Artificial intelligence will make Big Tech even bigger. Something needs to be done about the power imbalance, researchers warn

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Good morning, readers. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I enjoy some of Taylor Swift's music but definitely don't consider myself a Swiftie.

I do, however, find myself enchanted by her financial knowledge.

Meta's latest round of layoffs will hurt productivity and damage employee morale

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Meta's latest round of job cuts appears to have begun, with workers posting on LinkedIn that they have been laid off

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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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Facebook’s parent company Meta is doing layoffs again. But there’s one ‘safe’ team that could actually benefit from the job cuts.

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Welp, it's Wednesday. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I (semi-jokingly) like to say that I watch  about one movie per year. I've already watched one in 2023. But in light of breaking news, I might make an exception. 

A professor was murdered after a Facebook post branded him a traitor. Was Facebook complicit in his death?

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Meta has reportedly stopped pitching advertisers on the metaverse

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Less than one year after Meta CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg was pushing the Metaverse, the firm has moved away from the technology in meetings with advertisers.

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Gary Vaynerchuk to managers: Forget a 4-day workweek. If you want to make your people happy, fire the jerks.

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Gary Vaynerchuk has made a number of TikToks warning companies that they need to find new ways to attract Gen Z workers if they want to keep them.

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A father whose 6-year-old son died was flooded with anti-vaxxer harassment. When a commenter baselessly claimed he killed his son, Facebook said he could 'hide' the comment 'if he didn't like it.'

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A father was recently harassed by anti-vaxxers on social media after announcing his son's death.

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I got laid off from Meta. Here's how being a TikTok and Instagram creator gave me more time to evaluate my future after being let go.

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Rawan got laid off from her product-marketing job at Meta in November 2022.
Rawan, who prefers not to publicly disclose her last name, got laid off from her product-marketing job at Meta in November 2022.

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Tech workers are taking to TikTok to debate 'fake work'

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Do some employees at tech companies find themselves without enough work to do? Former employees of companies like Meta and Google sounded off on the topic on TikTok.

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