Meta laying off 11,000 as tech industry slashes jobs
The layoffs mark a tumultuous new period in Silicon Valley, as tech giants long known as bastions of economic power and recession-proof have shed huge numbers of workers in recent weeks.
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Coronavirus variant swarm could fuel winter surge
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Large study provides powerful evidence of long COVID’s lasting impact
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