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Boeing announces potential layoff of 400 employees working on NASA's Artemis program

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — Boeing announced Tuesday that it plans to lay off about 400 of its employees who are working on NASA’s Artemis moon rocket. “To align with revisions to the Artemis ...
Chronicle

Duke Launches National Employee Discount Program

Duke staff and faculty can save on everything from hotel stays to concert tickets through the new “Duke National Employee Discount Program,” which offers reduced prices on thousands of national brands ...
Engadget

Meta will reportedly let employees take 30-minute breaks from its tracking program

Meta is making some minor concessions in its extremely dystopian plan to track employees' mouse clicks and keystrokes in the name of AI training. The company has reportedly made some changes to the ...
techtimes

Meta Employee Surveillance for AI Training Draws Protest: Zuckerberg Defends No-Opt-Out Program, 8,000 Layoff

An illustration photograph taken on February 20, 2025 shows Meta logo is displayed on a laptop screen next to the Facebook app displayed on a phone screen, in a residential property in Guildford, ...
The New York Times

Before Mass Layoffs, Meta Reassigns 7,000 Workers to Focus on A.I.

The company announced the changes two days before it plans to lay off 10 percent of its work force, or about 8,000 employees. By Eli Tan Reporting from San Francisco Meta told employees on Monday that ...
Wired

An Engineer’s Post Protesting Laptop Surveillance Is Going Viral Inside Meta

Meta’s decision to track employee keystrokes and mouse data is causing an uproar within the company. “Selfishly, I don't want my screen scraped because it feels like an invasion of my privacy,” wrote ...
Engadget

Meta employees are protesting the company's mouse tracking program

Shockingly, Meta employees aren't too keen on training their robot replacements. Reuters reports that workers have begun circulating flyers at multiple US offices to protest the company's installation ...
GeekWire

Microsoft employees learn details of voluntary retirement package: Here’s what the company is offering

A Microsoft-branded beanie at the company store at the tech giant’s Redmond, Wash., headquarters. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft employees eligible for the company’s first-ever ...
The Verge

Here’s what Microsoft is offering long-serving employees to voluntarily retire

Some Microsoft employees will be offered a package of healthcare, cash, and stock vesting if they voluntarily retire. Some Microsoft employees will be offered a package of healthcare, cash, and stock ...
CNN

Microsoft to offer voluntary retirement to thousands of US employees for the first time

Microsoft is offering about 7% of its US workforce the option to retire early, the latest attempt by a major tech firm to downsize while ramping up artificial intelligence investments. The one-time ...
Computerworld

Microsoft to offer voluntary retirement buyouts to about 7% of the US workforce

The program, covering roughly 8,750 employees, marks the first such buyout in Microsoft’s history as the company ramps up AI infrastructure spending. Microsoft will offer voluntary retirement buyouts ...