#Facebook parent Meta orders hiring freeze as growth slows

#Facebook parent Meta orders hiring freeze as growth slows

“Facebook parent Meta orders hiring freeze as growth slows” Facebook parent Meta is instituting a hiring freeze for some higher-level positions — a move that comes as Mark Zuckerberg’s embattled social media giant warns of slowing revenue growth. Meta will slow down or entirely pause hiring for most of its mid- or senior-level positions, according…

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#Zuckerberg downplays employee exodus as Meta’s stock soars

#Zuckerberg downplays employee exodus as Meta’s stock soars

“Zuckerberg downplays employee exodus as Meta’s stock soars” Mark Zuckerberg downplayed recent employee turnover at Facebook’s parent company Meta, even as the tech giant reported strong earnings that sent its shares soaring on Thursday. During the company’s first-quarter earnings call, an analyst asked Meta executives to address the state of its “employee retention” and whether…

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# Meta’s Reality Labs posts .9B loss: ‘I recognize it’s expensive’ says Zuck

# Meta’s Reality Labs posts $2.9B loss: ‘I recognize it’s expensive’ says Zuck

” Meta’s Reality Labs posts $2.9B loss: ‘I recognize it’s expensive’ says Zuck “ Meta Platforms Inc., formerly known as Facebook Inc., posted its Q1 2022 earnings on Wednesday, with its Metaverse-focused Reality Labs division posting increased losses. The Reality Labs division — formerly known as Facebook’s Oculus division — has been spending increasing sums…

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#Meta shares soar on increase in Facebook daily users

#Meta shares soar on increase in Facebook daily users

“Meta shares soar on increase in Facebook daily users” Facebook parent Meta’s first quarter profit and its count of daily users jumped past Wall Street’s expectations despite the company’s slowest revenue growth since going public a decade ago. Shares were up sharply in after-hours trading. Meta cut a sharp contrast with Google parent Alphabet, which…

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#Facebook ‘open borders’ leads to massive data leaks: report

#Facebook ‘open borders’ leads to massive data leaks: report

“Facebook ‘open borders’ leads to massive data leaks: report” Facebook has failed to safeguard users’ personal data to the point where the company doesn’t know what happens to it or where it ends up, the firm’s software engineers have warned. The news site Motherboard obtained leaked documents indicating that senior software engineers warned the company…

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#Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse mission leaving some frustrated

#Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse mission leaving some frustrated

“Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse mission leaving some frustrated” Mark Zuckerberg’s fixation on transforming the company formerly known as Facebook into a metaverse pioneer has reportedly irked some employees — with workers left frustrated and unclear about their daily responsibilities. Zuckerberg directed a companywide shift toward the metaverse last fall — going as far as to rebrand…

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#Mark Zuckerberg, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos among latest Russia sanction targets

#Mark Zuckerberg, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos among latest Russia sanction targets

“Mark Zuckerberg, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos among latest Russia sanction targets” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky and Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan headlined a list of US business luminaries sanctioned by Russia on Thursday – the latest round of escalating tit-for-tat penalties levied following the invasion of Ukraine. Prominent journalists were included…

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