2025-01-14

Mark Zuckerberg plans to lay off an additional five percent of Meta's workforce

Meta is preparing for even more layoffs, according to reporting by Bloomberg. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a company memo that he plans on cutting about five percent of its "low-performers."& [...]

2025-01-14

Meta to cut 5% of employees deemed unfit for Zuckerberg’s AI-fueled future

Meta plans to refill roles with top talent to pursue AI and AR ambitions. [...]

2025-01-14

What were the biggest stories from CES? Tune in to our podcast to find out

We round up our favorite moments from the Las Vegas tech expo, from the big trends coming in 2025 to the 'weird stuff'. [...]

2025-01-14

Fintech startup LemFi raises $53M to help immigrants send money back home

Coming from South Africa but living in Europe, I can tell you that sending money to family and friends back home is a bit of a nightmare. Typically you must use a traditional bank, which can take a we [...]

2025-01-14

AI tools to elevate your job search in 2025

More than half of knowledge workers now use generative AI weekly, according to a recent piece of research from Asana’s Work Innovation Lab, in partnership with Anthropic. The study also found that t [...]

2025-01-13

Celebs and tech luminaries including Mark Ruffalo want to create a fully open social media ecosystem

I think it’s safe to say that most humans on this planet are growing, how can I put this lightly, weary of the current billionaire stewards of our social media ecosystem. X is a hateful mess. Meta i [...]

2025-01-13

Threads is starting to test community notes

Last week, Meta decided it would replace its professional fact-checking program with X-style "Community Notes" and it looks like a version of the feature is already being tested on Threads. [...]

2025-01-13

Meta admits it deleted links to decentralized Instagram competitor Pixelfed

Meta appeared to be blocking links to Pixelfed, a decentralized photo-sharing platform, on Facebook, according to both users on Bluesky and 404 Media. Any post that linked to "pixelfed.social&quo [...]

2025-01-13

Chinese social media app RedNote is the number one app as TikTok ban looms

With TikTok likely just days away from being banned in the US, the app’s users are pushing some previously little-known apps to the top of Apple and Google’s stores. The app that has so far seemed [...]