Mark Zuckerberg

Meta Platforms is planning extensive layoffs that could impact 20% or more of its workforce, according to a Reuters exclusive citing three people familiar with the matter. The cuts, which could affect roughly 16,000 of the company's approximately 78,000 employees, would represent the most aggressive workforce reduction since the company eliminated more than 21,000 jobs during its 2022-2023 "year of efficiency" restructuring.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's billion-dollar recruitment blitz hit a major roadblock when former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati rejected his $1 billion acquisition offer for her AI startup Thinking Machines Lab. The tech giant's subsequent "full-scale raid" to poach the startup's top talent also failed, with co-founder Andrew Tulloch declining a $1.5 billion compensation package over six years.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently claimed that the Biden administration pressured Meta to remove content about the side effects of Covid vaccines. Speaking on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Zuckerberg said that while he supports vaccines and believes they are “more positive than negative,” he felt that the government was trying to censor discussions about potential side effects.