Layoffs roiling the tech sector have been the biggest economic story of 2023. And now, it seems those layoffs are spreading into new corners of Corporate America. On Tuesday morning, 3M (MMM) announced it would cut 2,500 manufacturing jobs, as slower-than-expected growth followed from what the company called “rapid declines in consumer-facing markets — a dynamic that accelerated in December — along with significant slowing in China due to COVID-related disruptions.” The news from 3M… Source link

A laid-off Google engineer said his “spidey-senses” detected incoming job cuts at the company. Zac Bowling told Insider he’d been laid off before and was familiar with the build-up. He said Google’s severance email was “cold,” “faceless,” and made him feel “isolated.” … Source link

Google headquarters is seen in Mountain View, California, United States on September 26, 2022. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Google eliminated over 1,800 jobs in its home state California as part of the biggest round of layoffs in company history. On Friday, Alphabet-owned Google announced it was cutting 12,000 employees, roughly 6% of the full-time workforce. According to filings released by the state and viewed by… Source link

Google Search supports a variety of shopping experiences, known as merchant listing experiences, in its search results. These include product snippets, popular products, shopping knowledge panels, and image search. To be eligible for these experiences, Google requires rich product data. In the latest installment of Google’s Ecommerce Essentials series on YouTube, Developer Advocate Alan Kent shares tips to optimize your product information to become eligible for those experiences. Here’s… Source link

Check Point Research (CPR), the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions globally, has published its Brand Phishing Report for Q4 2022. The report highlights the brands that were most frequently imitated by cybercriminals in their attempts to steal individuals’ personal information or payment credentials during October, November and December of last year. Yahoo was the most impersonated brand for… Source link

Scott Rolen became the rare third baseman to make the Baseball Hall of Fame. (REUTERS/Mike Blake) It took six tries, but St. Louis Cardinals great Scott Rolen is heading to the Hall of Fame. Rolen received the news that he would be enshrined in Cooperstown on Tuesday. He is the only member of the 2023 Hall of Fame class voted in by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America this year. Rolen barely got in, receiving 76.3% of the vote. Players need 75% of the vote to be enshrined in… Source link

Microsoft (MSFT) announced its Q2 earnings after the bell on Tuesday, barely missing analysts’ expectations on revenue and beating on earnings per share. Here are the most important numbers from the report compared to what analysts were expecting from the quarter, as compiled by Bloomberg. Revenue: $52.7 billion vs. $52.9 billion expected Adjusted EPS: $2.32 vs. $2.30 expected Productivity and Business processes: $17 billion vs. $16.8 billion expected Intelligent Cloud: $21.5 billion vs. $21.4… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content] US accuses Google of ‘driving out’ ad rivals  BBC We’re feeling lucky: Google antitrust lawsuit can set precedent for tech monopolies  Yahoo! Voices DOJ sues Google over its dominance in online advertising market  CNN Source link

Google launched the program last September in response to Republican accusations that the company’s algorithms disproportionately flag conservative fundraising emails as spam. The program allowed candidates, political party committees, and leadership political action committees to sign up with Google to make their messages exempt from the company’s spam detection systems.  “We will keep investing in spam-filtering technologies that protect people from unwanted messages while still… Source link

Tesla (TSLA) is building another production facility — in a state where it has an existing toehold. Last night in his state of the state address, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo mentioned that Tesla would soon be building its new Semi electric truck in the state. “I am looking forward to joining Elon Musk and the team at Tesla tomorrow when they unveil plans to build a brand new $3.5 billion advanced manufacturing facility in northern Nevada for the company’s all-electric semi-trucks,”… Source link