Facebook parent Meta to lay off 10K workers

Facebook-parent Meta is slashing another 10,000 jobs and will not fill 5,000 open positions as the social media pioneer cuts costs.

Silicon Valley Bank reopens to depositors' delight

Silicon Valley Bank, now federally run, is telling customers that their money is not lost even if most of it is uninsured.

Former city worker speaks out after personal data exposed in Oakland ransomware attack

A former employee for the City of Oakland speaks out after he received an alert from his credit card company notifying him that his personal information was on the dark web.

Meta will reportedly slash thousands of jobs this week

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is reportedly set to lay off thousands of workers as early as this week. Late last year, the company also cut the jobs of 11,000 employees.

City of Oakland posts statement on ransomware attack, as hackers begin posting data online

The City of Oakland Monday acknowledged that its servers have been hijacked by a hacker group called Play, in a cyberattack that has crippled the city's systems and compromised private data.

Hackers reportedly releasing Oakland city employees' personal data in ongoing ransomware attack

The City of Oakland's silence about ransomware extortion, for the past three days, underscores how much trouble the city's crippled information technology systems are compromised.

Twitter back to 'normal' after glitch causes broken web links

Twitter experienced a bevy of glitches for over an hour Monday as links stopped working, some users were unable to log in and images were not loading for others.

2 major BART projects will make it cleaner and more reliable

Though BART is struggling to regain riders, it knows it must improve the system to win them back. Two major projects will make key stations easier to deal with and trains less likely to lose power.

Future Ford vehicles could repossess themselves if drivers miss payments

A patent application describes multiple ways in which technology could make vehicle repossessions easier in the future for Ford vehicles.

Blind social media star Molly Burke shatters stigmas: 'Show the person behind the blindness'

Molly Burke is challenging the way people see beauty. The blind social media star is on a mission to educate people about the common misconceptions about blindness, advocate for universal and accessible design and normalize and humanize disability.

TikTok to limit screen time for teens to 60 minutes per day

TikTok said when the 60-minute limit is reached, minors will be prompted to enter a passcode and make an “active decision” to keep watching.

Man credited with inventing cellphone sees dark side, but also hope in new tech

Martin Cooper, whose invention was inspired by Dick Tracy's radio wristwatch, said he also envisions a future in which cellphones are charged by human bodies.

Twitter announces 'zero tolerance policy towards violent speech'

Users who violate Twitter's violent speech policy may have their accounts suspended or be required to delete the content.