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Signage on a Saleforce office building in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSalesforce is cutting 10% of its personnel and reducing some office space as part of a restructuring plan, the company announced Wednesday. The company employed more than 79,000 workers as of December.In a letter to employees, co-CEO Marc Benioff said customers have been more “measured” in their purchasing decisions given the challenging macroeconomic environment, which led Salesforce to make the “very difficult decision” to lay off workers.”I’ve been thinking a lot about how we came to this moment,”…

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Irish regulators on Wednesday hit Facebook parent Meta with hundreds of millions in fines for online privacy violations and banned the company from forcing European users to agree to personalised ads based on their online activity.Ireland’s Data Protection Commission imposed two fines totaling €390 million in its decision in two cases that could shake up Meta’s business model targeting users with ads based on what they do online.The watchdog fined Meta €210 million for violations of the European Union’s strict data privacy rules involving Facebook and an additional €180 million for breaches involving Instagram.It’s the commission’s latest punishment for Meta…

Ideally, in every workplace interaction — meetings, phone calls, emails, small talk — our conversations would be positive and constructive.But that’s not always the case. Discussions can be cold and belittling, turning into vehicles for toxic culture — particularly when people make comments about race, gender, age, ability and orientation that undermine personal identities.Want to stop gnawing at people’s sense of safety and value? Remove these 10 toxic phrases from your vocabulary:1. “We’ve always done it this way.”This says that you have a fixed mindset and are resistant to change or suggestions. Because you’re hinting that nothing is wrong with…

Fancy following in the footsteps of ‘Emily in Paris’? The colourful Pop Air Balloon Museum featured in season 3 of the popular Netflix series is making its way across Europe.After mesmerising people in Paris and Rome, the interactive exhibition is now in Milan, Italy, until 12 February.Inflatable works by 18 artists and collectives fill the 6,000-square-metre Superstudio in via Tortona 27, about 20 minutes’ walk from Piazza del Duomo.Digital art installations take visitors on a psychedelic, dreamlike trip through the exhibit in a kaleidoscope of colours.Huge balloon sculptures, including ‘Silenus’ – a sleeping giant by Max Streicher – and ‘Airship Orchestra’ – a…

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Demand for employment remained high in November as companies looked for workers to fill positions despite worries of a looming recession, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for the month showed available positions at 10.46 million, down just fractionally from October’s total and above the 10 million forecast by FactSet. The JOLTS survey is closely watched by Federal Reserve officials for signs of labor market slack.As a share of the labor force, job openings remained at 6.4%, indicating demand for workers is still high despite the Fed’s efforts to cool the economy and bring down…