Meta plans to cut 10 percent of its work force, or roughly 8,000 employees, and close another 6,000 open roles, according to an internal memo on Thursday, as the company spends heavily on developing artificial intelligence. Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, employed more than 78,000 people at the end of 2025. Mark Zuckerberg,…
More than 80 years later, the remains of U.S. POWs buried as “unknowns,” or entombed in the holds of Japanese “hell ships” sunk by U.S. warplanes and submarines, have started coming home to families who kept their memories alive. In an extraordinary and ongoing effort, specialists from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, using new techniques…
While the cost of renewables plays a part, the principal driver for this is, ironically, gas itself. The UK energy mix at any one moment usually includes plenty of renewables, but some gas is still frequently still needed. The way the market works, generators bid to supply power in half-hour blocks, with the cheapest bid…
A senior executive who led Ford Motor’s push into electric vehicles and software will leave the company next month, Ford said on Wednesday. The executive, Doug Field, joined the automaker in 2021 after serving in top jobs at Apple and Tesla. At Ford, he worked on electric vehicles that the company said would be affordable…
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Shorouk Express STRASBOURG — Jordan Bardella said his National Rally party remains against deploying French troops to Ukraine, underscoring the long-term fragility of France’s commitment to Kyiv if the far-right faction wins the presidential elections in 2027. “We are opposed to sending French military troops to Ukraine, like many, many French [people],” Bardella told reporters…
The big reveal for Meta’s next mixed reality glasses is being postponed until the first half of 2027, according to a report from Business Insider. Based on an internal memo from Maher Saba, the vice president of Meta’s Reality Labs Foundation, the report said that the company’s project, which is codenamed “Phoenix,” will no longer…
Counterpoint Research is predicting Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup will help it nudge Samsung out as the number one phone manufacturer in the world this year, as reported by CNBC and Bloomberg. The report estimates Apple will ship 243 million phones this year, while Samsung will ship 235 million, landing Apple a 19.4 percent share of…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer has taken the historic step of recognising the state of Palestine, marking a major milestone in the push towards peace in…
Shorouk Express DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, August 27. Tajikistan is negotiating grant and loan agreements worth a total of $1.7 billion with international financial institutions and organizations to complete the construction of the Rogun hydropower plant (HPP), the country’s President Emomali Rahmon said during a meeting with plant workers and local officials in Rogun, Trend reports via…
