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Meta's 'low performer' layoffs disputed by fired staffers and criticized by experts

Meta says its most recent round of layoffs was aimed at 'low performers,' but laid off staffers and experts have been questioning the company's methods.

Fortune

You thought AR and VR were expensive? Wait 'til you see what Meta wants to spend on AI this year

Meta is spending more money than ever and laying off thousands of employees to achieve its goals in AI leadership, and that's bad for everyone.

Android Central

Mark Zuckerberg Believes 2025 Is a ‘Pivotal’ Year for the Metaverse. Is It Time to Buy Meta Stock?

Heavy capital investments in the metaverse may create short-term headwinds, but Meta remains a compelling long-term play.

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Why Meta Platforms Is the Best AI Stock From the ‘Magnificent 7’

The AI-driven euphoria in U.S. stocks seems mostly over. However, Meta Platforms still looks like the best AI stock to buy among Magnificent 7 constituents.

Barchart

Facebook, TikTok Harden EU Commitment To Tackle Disinformation -- But Not X

Digital titans including Facebook and TikTok formally pledged to ramp up the fight against disinformation in the EU, Brussels said on Thursday, just days after the new US administration condemned the bloc's online content rules.

International Business Times

What OpenAI's growing focus on product design tells us about the future of AI

OpenAI’s is rushing to make its products more intuitive and useful as it tries to fend off Google, Meta, and DeepSeek.

Fortune

Stock Market Today: Markets Turn Lower on Nasty Inflation Surprise

Equities sold off after a hot reading on consumer price inflation pushed back rate cuts to autumn or year-end.

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Meta Layoffs Put Several Immigrant Workers at Risk Amid US Visa Uncertainty

Observers note that layoffs like this latest from Meta can disrupt the green card process for immigrant workers, forcing some to restart from scratch.

International Business Times UK

Meta might've done something useful, pioneering an AI model that can interpret brain activity into sentences with 80% accuracy

What do we think? Answers on a postcard.

PC Gamer

DeepSeek: how China’s embrace of open-source AI caused a geopolitical earthquake

We are in the early days of a seismic shift in the global AI industry. DeepSeek, a previously little-known Chinese artificial intelligence company, has produced a “game changing”“ large language model that promises to reshape the AI landscape almost overnight.

The Conversation

Goldman Sachs explains axing DEI rule which has ‘served its purpose’

Several organisations including Amazon and Meta have ditched their diversity goals and programmes

The Independent UK

Scammers Using AI To Dupe The Lonely Looking For Love

Meta on Wednesday warned internet users to be wary of online acquaintances promising romance but seeking cash as scammers use deep fakes to prey on those looking for love.

International Business Times

Accept all or bust: how cookie walls are creating a two-tier internet

While the legal approach towards single-choice cookie walls and the 'Pay or Consent' model is changing, experts think these practices shouldn't have a place within an ethical data protection framework. Here's what's at stake for the future of our online privacy.

TechRadar

Looking for love this Valentine's Day? Don't fall for Instagram romance scams

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms is urging users to stay vigilant about “romance scams” ahead of Valentine’s Day, warning of unsolicited messages through its apps and other social media platforms, as well as general text messages

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

I was a content moderator for Facebook. I saw the real cost of outsourcing digital labour

Tech firms must invest in and respect the people who filter social media and label the data that AI relies on, says Sonia Kgomo, an organiser with African Tech Workers Rising

Fortune

Elon Musk and Bill Ackman are pulling out of Delaware. Now the state is scrambling to protect its $2 billion legal economy

Big names like Tesla and Dropbox have already left, and Meta is looking to do the same.

Salon

How Musk uses sexism to scam MAGA men

How to sell MAGA men a pro-scam agenda? Tell them a woman founded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Digital Camera World

Social media is broken. Could BuzzFeed’s new “Island” platform finally make social media about the content, not the algorithms?

BuzzFeed is developing a social media platform using “human creativity fighting against the machine”

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Mark Zuckerberg warned employees to prepare for an ‘intense year.’ He just laid off 3,600 workers—including some who claim they got glowing reviews

Ex-Meta employees have said they weren’t low performers, yet were laid off anyway.

MarketBeat

META Stock: Insider Selling Ramps Up—What It Means for Investors

Meta Platforms insiders are selling the stock like it's going out of style, but investors shouldn't read too much into the news; analysts and institutions buy.

The Conversation

Latin America is moving fast to protect democracy from excesses of big tech

Bosses of tech giants Meta, Google and X had front row seats at Donald Trump’s recent presidential inauguration. This special treatment highlighted the increasingly cosy relationship between leaders of technology companies and the White House.

The Independent UK

What to do if your social media accounts are hacked

Having your social media hacked can be a daunting experience

Tom’s Hardware

OpenAI and Broadcom to finalize custom AI processor in the coming months say industry sources

OpenAI's custom silicon design will resemble that of Google's TPU, expected to be taped out in the coming months.

The Guardian - US

Zuckerberg’s swerve: how diversity went from being a Meta priority to getting cancelled

Meta once invested millions and attracted top talent as tech’s leader in corporate diversity. After those aspirations peaked in 2019, the company scuttled them altogether

Fortune

Karma is a powerful weapon in the war for talent

Also: Former Meta director sues, Nokia taps new AI-focused CEO.

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