A new Meta blog post has outlined how Zuckerberg intends to deliver on his ‘year of efficiency’. 10’000 jobs are to be cut and a further 5’000 open roles are closing. ‘Lower priority projects’ will also be shut down. Is Zuckerberg giving up on the Metaverse? Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced 10’000 layoffs and a freezing of 5’000 open roles in the company’s ‘year of efficiency’. It follows a...
On the one hand, Queen Elizabeth II was a constant presence in my life, a figurehead with which my understanding of British identity and history was shaped. On the other, her monarchy represents a colonial era of exploitation and human atrocity that shouldn’t be ignored. Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8th, 2022. No matter what decade you were born, the monarchy and Queen Elizabeth II have always been divisive....
This Norwegian vault holds nearly one million preserved seeds from all across the world, just in case they’re needed in the future. When I first played Bethesda’s Fallout video game series, in which you are thrown into a giant vault underground and then eventually released hundreds of years later, I presumed it was merely a fictional fantasy. It appears I was grossly incorrect, however, as it turns out that...
The US finally has its hands on Disney’s premium new subscription service, but you might have some trouble actually logging on and streaming. Disney has been hyping up its new streaming platform Disney+ for quite some time now. We’ve been bombarded with various trailers for content that’ll feature on the service over the last few months, including the gritty new spaghetti-western style Star Wars series The Mandalorian and a bunch of rereleased classics from the...
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