Technology
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Meta to lay off 5 percent of workforce, targeting lowest-performing employees
The reduction is expected to eliminate approximately 3,600 employees. The company noted that it had roughly 72,000 employees in its most recent quarterly report.
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Elon Musk delays Cybertruck deliveries in Los Angeles to provide internet in areas without power
Cybertrucks can provide backup power to a home for up to three days, according to Tesla’s website.
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Meta ends DEI programs in latest policy reversal
Zuckerberg met with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago after his election win and Meta has donated to his inauguration fund.
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Apple puts out another iOS update due to security concerns
Apple says that the vulnerabilities were fixed and is urging its customers to download the new update as soon as possible.
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Walmart stops advertising on X
The advertiser pullout comes amid an ongoing lawsuit from X against Media Matters for America over an article it published showing ads for the company's major advertisers next to antisemitic materials.
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Facebook removes multiple Chinese accounts reportedly targeting US elections
The accounts on Facebook would copy and paste X posts from politicians from both the Democrat and Republican parties.
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Federal judge blocks Montana's TikTok ban
The ban was scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024.
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Authors sue OpenAI and Microsoft over ChatGPT, alleging copyright infringement
The suit, led by author Julian Sancton, alleges that the companies profited off the authors' works without receiving their permission.
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Sam Altman to return as OpenAI CEO days after ousting
OpenAI revealed a new board featuring former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers .
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Trump Media sues 20 news outlets over allegedly false loss reports, alleges defamation
TMTG alleged that the outlets "deliberately or recklessly published false financial information to advance a preferred and coordinated narrative harmful to TMTG."
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Ousted OpenAI CEO Altman joins Microsoft, hundreds of former coworkers threaten to follow
OpenAI developed the popular and remarkably effective chatbot ChatGPT.
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OpenAI removes CEO Sam Altman
Greg Brockman will also step down as chairman of the board while Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati will step in as interim CEO.