Zuckerberg’s Yacht, Meta’s Layoffs, a Robot Pizza Flameout, and a Reality Check on AI Expenses
Meta is cutting nearly 1,400 jobs in Washington state as Mark Zuckerberg’s 387-foot superyacht passes Seattle, drawing onlookers along Lake Union.
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Curley: You may hate Zuckerberg's superyacht in Lake Union, but you also paid for it
In 2008, if you were living in Chicago, you might’ve gotten an email offering you a pepperoni pizza for half off. If you took the offer and ate the pizza, congratulations, you were a slice of history. You made a 30-year-old college dropout who liked to videotape himself doing yoga in his underwear, who also admitted to lying about owning 20 cats to make himself seem lame, a billionaire. Your desire to save $7 made that quirky guy a billionaire. …
Mark Zuckerberg's superior arrived in Seattle accompanied by a support ship called Wingman, an 80-metre boat carrying Meta founder's luxury equipment and vehicles, according to GeekWire. The main yacht Launchpad, 118-metre long and with an estimated value of $300 million, crossed the locks...
Zuckerberg's $300 million superyacht drew boos at Seattle locks the same day Meta cut 1,400 jobs
A video-ready scene unfolded at Seattle's Ballard Locks on Tuesday. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's 387-foot superyacht, Launchpad, glided past onlookers on the same day Meta disclosed plans for nearly 1,400 job cuts in Washington state, as GeekWire detailed. The timing was apparently a coincidence. What's happening? GeekWire (@GeekWire) shared a YouTube video of the infamous yacht on one of the quieter parts of its journey. The $300 million yacht…
Zuckerberg’s yacht, Meta’s layoffs, a robot pizza flameout, and a reality check on AI expenses
Onlookers gather along the Lake Union waterfront to take in Mark Zuckerberg’s 387-foot superyacht. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Mark Zuckerberg’s 387-foot superyacht arrives in Seattle, cruising through the Ballard Locks and mooring on Lake Union just a short walk from Meta’s engineering center, just as it discloses nearly 1,400 layoffs in the Seattle area, about 20% of its local workforce. We try to wrap our…
A US company that invented pizza-making robots with a $5 million investment has declared bankruptcy in its tenth year. The company's assets were sold to a single, unnamed buyer.
A company in the US that invented pizza-making robots with a $5 million investment has declared bankruptcy in its tenth year. It was revealed that the pizza robots were unable to perform many tasks, including cooking, and were not efficient.
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