Twitter, Meta, Amazon, FTX, Snapchat: five tech giants in turmoil The problem: its virtual platform Horizon Worlds only brought together 200,000 users after eighteen years of non-stop hiring, Mark Zuckerberg announced the layoff of 13% of the company's workforce. It must be said that the avatars proposed do not yet have legs… the end of the pandemic has slowed activityEven the third largest private employer on the planet, the global e-commerce [...] Read more
Amazon begins mass layoffs: Affected employees receive cryptic invitations to interviews
Published on Nov 22, 2022
Amazon begins mass layoffs: Affected employees receive cryptic invitations to interviews On Tuesday, Amazon began what is expected to be the largest round of layoffs in its company history, according to affected employees. The company intends to lay off about 10,000 employees, the New York Times previously reported. Employees affected by the layoffs received cryptic invitations to "mandatory" meetings Tuesday with teammates, executives and HR [...] Read more
Ubisoft partners with Riot for chat control
Published on Nov 20, 2022
Ubisoft partners with Riot for chat control Ubisoft and Riot Games have started a collaboration to create better technology to combat toxic behavior in games. Toxic behavior is a common problem in video games. There are always hostilities, especially via chat and voice chat. Although they affect everyone in games, they are particularly aimed at women and minorities. That doesn't exactly make everyone in the gaming community feel comfortable. [...] Read more
Meta, Amazon, Uber, Twitter… Tech laid off 120,000 employees in 2022
Published on Nov 19, 2022
Meta, Amazon, Uber, Twitter… Tech laid off 120,000 employees in 2022 We are witnessing a real bloodletting. Since the start of the year, 828 tech companies have laid off more than 120,000 people, according to the Layoffs.fyi site, which aggregates data from the American press. Its counter has been packed with the new wave of social plans announced in recent days at Meta, Amazon and Twitter. After hiring a lot during the pandemic – a flourishing [...] Read more
