Meta may have spent at least $88,000 per person when it laid off 11,000 in 2022. This year could see even more job cuts And those aren’t even the costliest recent tech layoffs. Fortune · Feb 2, 2023
Meta Reports Sales Fall, but Beats Expectations Facebook and Instagram owner Meta on Wednesday reported its first annual sales drop since the company went public in 2012, but the fall was less brutal than expected, sending its share price soaring. The social media giant said sales dropped one percent to $116.6 billion in 2022, while it also… Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 2, 2023
The White House just came around to Elon Musk's point about Apple's 'secret 30% tax on everything.' Tech CEOs, like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, have long grumbled about the 30% cut developers pay to Apple and Google. Fortune · Feb 2, 2023
Meta shares soar as Zuckerberg ushers in ‘year of efficiency’ Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg struck a new tone with investors Wednesday: The social media giant will be leaner, more efficient and more decisive, with a big assist from artificial intelligence. Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2023
Meta soars after sales beat, rosy forecast as Facebook grows Meta Platforms Inc. posted quarterly sales that topped estimates, gave a rosy revenue forecast and indicated Facebook and Instagram still have room to grow, signaling it’s on course for a turnaround after its most difficult year. Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2023
Meta earnings drop by less than expected with boost from Reels Parent company of Facebook and Instagram reports $32bn in revenue for fourth quarter, prompting rise in stock price The Guardian - US · Feb 1, 2023
Meta's Reality Labs lost $13.7 billion in 2022—and just reported its worst quarter ever CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the metaverse remains one of the company's top priorities. Fortune · Feb 1, 2023
The professor who wrote the book on digital surveillance says that Elon Musk's Twitter takeover means our political stability, health and sanity come down to one man: 'I regard this as fundamentally intolerable' Shoshana Zuboff calls Musk and Zuckerberg "information oligarchs" and thinks decision-making power lying with a few top-ranked executives can threaten democracy. Fortune · Jan 31, 2023
Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts bode ill for his return to Facebook As Trump was reinstated, Meta’s Nick Clegg stressed ‘guardrails’ were in place. He could soon find them tested The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023
Meta's big money grab: Trump is the key Trump's half-literate, racist lies are a traffic bonanza on social media, so of course they want him back Salon · Jan 26, 2023
5 takeaways from the massive layoffs hitting Big Tech right now Some 200,000 tech jobs have been lost in what is seen as one of the sharpest downturns in the tech industry's history. Here is what you need to know about the mass layoffs in Silicon Valley. WEKU · Jan 26, 2023
Trump’s Facebook and Instagram ban to be lifted, Meta announces Ex-president to be allowed back ‘in coming weeks … with new guardrails in place’ after ban that followed January 6 attack The Guardian - US · Jan 25, 2023
Exclusive: Facebook to reinstate Trump The decision will end a two-year ban and allow Trump to post and raise money using the platforms. Axios · Jan 25, 2023
'I take full responsibility': Why CEOs like Zuckerberg and Pichai are all using the same language around layoffs Despite looking like a noble move, experts say that blanket accountability statements could actually make staff feel "disappointment, anger and betrayal". Fortune · Jan 24, 2023
Fortune · Jan 20, 2023 Tesla, JPMorgan, and Meta are among companies that face ‘key-person’ risk Boards have to be wary of “key-person risk.” Here’s what top directors can do to break up a codependent relationship between a company and a star executive.
Bangkok Post · Jan 18, 2023 Why Zuckerberg should face the threat of jail The UK government is about to do something that will make Silicon Valley shudder, or at least make social media executives think twice about flying over British airspace.
The Guardian - US · Jan 16, 2023 Meta’s decision on Donald Trump is looming. Will he return to Facebook? The ex-president was banned after the Capitol riots in 2021. Will his return rile social media’s ‘cauldron of extremism’?
Zenger · Jan 13, 2023 Apple Tails Meta Into The Metaverse – Plans To Launch Reality Pro VR Headset This Fall Apple is ready to launch its first mixed reality headset after years of development, as the tech giant follows Meta's Oculus.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2023 Job cuts and falling shares: how did it all go so wrong for the US tech sector? As Amazon axes 18,000 roles and Tesla loses 65% of its value, we examine the causes of the glitch hitting Silicon Valley
Fortune · Jan 5, 2023 The Winklevoss twins are in another mess—and it has to do with crypto “The idea in your head that you can quietly hide in your ivory tower and that this will all just magically go away, or that this is someone else’s problem, is pure fantasy,” Cameron Winklevoss wrote to former friend Barry Silbert.
The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2023 EXPLAINER: What is the metaverse and how will it work? The term “metaverse” is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry’s imagination
Zenger · Jan 4, 2023 Trump Returning To Facebook? Zuckerberg’s Meta To Reportedly Decide In Coming Weeks Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta Platforms Inc is reportedly deliberating on whether to let back former President Donald Trump on in.
Fortune · Jan 3, 2023 Cameron Winklevoss gives crypto baron one week to come up with a $1 billion solution to make his Gemini customers whole Winklevoss and his identical twin brother first rose to prominence through their lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg, who they claimed stole their idea for Facebook.
Bangkok Post · Dec 29, 2022 Big tech back to real tech in 2023 The tech bubble has finally popped. Big Tech's expansion during the pandemic sparked a rush of over-hiring and preposterous valuations among tech startups, leading to a sharp correction at the end of 2022.
Reason · Dec 28, 2022 Charity and Capitalism Are Better Than Government When I was young, I assumed government would lift people out of poverty. But those policies often do more harm than good.