Twitter’s new gray ‘official’ checks are rolling out to some high-profile accounts

Twitter’s new gray “official” checkmark and label shown on the @Verge Twitter account. | Image: Twitter Twitter’s solution to breaking its own verification system is beginning to roll out. Several celebrity and publisher accounts now have a gray “official” checkmark — in addition to the blue verified badge. News outlets, including Reuters, The New York…

Meta lays off more than 11,000 employees after ‘worst downturn’ in company’s history

This year alone, company stock worth has dropped roughly 70 percent. Drew Angerer/Getty Images The social media landscape’s dramatic shakeup continued this morning as Meta announced a 13 percent reduction in its global workforce. In all, over 11,000 employees are being laid off, in response to what CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg recently called “one…