Showing all posts tagged Big Tech
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Meta Could Layoff 12,000 Employees, Despite Claiming It Wouldn’t
As Meta continues to suffer from a fall in ad spending, employees could lose their jobs.
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Amazon Latest Tech Company To Freeze Hiring
Other tech companies, like Meta and Google, are also enforcing hiring freezes as the global economy struggles to rally.
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Google Might Be Killing Chrome Ad Blockers in 2023
Google's changing how extensions work, and getting rid of the dynamic filtering that ad blockers rely on in the process.
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Meta Is Set to Freeze Most Hiring to Reduce Annual Expenses
"I had hoped the economy would have more clearly stabilized by now," Mark Zuckerberg told staffers.
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Google Staff Share Cuts Concerns in Tense Meeting With CEO
A recent all-hands meeting culminated in a visibly annoyed Sundar Pichai advising staff to not "equate fun with money".
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Meta Covertly Trims Down Workforce To Reduce Costs By 10%
As the company continues to invest in its AI future, its employees are quietly being shown the door.
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Google Is Making Major Cuts to Its In-House Incubator
As the tech firm invests further into AI, it's axed its incubator projects by half — and employees are losing out.
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Apple Aims to Launch More Ads in the App Store by the Holidays
If past performance is anything to go by, the new ads will drive a huge amount of customers to new iOS apps.
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South Korea Fines Google and Meta for Data Privacy Violations
Facebook and Google users weren't informed and couldn't consent to how their private data was tracked, South Korea says.
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iOS 16: All the Best Features Coming to iPhones
The new operating system will provide better functionality and improved security for its users.
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Etsy Sellers Form Guild to Stop ‘Amazonification’ of Ecommerce
The Indie Sellers Guide will "preserve spaces for sellers and buyers to come together in appreciation of art and creativity."
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Google Cuts Perks as Big Tech Braces for a Potential Recession
As part of Google’s CEO’s plan to ‘simplify the company’, staff cuts may also be soon to follow.
Isobel O'Sullivan -
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Amazon CEO: No Plans “Right Now” to Force a Return to the Office
Most Amazon office employees are working remotely part of the time. That's not likely to change in the near future.
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Shopify Doesn’t Want Sellers Using Amazon’s Checkout Tool
Shopify is warning sellers against adding Amazon's one-click checkout button. Are the two ecommerce companies fighting?
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Yet Again, Google Chrome Users Should Update ASAP
The new bug is tied to "insufficient data validation" in the open-source software behind Google's popular browser.
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Facebook and Instagram Could Have Paid Features in the Future
Meta is exploring the prospect of charging a fee to use certain features on its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram.
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Watch Out for These Fake Chrome Extensions
The Chrome Web Store has some very convincing extensions that inject malicious code into ecommerce websites you visit.
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Apple: 95% of iCloud Users Enabled Multi-Factor Authentication
The security features will make way for Apple's upcoming passwordless option for its many users.
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Google Docs Now Has an Emoji Shortcut
Get those applause emojis at the ready, Google has just made the lives of the emoji-obsessed a little bit easier.
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Google Launches Rewards Program for Open Source Software Bugs
Attacks on the open source supply chain rose by 650% last year. Now, Google's paying people to help stop future ones.
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Meta Ends Support for the Facebook Gaming App
Facebook and Snapchat are just the latest social media giants to withdraw support from games on their platforms.
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