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The Perils of Working on a C.E.O.’s Pet Project

“We always said it was like a start-up,” Mr. Anderson wrote, “with zero risk if you failed.”The layoffs, which totaled about 18,000 across Amazon, came with a hiring freeze, limiting […]




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Meta, Long an AI Leader, Tries Not to Be Left Out of the Boom

Meta, however, was hamstrung, in part, by its reputation as a corporate giant that helps spread untruths, Dr. LeCun said last month. And with responsibilities to billions of users, it […]




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Judge Is Said to Let Meta’s Virtual Reality Deal Move Forward

The lawsuit was the first of the cases developed entirely under Ms. Khan, a legal scholar who rose to prominence after she wrote a critique of Amazon that went viral, […]




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Meta Lays Off More Than 11,000 Employees

“This will add up to a meaningful cultural shift in how we operate,” he said. The company will focus on a smaller number of “high priority” areas, he said, including […]




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Meta Is Said to Plan Significant Job Cuts This Week

SAN FRANCISCO — Meta plans to lay off employees this week, three people with knowledge of the situation said, adding that the job cuts were set to be the most […]




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Elon Musk Takes Twitter, and Tech Deals, to Another Level

Silicon Valley moguls used to buy yachts and islands. Now they are rich enough, and perhaps arrogant enough, to acquire companies they fancy. Read More




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Meta Quarterly Earnings: Profit Declines With Losses in Reality Labs

The social networking company, which is trying to shift into the so-called metaverse, posted falling sales and said it was “making significant changes” to operate more efficiently. Read More




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24 Hours in the Metaverse Version of Facebook Was Surprisingly Fun

Every hour of the day and night with the gamers, parents, insomniacs, preteens and aspiring comedians who are the earliest adopters of the immersive, three-dimensional internet that Mark Zuckerberg has […]




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How Mark Zuckerberg Is Leading Meta Into Its Next Phase

SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of the company formerly known as Facebook, called his top lieutenants for the social network to a last-minute meeting in […]




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As Midterms Loom, Mark Zuckerberg Shifts Focus Away From Elections

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, made securing the 2020 U.S. election a top priority. He met regularly with an election team, which included more than 300 people from across his […]