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Sources: Meta intends to conduct a first wave of sweeping layoffs planned for this year on May 20, laying off ~10% of its global workforce, or ~8,000 employees (Reuters)

Reuters:
Sources: Meta intends to conduct a first wave of sweeping layoffs planned for this year on May 20, laying off ~10% of its global workforce, or ~8,000 employees  —  Meta (META.O) intends to conduct a first wave of sweeping layoffs planned for this year on May 20, with more coming later …

Best new Xbox Game Pass games to play this weekend (April 17-19)

We have a variety of Xbox Game Pass recommendations to save you from endlessly searching for something new to play.

Final Fantasy 7 Ascend the Shinra Building board game release date, price, and details

Square Enix’s Final Fantasy 7 board game recreates the Shinra Building climb with a cooperative balancing twist.

Figma stock closed down 6.84% on Friday after Anthropic launched Claude Design, a dedicated app powered by its latest model Claude Opus 4.7 (Jon Keegan/Sherwood News)

Jon Keegan / Sherwood News:
Figma stock closed down 6.84% on Friday after Anthropic launched Claude Design, a dedicated app powered by its latest model Claude Opus 4.7  —  Today Anthropic launched Claude Design, a dedicated app powered by its latest model Claude Opus 4.7 that lets users use text prompts to build web site designs …

In disclosures due to Broadcom CEO Hock Tan's presence on the Meta board, Meta says it paid Broadcom $2.3B in 2025; Tan is leaving the board (Martin Peers/The Information)

Martin Peers / The Information:
In disclosures due to Broadcom CEO Hock Tan's presence on the Meta board, Meta says it paid Broadcom $2.3B in 2025; Tan is leaving the board  —  Meta Platforms paid Broadcom $2.3 billion in 2025, Meta disclosed in a securities filing, a rare disclosure of how much tech firms pay Broadcom for help designing their AI chips.