47276fa8
Crane seen lifting heavy load over traffic; contractor ordered to stop work: SINGAPORE – A contractor in a National Parks Board (NParks) project in Tampines has ...
asiaone.com/singapore/crane-seen-lifting-heavy-load-over-traffic-contractor-ordered-stop-work
‘Double dipping’: why managers worry that staff have a second job on the sly: There is growing concern that remote workers are offering their services elsewhere
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Paid articlePaidQuick Glance: Double Working: Managers Concerned About Secret Second Jobs
- Growing concern about remote workers offering their services elsewhere
- Managers frequently express concerns about remote workers secretly taking on a second job
- 16% of chief human resources officers believe remote employees might work for multiple companies
Guan Kee Fried Kway Teow to close after 5 decades as owners are retiring: Founded in 1969, Guan Kee Fried Kway Teow has been dishing out its iconic dish for ...
asiaone.com/lifestyle/guan-kee-fried-kway-teow-close-after-5-decades-owners-are-retiring
Tech company owned by TikTok parent ByteDance laying off hundreds: Bay Area tech company owned by TikTok parent ByteDance reportedly laying off hundreds.
sfchronicle.com/tech/article/bay-area-tech-layoffs-pico-tiktok-18476214.php
Indian-origin techie quits ₹6.6 crore Meta job, opens startup: Rahul Pandey joined the tech giant in August 2017 and resigned in January last year ...
hindustantimes.com/technology/indianorigin-techie-left-rs-6-6-crore-meta-job-built-his-own-startup-heres-why-101698633409004.html
Dozy or deliberate? Renshaw riles up Redbacks with bizarre post-dismissal run-in: Queensland's Matt Renshaw fell for just three runs against South Australia ...
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Meta Posts 23% Growth as Ads Rebound, With Profit More Than Doubling: The internet company’s cost cuts also helped lift its financial performance in the most ...
nytimes.com/2023/10/25/technology/meta-facebook-quarterly-earnings.html
Quick Glance: US States Sue Meta's Instagram for Youth Mental Health Crisis
- Dozens of U.S. states file lawsuit against Meta Platforms and Instagram for fueling youth mental health crisis
- Research links children's use of Meta's social media platforms with depression, anxiety, and insomnia
- Meta expresses disappointment in the lawsuit
- States accuse Meta of violating data collection laws for children and denying the harm caused by their social media
Meta’s settlement talks with Kenyan content moderators break down: Facebook parent company and two subcontractors face court hearing over unfair dismissal ...
theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/16/meta-settlement-talks-with-kenyan-content-moderators-break-down-facebook
Google cuts dozens of jobs in news division : Google News is downsizing at a particularly contentious moment in the way news is handled by major online platforms ...
cnbc.com/2023/10/18/google-cuts-dozens-of-jobs-in-news-division-.html
I hired a personal chef and it was the best decision — how much it cost: CEO Marshall Haas hired a personal chef and says it has improved his family's quality of ...
businessinsider.com/hire-personal-chef-best-decision-for-family-2023-9
Paid articlePaid I quit Facebook and Twitter cold turkey – and I barely know myself: All of that humblebragging and oversharing – and my obsessive checking of it – was driving me ...
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/18/social-media-addiction-quit-facebook-twitter
Elon Musk makes more changes to X, formerly known as Twitter: Elon Musk says his social network X, formerly known as Twitter, will give users the ability to make ...
seattletimes.com/business/elon-musk-says-x-formerly-twitter-will-have-voice-and-video-calls-updates-privacy-policy/
Quick Glance: Elon Musk's X: New Audio and Video Calling Features Coming Soon
- Elon Musk's social media platform X will soon enable video and audio calls.
- These new features are a step towards creating a comprehensive app.
- Musk announced the features in a post on the platform.
- The exact release date for video calls was not mentioned.
'Hawker legend': Ex-Heng Ji Chicken Rice owner dies at 80 after recent retirement
asiaone.com/lifestyle/hawker-legend-ex-heng-ji-chicken-rice-owner-dies-80-after-recent-retirement
Jack Dorsey quit Instagram, choosing a side in Musk-Zuckerberg fight: Jack Dorsey deleted his Instagram account and seems to have taken a side in the Elon ...
businessinsider.com/jack-dorsey-quit-instagram-chooses-side-in-musk-zuckerberg-fight-2023-8
Paid articlePaid Owner of Koung's Wan Tan Mee denies retirement reports, wants to reopen stall elsewhere
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Meta warns employees to come to office 3 days per week or face severe consequences
financialexpress.com/life/technology-meta-warns-employees-to-come-to-office-3-days-per-week-or-face-severe-consequences-3218331/
Meta is rehiring some of the thousands of workers it's laid off : The company formerly known as Facebook in recent months laid off more than 20,000 employees.
businessinsider.com/meta-rehiring-workers-from-layoffs-2023-8
Paid articlePaid Elon Musk pledges to fund legal bills of users fired for posting on X: If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this ...
techspot.com/news/99680-elon-musk-pledges-fund-legal-bills-users-fired.html
Quick Glance: Elon Musk offers financial support for unfair treatment by bosses
- Elon Musk criticizes the platform's moderation policies prior to his takeover.
- On Sunday, Mr. Musk told users that financial assistance from his platform will have no limits.
- The social media platform was renamed last month (formerly known as Twitter).
- When he announced that he was taking over Twitter in April last year, Mr. Musk said, 'Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated.'
Meta, Amazon, and Other Big Tech Companies Commit to Making A.I. Safer: Voluntary standards for watermarking A.I.-generated content and "red teaming" ...
inc.com/jennifer-conrad/meta-amazon-big-tech-companies-white-house-commit-to-making-ai-safer.html
CHAUDHRI: Is Canada headed to a fall full of lay-offs?: You would think the summer is sleepy in the world of employment, but don't let the lazy days of the ...
torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/chaudhri-is-canada-headed-to-a-fall-full-of-lay-offs
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How to sign up to Threads: For all those tired of the bird app.
mashable.com/article/threads-how-to-sign-up
Quick Glance: Twitter threatens legal action against Meta over new Threads platform
- Twitter notifies Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the strict enforcement of its intellectual property rights in a letter from Twitter lawyer Alex Spiro.
- Elon Musk, Twitter owner, responds to the report, stating: 'Competition is acceptable, cheating is not.'
- Meta launched its new Threads platform during the night of Wednesday.
- Threads is Meta's response to Twitter, providing a platform for sharing text updates and participating in public discussions.
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has a philosophy on layoffs: ‘If you’re going to cut jobs, you better cut deep enough’
fortune.com/2023/07/05/airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-philosophy-layoffs-if-youre-going-to-cut-jobs-you-better-cut-deep-enough/
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Cannabis testing declines as businesses adapt to widespread legalization: Businesses also face a maze of mandates seeking to protect employees who lawfully ...
axios.com/2023/07/21/business-marijuana-employee-testing-legalization
TechScape: With 100 million users, is Threads on course to finish off Twitter?: Meta wants its new rival to be a friendly, news-free space. But with missing ...
theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/11/techscape-meta-threads-twitter
Quick Glance: Twitter traffic drops after Musk takeover, Threads debut
- Twitter's traffic has significantly decreased since billionaire Elon Musk took control of the social media platform last fall, with long-time tweeters switching to alternative platforms like Meta's Threads.
- Twitter's declining numbers come as Meta officially launches Threads, widely seen as a new competitor to Twitter, which debuted last week.
- As of Monday, Twitter is currently ranked 37th in Cloudflare's list of top 100 domains, coinciding with the unpopular changes made by Musk to the site in recent months and the launch of Threads and other Twitter alternatives.
- Earlier this month, Twitter, which Musk officially purchased last October, faced backlash from its users when the platform imposed a rate limit on the number of posts different account tiers could read each day, as reported by The Guardian.
Jobs Report Shows Hot Hiring Cooled in June; Wages Rose: Hiring eased slightly in June, as employers added 209,000 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday ...
wsj.com/articles/june-jobs-report-unemployment-rate-economy-growth-2023-af4d6547
You Can Pay These People To Erase Your Past Online: They help delete everything from cringey Facebook photos to nudes posted without consent.
vice.com/en/article/4awn99/how-delete-old-facebook-account-social-media
Check your emails Oculus Quest 2 owners, Meta might be giving you a free upgrade: You might have a free Elite Strap waiting for you
techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmented-reality/check-your-emails-oculus-quest-2-owners-meta-might-be-giving-you-a-free-upgrade
Meta cut staff on team that tackles election disinformation: report: Meta's recent layoffs have impacted the team that is responsible for tackling disinformation ...
businessinsider.com/meta-lays-off-some-staff-who-tackle-election-disinformation-report-2023-7
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A letter was sent to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, by Twitter's lawyer Alex Spiro, in which Spiro accused Meta of hiring former Twitter employees who might be ... Show more tinyurl.com/4ye96wz6
Musk's Twitter sues four Texas entities for data scraping, seeks damages: Twitter has filed a lawsuit against four unnamed entities in Texas for data scraping ...
reuters.com/business/media-telecom/musk-reaffirms-tweet-reading-limits-put-due-data-scraping-2023-07-13/
Mall cop with no heart fired: A mall cop at the country’s largest retail chain was fired after he was accused of throwing a puppy off a footbridge.
thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2023/07/14/mall-cop-with-no-heart-fired
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