Facebook parent Meta winding down some non-core hardware projects

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Meta on Wednesday announced about 11,000 job cuts, or 13% of its workforce, the first mass layoffs in the company’s 18-year history. Following the layoffs, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg had addressed employees but not taken any questions.

The Facebook (NASDAQ:META) parent has aimed to shed costs as it refocuses on metaverse technologies and concedes to a global slowdown in advertising sales.