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Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year.' Read the internal memo.
Meta is set to cut about 5% of its workforce, focusing on the company’s lowest-performing staffers, CNBC confirmed Tuesday.NBC News - Jan. 14 -
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A company that tracks and sells Americans' location data has seemingly been hacked
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Man fails in claim to recover £600m Bitcoin hard drive from tip
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Why a 5% 10-year Treasury yield could be a buying opportunity
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Italian town bans residents from falling ill
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Transgender players to be banned from women’s hockey
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Pam Bondi’s Rise From Lobbyist to Attorney General Pick
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New norovirus strain might be driving wave of cases, CDC data suggests
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Legal cannabis may be boosted by alcohol warning from surgeon general: analyst
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Investigators receive black box data from plane that crashed in Kazakhstan
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Is It Time for the Giants to Move On From Their General Manager?
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39-year-old's cannabis business brings in $800,000 a month—16 years after he went to prison for selling drugs
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Tom Gauld’s New Year’s resolution generator – cartoon
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GTA 6 Could Sell 40 Million Copies And Make $3 Billion In First Year Alone
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UK rapper Stormzy banned from driving for using phone behind wheel of Rolls-Royce
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5 things we know and still don't know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared
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Stormzy banned from driving for using mobile phone
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How to succeed at forming new habits, from the author of 'Change: 6 science-backed strategies to transform your brain, body, and behavior'
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5 New Year’s resolutions for higher education
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We're selling this stock for the first time in a year, locking in a nearly 1,000% gain
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UK needs to ban full hybrid cars by 2030 or face net zero ‘catastrophe’, says motoring body
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Arizona State reportedly extends coach Kenny Dillingham 5 more years
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