• Meta announced a huge round of layoffs in its company. Gerrit De Vynck from The Washington Post joins the show to discuss some of the layoffs’ details.
• Stephen Shankland from CNET stops by to talk about Mastodon, what he liked about the social network, and what he has struggled with the alternative to Twitter so far.
• Ant Pruitt talks about how Twitter’s new for-purchase verification badge has been abused already since its launch earlier this week.
• Finally, Mikah Sargent talks about a new cost-cutting review program launched by Amazon to reevaluate specific sectors in the company that hasn’t been profitable.
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Ant Pruitt
Guests: Gerrit De Vynck and Stephen Shankland
Tech News Weekly Episode 260
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