圖／本報資料庫商傳媒｜責任編輯／綜合外電報導 根據《Business Matters》報導，Facebook公司計畫於今年五月啟動一項全球裁員計畫，預計將影響約8,000名員工。這波裁員行動是為了配合執行長祖克柏（Mark Zuckerberg）將數千億美元投入人工智慧領域的承諾。 祖克柏的策略旨在打造一個更精簡的組織，減少管理層級，並透過AI強化工程師的工作效率，最終讓AI代理人能執行過去由人類員工負責的任務。截至去年12月底，Facebook公司全球員工總數略低於79,000人，此輪裁員預計將影響其近十分之一的人力，且預期在今年內還會有第二波裁員。 這並非個案，科技業巨頭近期紛紛因AI效益而調整人力。亞馬遜（Amazon）近期已裁減30,000名公司職員，約佔其白領員工的10%；金融科技集團Block公司也在二月解僱約4,000名員工，接近其總人力的一半。亞馬遜和Block公司都以AI帶來的效率提升作為裁員理由。 根據追蹤科技業裁員數據的Layoffs.fyi報告，2026年前四個月，科技業已累計流失73,212個工作機會，而2024年全年則有153,000個工作崗位消失。在Facebook公司內部，負責虛擬實境業務的歐酷拉（Reality Labs）部門已進行團隊重組，工程師們被轉調至新的Applied AI單位。此新單位的目標是加速開發能夠編寫程式碼並自主執行複雜任務的AI代理人。 報導指出，生成式AI技術如今已能取代數千名高技能知識型員工的工作。Facebook公司在2022年及2023年進行了「效率年」計畫，裁減約21,000個職位後，公司獲利能力和股價皆有所回升，顯示其對精簡組織與技術轉型的信心。

Alex Sullivan tended to his five children on the lawn after a traditional Latin mass at the Catholic Church of Saint Monica in Duluth, Georgia, and contemplated his faith in the light of God and the shadow of Donald Trump. Sullivan, a self-described conservative who once staffed a libertarian state representative at the Georgia capitol,

April 19 (UPI) — Citing steep tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday his country’s historically close trade and economic ties to the United States have become a “weakness.” In a video statement posted to YouTube, the Canadian leader asserted the United States has “fundamentally changed its approach

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday said his country’s close ties to the US have become “weaknesses,” as Ottawa looks to become less dependent on Washington ahead of major trade negotiations this year. Carney’s remarks — “It’s our future. We are taking back control,” he said — came two days after US Commerce Secretary

Eyck Freymann is a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University, a Non-Resident Research Fellow at the U.S. Naval War College, China Maritime Studies Institute, Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy, and the Institute of Geoeconomics in Tokyo. In his new book, Defending Taiwan, he draws on extensive interviews and research to argue that the U.S. needs

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a video address released Sunday that Canada’s strong economic ties to the United States were once a strength but are now a weakness that must be corrected. In the nearly 10-minute address, Carney spoke about his government’s efforts to strengthen the Canadian economy by attracting new investments and

Yasin Gungor 19 April 2026•Update: 19 April 2026 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday that Canada’s historically close ties to the US have turned into “weaknesses” that Canberra must now urgently address. “The US has fundamentally changed its approach to trade, raising its tariffs to levels last seen during the Great Depression,” Carney said

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If you loved season 20 of The Apprentice and are gutted it’s over, then you’re in luck. The Celebrity Apprentice is officially returning this year, this time with a full-length series (unlike the Christmas special, which was a shorter version). Following the success of the previous charity specials, the BBC gave the green light to

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, is reportedly in talks with Cursor to provide the startup with access to large-scale computing power. This new deal comes as the coding startup works to strengthen its position against rivals such as Anthropic in the fast-evolving AI coding space. Cursor is preparing to train its next AI coding model,

French justice awaits Elon Musk firmly. Will the American multi-billionaire – boss of Tesla, Space X and X (ex-Twitter) – respond to the summons from the Paris prosecutor’s office? The American multi-billionaire is expected on Monday, in a free hearing, as part of the investigation carried out by the French justice system into his social

President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has sunk to a new low as Americans express growing concerns about rising costs and the war with Iran, according to an NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Overall, 37% of adults

Donald Trump’s depiction of himself as Jesus Christ and recent spat with Pope Leo XIV could come back to bite him and the Republican party in the midterm elections, according to experts, with some newly aggrieved Christian groups set to play an outsized role in key races across the US. The president’s Trump-as-the-Messiah Truth Social

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In the December 10, 2001 issue of Fortune, Warren Buffett wrote a landmark 7-page article that introduced a crucial market metric that became renowned as the “Buffett Indicator.” The Great Man adapted the piece from a speech he’d given that July at the annual Allen & Co. bash in Sun Valley, privately delivered to the

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Bill Gates, who is ranked among the top 20 wealthiest people on Earth, suggested that a lazy person is often the best choice for difficult tasks, as they tend to find efficient solutions. Quote of the day by Bill Gates: “I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will

Washington and Tehran “are far from a final agreement,” Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in a state television interview on Saturday, with a ceasefire due to expire in days. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said negotiations are still ongoing but Iran “got a little cute.” He had said multiple times this week that