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Meta slashes 8,000 jobs as it pivots towards AI

job cuts amid intensified focus and spending on AI. [![A Meta logo is shown on a video screen at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference, in Menlo Park, Calif., April

Meta cuts 8,000 jobs in sweeping global layoffs

jobs in sweeping global layoffs Meta has launched a wave of layoffs that will affect 10 percent of the company’s global workforce, representing about 8,000 people. The cuts, which began on Wednesday

Data center disputes have been local. But the midterms might change that

2025. Virginia is the state with the most data centers. **Lexi Critchett/Bloomberg via Getty Images** Lexi Critchett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Fifteen minutes after Susan Bourgeois was appointed to lead [Louisiana Economic Development](https://www.opportunitylouisiana.gov/about-led),

The personal pettiness of the Elon Musk v OpenAI trial

April 27, 2026, for the start of the Elon Musk vs. OpenAI trial.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b391c739c217d41b9720c1952b3c3f2e001a011d/285_0_3000_2400/master/3000.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) The courthouse in Oakland where the trial is taking place. Photograph: Karl Mondon/AFP/Getty Images Musk is no messenger