Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has confirmed it plans to cut more than 11,000 jobs globally as part of a major restructuring of the tech giant. The cuts will reduce the size of the company’s workforce by about 13% and could mean as many as 650 job losses in the UK […]
Archive | November, 2022
Meta to Cut Global Staff Headcount by 11 Thousand
Meta (Facebook) will cut its global workforce by more than 11 thousand people. They are also going to reduce the amount of office space they have, as well as implementing other cost-cutting measures. Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement this morning as well as providing a clear rationale for why they’re taking these steps. Zuckerberg, along […]
Nintendo reports 34% rise in profits after strong Switch sales
Japanese video game maker Nintendo has recorded a 34% surge in profits in the first half of the financial year after strong sales of products for its Switch console like paint-shooting game Splatoon 3. That prompted the maker of Pokemon and Super Mario games to raise its profit forecast for the April-March financial year to […]
Government to consult tech giants over Ireland job losses
The Taoiseach has said the Government is to consult tech giants whose Ireland-based employees are at risk of redundancy. Micheal Martin said there are issues within the digital sector and he is concerned over the potential job losses in the state. He made the comments as Tanaiste Leo Varadkar meets officials from the Industrial Development […]
Twitter launches $7.99 per month blue tick subscription
Twitter has launched a subscription service allowing users to buy blue-tick verification for a monthly fee of 7.99 US dollars (£7) in a major change under its new owner, Elon Musk. The system was designed to help users identify authentic and influential users on the platform, including government figures, sports stars, entertainment figures, journalists and […]
WhatsApp rolls out Communities feature to bundle together group chats
A WhatsApp feature that enables users to bundle several group chats together under the umbrella of a single topic and share updates across them all has gone live in the UK. First announced earlier this year and in testing since then, the Communities feature will allow users to organise different group chats together under a […]