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Bloomberg : Sources: Meta is asking many of its managers and directors to transition to individual contributor jobs or leave, “flattening” the organization   —  Meta Platforms Inc. is asking many of its managers and directors to transition to individual contributor jobs or leave the company …

Leah Remini is a proud parent of her 18-year-old daughter Sofia. The actress shared that her only daughter is going back to college and she and her husband, Angelo Pagan, are "a mess." Remini explained why Sofia switched schools in a lengthy Instagram post. She also revealed, as a mom, she was even more of an emotional wreck parting ways with her daughter for the second time. LEAH REMINI SENDS DAUGHTER SOFIA TO COLLEGE WITH A 'BITTERSWEET' GOODBYE: 'THE HARDEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE' "Long story…but, one of the things I’ve learned in life is that there is always time to course correct. There’s no sense in sticking to something that doesn’t work for you. In any situation. At any point in your life," Remini wrote. "In August, our daughter Sofia enrolled in a college she thought was meant for her. I moved her into a dorm room and came home heartbroken to a quiet house." The "Saved by the Bell" alum continued to open up about ...

James Vincent / The Verge : Google debuts a ChatGPT rival named Bard and says the “experimental conversational AI service” will be “more widely available to the public in the coming weeks”   —  It's official: Google is working on a ChatGPT competitor named Bard.

Multiple "Rust" crew members are set to be called as witnesses in the case against Alec Baldwin, including director Joel Souza, who was shot on the movie set. Baldwin will make his first court appearance virtually on Feb. 24 after being charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Camera assistant Lane Luper is listed as a witness along with gaffer Serge Svetnoy, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. Both have previously spoken out about the lack of safety on the set of "Rust." Luper resigned from his job on the "Rust" set before the fatal shooting took place. ALEC BALDWIN'S DEFENSE TEAM WILL ‘ATTACK' PRODUCER ARGUMENT GIVEN BY PROSECUTION: LEGAL EXPERTS WEIGH IN "What I put in my resignation letter was lax COVID policies, the housing situation driving to and from Albuquerque, and specifically, gun safety, a lack of rehearsals, a lack of preparing the crew for w...

An expert on U.S.-China relations said a major takeaway from the Chinese spy flight saga was the subtle revelation that a functioning backchannel between the two nations existed. Despite past rhetoric from the U.S. and Chinese governments , the crisis showed that high-level officials from the two sides were able to leverage crisis communications during an emergency, Craig Singleton, a senior China fellow at the nonpartisan Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital. "One of the one of the justifications for Secretary of State Blinken's upcoming, or now-canceled, trip to China was that it was intended to put a so-called 'floor' in the relationship to stabilize US-China ties," Singleton said in an interview. "And that included efforts to bolster these backchannel communications that could be used in a time of crisis. The implication was that, without these back channels, the two superpowers could veer towards a very serious sort of altercat...

FIRST ON FOX: The White House would not say if President Biden is concerned if any potential intelligence taken by the Chinese spy balloon’s surveillance equipment is in Beijing’s hands. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House on Monday asking if the president had any concerns about potential intelligence already being in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates told Fox News Digital that with "a successful strike, President Biden sent a forceful message to China that this was unacceptable while using their maneuver against them so that we gained more intelligence." SPY BALLOON LIKELY SENT EXTENSIVE INTELLIGENCE TO CHINA, EXPERTS SAY "Meanwhile, he protected our own sensitive information as we tracked their balloon’s path and acted accordingly," Bates said. "And he accomplished all of this while keeping our civilians safe from any harm," he continued. "That’s what the American peo...

Christine Hall / TechCrunch : Virginia-based ShiftMed, a labor marketplace for flexible nursing jobs, raised $200M led by Panoramic Ventures and says 350K+ nurses and aides use its app   —  ShiftMed, a Virginia-based W-2 healthcare workforce management marketplace that focuses on nurses and aides, closed on $200 million in new funding.