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Metaverse is already contracting
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Tuesday, 28 March 2023 12:00

Metaverse is already contracting


Was not the big bang everyone hoped for

As we have predicted, Mark Zuckerberg’s hopes that the “metaverse” will be a big thing are being dashed.

Meta cuts 10,000 more jobs
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Wednesday, 15 March 2023 10:45

Meta cuts 10,000 more jobs


On top of the 11,000 fired in November

Meta is planning to cut 10,000 jobs as well as 5,000 open positions indicating that the company problems are a lot more serious than believed.

Facebook still worried about Zuckerberg's security
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Is someone trying to kill him?

While Facebook is trying to cut costs everywhere, it is boosting Mark Zuckerberg's considerable personal security budget by $4 million.

UK could jail social media bosses
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Friday, 13 January 2023 11:13

UK could jail social media bosses


If they don't do enough to protect children

The UK’s Online Safety Bill could be amended to include jail terms for social media bosses who fail to meet the requirements of the law.

2022 was a bad year to be a tech billionaire
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Thursday, 29 December 2022 09:30

2022 was a bad year to be a tech billionaire


Hear the sound of the world’s smallest violin

While the US claims its tech billionaires are saints because they have made so much money, it appears that 2022 saw their halos slip considerably.

Facebook plummets
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Friday, 04 February 2022 12:28

Facebook plummets


Blames Apple

Facebook is blaming Apple as its shares plummeted 26 per cent, the biggest single-day slide in market value for a US company.

Facebook goes darker than Zuckerburg’s soul
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Bad day for the Social Notworking King

Mark Zuckerburg was having a bad day yesterday after a whistleblower revealed dark deeds and his glorious social notworking empire crashed to its knees due to a bizarre DNS flaw.

Zuckerberg’s mentor claims he has become power-crazed
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Too interested in imposing his vision to see what is going on

Mark Zuckerberg mentor (and early investor) Roger McNamee has warned his protégé has got out of control when it comes to  “imposing his vision”.

Zuckerberg's pro-Trump stance is proving PR nightmare
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Tech policy groups worry about association with hate, misinformation, and abuse

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's refusal to apply platform policies to moderate rule-breaking posts by President Trump and other political figures is costing his company street cred.

Artists test Instagram with Mark Zuckerberg deep fake
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Toneless, wooden, robotic – just like the real thing

A fake video of Mark Zuckerberg giving a sinister speech about the power of Facebook has been posted to Instagram to test if the company is serious about not removing this type of video.