Mozilla Foundation Cuts 30% of Staff, Eliminates Advocacy Division
The Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of its workforce and dissolves its advocacy and global programs divisions in its second round of cuts this year. Meanwhile, Nvidia surpasses Apple to become the world's most valuable company.
The Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of its employees in its second round of job cuts this year. Executive director Nabiha Syed confirms that the organization completely dissolves its advocacy and global programs divisions. Although Mozilla's communications chief insists that advocacy remains a central tenet of their work, he does not provide specific details on how the nonprofit plans to continue these efforts without a dedicated team.
In other major tech news, Nvidia surpasses Apple to become the world's most valuable company with a market capitalization of $3.43 trillion. Apple simultaneously warns investors that its future products, including AI technologies and the Vision Pro headset, might never reach the same level of profitability as the iPhone. Additionally, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas faces severe online backlash after offering his AI company's services to mitigate a strike by New York Times tech workers.
Defense tech company Anduril considers building a massive 5-million-square-foot manufacturing facility called "Arsenal-1" in Arizona, Ohio, or Texas following a recent $1.5 billion funding round. In the gaming world, Activision fixes a dangerous anti-cheat bug that a hacker exploits to ban thousands of legitimate Call of Duty players. The hacker speaks to TechCrunch about the exploit, revealing the massive scale of the disruption caused by the flawed system.