Flock Safety plans to cut about 270 jobs, or 18% of staff, after a voluntary buyout program, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the plans. Flock told The Hill the program was voluntary and not a layoff. The license-plate camera maker faces growing privacy pushback.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll found 38% of Americans support Flock cameras in their community and 47% oppose them.
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The American Economic Liberties Project says Kroger's $1.65B deal for Giant Eagle could expand customer surveillance. The group urges the Ohio attorney general and the FTC to sue to block it.
Auroch Digital, the Bristol studio behind Boltgun 2, said it has begun a redundancy consultation affecting around a quarter of roles as it restructures. It is owned by Roundtable Interactive. Support for Boltgun 2 and Warhammer Survivors (launching Nov 10) will continue. It gave no headcount.
A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay a $25 billion penalty after a jury found more than 43 million violations of the state's unfair practices act in a data privacy case tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The judge reduced a $219.5 billion statutory maximum to $25 billion, plus 15% annual interest. Meta's chief legal officer, C.J. Mahoney, said the company is confident it will prevail on appeal.
Supermassive Games is said to have dismissed over 70 employees after an August redundancy consultation that anticipated as many as 75 cuts. Insider Gaming reports the reductions hit developers, artists, producers and senior management.
Uber is laying off around 3,000 employees, about 10 percent of its roughly 34,000-person workforce, while requiring nearly all staff to return to offices in a bid to simplify decision-making and redirect savings into growth areas such as autonomous vehicles.
