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Truth & consequences Meta schemed ‘whisper strategy’ to discredit influential social media critic: bombshell docs
Meta employees schemed about how to “get the academic community to disavow” social media critic Jonathan Haidt — a ploy to tamp down claims that its apps were fueling
a teen mental health crisis, according to newly unsealed court documents.
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E-commerce giant to ax 1,000 jobs as deep tech cuts continue
The online marketplace looks to simplify operations and shift resources to its fastest-growing areas, CEO Jamie Iannone told staff.
Wife of accused spy inside powerful California tech giant fled the US — as suspect’s link to royal family revealed
Ex-OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan was in regular contact with a member of the Saudi royal family — and got help from Saudi Arabia as he allegedly hatched a scheme to record high-level meetings at the leading AI firm.
Tech bro’s dramatic response after creating controversial video game that lets players kill ‘homeless people’
“Targeting people struggling with addiction or homelessness was never my intention,” he said.
Early Apple computer with Wozniak signature and unique letter from Jobs sells for eye-watering sum
Apple co-founder Wozniak’s signature is on the motherboard, which still fully operates.
Tech bro branded ‘huge piece of s–t’ for game that lets you kill ‘homeless people’ — but some fans love it
“San Francisco couldn’t fix the Tenderloin. So I monetized it,” the developer bragged online.
California tech giant plots massive layoffs as industry sheds 14,000 jobs
Airtable is the latest Bay Area tech firm to lay off a “large” number of employees as the key industry notches more than 14,000 job losses this year.