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Facebook cuts hundreds of custodial jobs after ending contract with facility management vendor
Facebook parent Meta has cancelled a contract with custodial workers at its Silicon Valley headquarters, resulting in hundreds of job cuts later this month. Meta informed facilities management vendor ABM Industries of the cancellation in mid-June, and the cuts will go into effect on July 25, according to documents filed with the state of California’s […]
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Amazon launches cancer vaccine clinical trial in partnership with Fred Hutchinson
Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon.Com Inc., during the GeekWire Summit in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon is developing cancer vaccines in collaboration with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and it recently launched an FDA-approved clinical trial. Amazon and Fred Hutchinson are […]
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OnePlus co-founder makes smartphone comeback with a quirky iPhone competitor
The Nothing Phone 1. Nothing The co-founder of Chinese smartphone brand OnePlus, Carl Pei, is back with a new handset — only this time it’s with a different company, literally called Nothing. Pei’s peculiarly named start-up officially pulled the wraps off its debut smartphone Tuesday, after months of dropping hints and teasers about the look […]
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Amazon’s smart grocery carts are coming to some Whole Foods stores
Amazon said Monday it’s launching the Dash Cart at a Whole Foods store in Massachusetts. Amazon Amazon is expanding its smart shopping carts to a Whole Foods store in Massachusetts, the company said on Monday. Amazon will initially roll out Dash Carts at a Whole Foods in Westford, Massachusetts, northwest of Boston, in the coming […]
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Klarna valuation plunges 85% to $6.7 billion as ‘buy now, pay later’ hype fades
Currently, most buy now, pay later services don’t impact a person’s credit score. That’s now set to change in the U.K. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Klarna saw its valuation slashed by 85% in a new financing round announced Monday, reflecting grim investor sentiment surrounding high-growth tech stocks and “buy now, pay later” […]
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Twitter shares sink 7% in premarket trading after Elon Musk terminates $44 billion deal
In this photo illustration, Twitter account of Elon Musk is seen on a smartphone screen and Twitter logo in the background. Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Twitter shares sank sharply in early premarket trade Monday after Elon Musk said he is trying to terminate his $44 billion takeover of the company. Shares of […]
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Elon Musk faces long legal war with Twitter, which has the upper hand, as he abandons deal
Billionaire Elon Musk on Friday moved to back out of his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, citing continued disagreements over the number of spam accounts on the platform. While Musk may want to end his bid for Twitter, it’s not as easy as just walking away, according to legal experts. Instead, Musk likely faces […]
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Elon Musk has been expressing buyer’s remorse over Twitter for months
Musk’s plan to buy Twitter has worried policymakers around the world. Joe Skipper | Reuters Less than three months after agreeing to buy Twitter for $44 billion, Elon Musk says he wants out. It’s no surprise — Musk has been expressing buyer’s remorse since shortly after he announced the deal. Attorneys representing Musk sent a […]
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Meta nudges its big VR push another step away from the Facebook legacy
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the virtual Facebook Connect event, where the company announced its rebranding as Meta, in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta is introducing a new way for people to log in to virtual reality headsets without […]
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Top SoftBank exec steps back from role at Vision Fund as pressure mounts on investments
Rajeev Misra will step down from his role as CEO of SoftBank Global Advisors, which manages the Vision Fund 2. It comes as pressure mounts on SoftBank’s investment strategy amid a string of bad bets and a crash in technology stocks this year. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Rajeev Misra, who runs […]
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