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Sorry to see the layoffs in Meta’s Reality Labs today. I know how destabilizing this can be. If any current or former employees want to share anything, I’m listening. My Signal is +1-408-905-9124. I’ve consistently broken news about Meta, and I take great care to protect sources’ identities.

Meta Reality Labs head Andrew Bosworth has urged employees to show up in person to a "most important" all-hands next week. This has fueled a lot of speculation, including whether Boz is leaving (Meta told me he isn't). Meta employees can reach me privately on Signal at +1408-905-9124.

Meta's Reality Labs chief is calling the 'most important' meeting of the year and says employees should show up in person

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth calls key all-hands meeting at Reality Labs as the division faces budget cuts, strategic shifts to AI, and layoffs last year.

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🚨 One last scoop to close out 2025: Amazon is letting visa workers stranded in India work remotely until March — as long as they don't code or talk to customers, according to an internal memo I got. Read the full memo here: www.businessinsider.com/amazon-visa-...

Amazon allows visa workers stranded in India to work remotely with restrictions. Here's what they can't do.

Amazon allows India-based employees affected by H-1B visa delays to work remotely until March, with strict restrictions on coding.

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Pranav Dixit @pranavdixit.bsky.social · 8mo ago

What a year! I started a job I love, published a LOT of scoops about Meta (and a few other things!) all year round, felt like I finally found my footing in America for the first time since I moved, crossed a BIG immigration milestone (more on this later) and became a DAD!

Internally, employees face uncertainty about whether the planned Reality Labs cost cuts will ultimately lead to layoffs. Directors are telling employees that most of the reductions will come from operating expenses. www.businessinsider.com/meta-job-cut...

Meta eyes budget cuts for its metaverse group as CEO Mark Zuckerberg doubles down on AI

Meta plans Reality Labs budget cuts up to 30%, weighing job cuts amid metaverse losses and renewed focus on AI technology.

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Pranav Dixit @pranavdixit.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri orders staff back to the office five days a week in 2026. Read the memo. www.businessinsider.com/instagram-ch...

Read Instagram chief Adam Mosseri's memo ordering staff to the office five days a week in 2026

Instagram back-to-office policy: Adam Mosseri demands full-time in-person work in 2026, fewer meetings, and faster product prototypes.

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Pranav Dixit @pranavdixit.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🚨 Scoop: I got internal Meta documents that show how the company’s newest product, the Vibes AI video feed, is performing. The data reveals where it’s growing, where usage is already declining, and a lot more. www.businessinsider.com/meta-vibes-a...

Internal documents show how many people are using Meta's Vibes AI feed each day

The documents show Meta Vibes' daily usage and global growth trends, highlighting user engagement in India, Brazil, Europe, and Southeast Asia.

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Pranav Dixit @pranavdixit.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Meta's product managers are vibe coding prototype apps and showing them to Mark Zuckerberg. www.businessinsider.com/meta-vibe-co...

Meta's product managers are using an increasingly popular skill to design apps for Mark Zuckerberg

Meta embraces vibe coding and AI development, enabling product managers to design prototype apps and present innovations to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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Pranav Dixit @pranavdixit.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Nothing reinforces the Silicon Valley monoculture quite like your Uber driver casually chatting about about GTC and “Jensen” on your ride home.

If you were part of the Meta Superintelligence Labs layoffs today, I want to hear from you. Message me securely on Signal at +1408-905-9124.

Pranav Dixit@pranavdixit.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Get you a newsroom that lets you write about both Meta and Metallica.

I grew up in 90s India where Western bands rarely toured. So my first concert being Metallica — at Salesforce’s Dreamforce — felt gloriously incongruous. If you can’t make B2B exciting, I guess you can at least make it loud. Blogged about it here. www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-d...

I went to Salesforce's biggest conference to learn what it actually does. I finally kind of get it, and I saw Metallica live.

I went to Salesforce's Dreamforce, where over 50,000 attendees experienced CRM software, celebrity talks, and an unforgettable Metallica concert.

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I need something like a lightweight CRM to manage sources and broader contacts and connections. Does anyone have ideas on how to manage this?

I need something like a lightweight CRM to manage sources and broader contacts and connections. Does anyone have ideas on how to manage this?

🚨 A legal-y scoop: New filings show Meta is fighting to block AI chatbot documents and whistleblower testimony in a major child-safety case heading to trial in New Mexico. www.businessinsider.com/meta-legal-b...

Meta balked at turning over AI chatbot records in lawsuit, setting up court fight

Meta faces a legal battle in New Mexico over AI chatbot records in a child safety lawsuit, as the state demands key internal documents.

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 10mo ago

Today I realized I won’t be able to afford a house in the Bay Area anytime soon. I’ve only been here three years — one of the few immigrants in journalism — so maybe I was jumping the gun. But one day. One day. I’ve got the immigrant zeal to make it all worth it.

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Pranav Dixit@pranavdixit.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨 Scoop: Internal memos show Meta’s new Superintelligence Labs is steering teams from slow internal systems to faster third-party tools like Vercel to speed up AI development. Executives say Meta’s own tech “is not conducive to vibe coding.” www.businessinsider.com/meta-superin...

Do you work for Meta Superintelligence Labs? I'd love to chat with you. I promise to keep your identity absolutely safe. My Signal number is +1408-905-9124 (or scan this QR code).

Meta Superintelligence Labs executives are pushing staff to ditch slow internal systems for faster engineering tools

As part of Meta's big bet on superintelligence, it's steering its AI teams to new tools like Vercel and GitHub, as revealed by internal memos.

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Meta Superintelligence Labs executives are pushing staff to ditch slow internal systems for faster engineering tools

As part of Meta's big bet on superintelligence, it's steering its AI teams to new tools like Vercel and GitHub, as revealed by internal memos.

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🚨 Scoop with @charlesrollet.bsky.social: Intuitive Surgical, a $150-billion Silicon Valley medtech company with 13,000 employees, has paused job offers to all candidates who need H-1B sponsorship because of the recent Presidential proclamation. www.businessinsider.com/intuitive-si...

A major Silicon Valley medtech company just announced it was pausing H-1B hires

Intuitive Surgical is best-known for building surgery robots. It just froze offers to H-1B candidates due to President Donald Trump's new policy.

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I am at @stanfordcyber.bsky.social's Trust and Safety Research Conference today. Say hi if you're around!

🚨 Scoop with @charlesrollet.bsky.social: Meta blew a Senate deadline to produce AI chatbot records tied to kids’ safety. “There’s no upside to meeting the deadline, no consequence for missing it, and a lot more options from buying time," experts said. www.businessinsider.com/meta-misses-...

Meta just missed a senator's deadline for submitting records about its AI chatbot policies for kids

Sen. Josh Hawley's office says Meta hasn't complied with its request to hand over records on how its AI chatbot interacted with children.

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🚨 48 hours of chaos. A scramble for flights. Tech workers walking off planes. Immigration lawyers working nonstop. The White House’s $100K H-1B fee threw Silicon Valley into turmoil overnight. Big new feature from me + my dream team at @businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com/trump-h-1b-v...

Confusion and chaos: Trump's $100K H-1B visa fee rocks Silicon Valley's hiring machine

Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee sparked chaos in Silicon Valley, sending shockwaves through the tech industry as companies scrambled to adjust to costly new regulations.

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🚨 Scoop: Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and JPMorgan are among the companies telling H-1B employees to return to the US within 24 hours after Trump's surprise proclamation, per employees and internal communications reviewed by @businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com/big-tech-emp...

Big Tech and finance companies are telling H-1B employees to get to the US in under 24 hours

Amazon, Microsoft, JPMorgan, and Meta employees on H-1B visas were told to stay put, per employees and communications reviewed by Business Insider.

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🚨 The WhatsApp whistleblower says Meta’s performance review system (PSC) was weaponized against him. He alleges PSC pushed employees to: • Do “busy work” + Band-Aid fixes to boost ratings • Manipulate “user harm” metrics to hide compromised accounts www.businessinsider.com/whatsapp-sec...

WhatsApp's former security head claims Meta's performance review system punished him for speaking up

WhatsApp's former security head sued Meta, alleging ignored privacy risks and problems with the performance review system.

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