The tech industry has laid off nearly 290,000 workers since the start of 2022. Facebookparent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it would cut 10,000 jobs, the first Big Tech company to announce a second round of mass layoffs as the industry braces for a deep economic downturn. Facebook-parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it would …
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Meta Platforms introduced a research tool for building artificial intelligence-based chatbots and other products, seeking to create a buzz for its own technology in a field lately focused on internet rivals Google and Microsoft. The tool, LLaMA, is Meta‘s latest entry in the realm of large language models, which “have shown a lot of promise in …
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Last Updated: February 23, 2023, 08:54 IST LocalCircles survey claims to have received over 51,000 responses from citizens located in 351 districts of India. An online survey conducted by LocalCircles in India has found that 95% of WhatsApp users surveyed receive one or more pesky messages each day, with 41% receiving four or more such …
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Last Updated: February 19, 2023, 22:49 IST There would be no changes to accounts on Facebook and Instagram that are already verified, the company said. This will allow users to verify their accounts, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Sunday, following a similar move by Elon Musk at Twitter Facebook and Instagram owner Meta will launch …
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Tech companies are always in the news, usually touting the next big thing. However, the tech news cycle recently hasn’t been dominated by the latest gadget or innovation. Instead, layoffs are in the headlines. In the last year, more than 70,000 people globally have been laid off by Big Tech companies – and that doesn’t …
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Meta on Tuesday announced it is supporting industry body FICCI with $1 million for the XR Open Source (XROS) fellowship programme that will help 100 Indian developers working on XR (extended reality) technologies for the future of metaverse. Run by FICCI, the XROS programme will provide developers fellowships which includes stipend and mentoring. The National …
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Facebook owner Meta Platforms told employees on Friday that it would stop developing smart displays and smartwatches and that nearly half of the 11,000 jobs it eliminated this week in an unprecedented cost-cutting move were technology roles. Speaking during an employee townhall meeting heard by Reuters, Meta executives also said they were reorganizing parts of …
Earlier this week, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, announced the most significant job cut in the history of the company. Meta announced laying off 11,000 employees, about 13% of the workforce. Among those 11,000 employees, Anneka Patel, ex-communications Manager at Facebook and mother to the 3-month-old baby Emilia, was also laid …
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Twitter is planning to close its deal with billionaire Elon Musk on his original $44-billion bid, said JPMorgan on Wednesday. The deal is likely to be closed on previously agreed price and terms, said Anu Aiyengar, the global co-head of mergers and acquisitions at JPMorgan Chase & Co. The closure of the deal will put …
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Mark Zuckerberg had announced last month that WhatsApp is getting a Call Links feature. This feature allows users to invite people to a new call or allow them to join an existing call. A recent report suggests that WhatsApp has finally begun rolling out this feature to a wide user base. Notably, these links can …
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