Morning Digest | SIT on Morbi bridge tragedy finds lapses in repairs, maintenance; Chandrayaan-3 lander completes EMI-EMC test, and more

Morning Digest | SIT on Morbi bridge tragedy finds lapses in repairs, maintenance; Chandrayaan-3 lander completes EMI-EMC test, and more

A cable suspension bridge collapsed in Morbi, Gujarat on October 31, 2022. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Navy plans for another Vikrant-size carrier before Vikramaditya retires As aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya gets ready to sail out of the dockyard after a long refit, the Indian Navy is finalising plans to repeat the order for an INS […]

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Data | Layoffs by IT firms in the U.S. will greatly impact H-1B workers from India

Data | Layoffs by IT firms in the U.S. will greatly impact H-1B workers from India

Layoffs: People take a photo at Meta corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California on November 9, 2022. – Facebook owner Meta will lay off more than 11,000 of its staff in the most difficult changes made in Meta’s history, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg | Photo Credit: JOSH EDELSON In 2020, the number of people […]

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Zuckerberg says WhatsApp business chat will drive sales sooner than metaverse

Zuckerberg says WhatsApp business chat will drive sales sooner than metaverse

The WhatsApp icon is seen on an iPhone in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Nov. 15, 2018. | Photo Credit: AP Meta Platforms Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Thursday that WhatsApp and Messenger would drive the company’s next wave of sales growth, as he sought to assuage concerns about Meta’s finances after its first […]

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Google, Apple rivals to launch ad campaign for bill against Big Tech

Google, Apple rivals to launch ad campaign for bill against Big Tech

A group of small tech companies this week will launch an advertising campaign urging lawmakers to pass landmark legislation that would diminish the power of the country’s largest internet giants. The small companies, which compete with Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., are hoping to push Congress to pass the […]

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Here’s how Meta plans to help employees after recent layoffs

Here’s how Meta plans to help employees after recent layoffs

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that his company will be laying off more than 11,000 employees in the US.  Taking responsibility for the layoff, Mark Zuckerberg said in a blog post that he ‘is sorry for those impacted’ and that the company will compensate them and help them get another job. Meta has said those […]

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Facebook owner Meta lays off 13% of its employees, announces hiring freeze for Q1

Facebook owner Meta lays off 13% of its employees, announces hiring freeze for Q1

Facebook parent Meta is laying off 13% of its employees as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes Facebook parent Meta is laying off 13% of its employees as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes Meta, in a blog post, on Wednesday shared that it will be firing […]

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16 weeks base pay, immigration help: Mark Zuckerberg’s message to Meta employees after layoffs

16 weeks base pay, immigration help: Mark Zuckerberg’s message to Meta employees after layoffs

Meta Wednesday announced it will let go of more than 11,000 employees or 13 per cent of its total workforce, in one of the biggest layoffs in the US this year. In a blog post posted on the company’s official newsroom, Meta CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said, “I want to take accountability for these […]

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Facebook owner Meta lays off 13% of its employees, announces hiring freeze for Q1

Facebook owner Meta to lay off 11,000 employees

Facebook parent Meta is laying off 13% of its employees as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes Facebook parent Meta is laying off 13% of its employees as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce, […]

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Facebook owner Meta lays off 13% of its employees, announces hiring freeze for Q1

Facebook owner Meta to lay off 11,000 employees

Facebook parent Meta is laying off 13% of its employees as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes Facebook parent Meta is laying off 13% of its employees as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce, […]

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Meta to cut more than 11,000 jobs in one of biggest US layoffs this year

Meta to cut more than 11,000 jobs in one of biggest US layoffs this year

Meta Platforms Inc said on Wednesday it will let go of 13% of its workforce, or more than 11,000 employees, in one of the biggest tech layoffs this year as the Facebook parent battles soaring costs and a weak advertising market. The broad job cuts, the first in Meta’s 18-year history, follow thousands of layoffs […]

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