The Mother Of All Meta Layoffs?

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🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Is Meta about to do the mother of all layoffs? New AirPods Max 2. Why OpenAI delayed its sexytime chat… the calls to do so were coming from inside the house. What does it mean if the San Francisco real estate market is ripping again? And what if it ends up Apple has played a blinder by sitting out AI CAPEX spending? Exclusive: Meta planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount (Reuters) Apple quietly launches AirPods Max 2 (TechCrunch) Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI over AI training (Reuters) OpenAI’s Bid to Allow X-Rated Talk Is Freaking Out Its Own Advisers (WSJ) The AI Boom Has Exploded the San Francisco Housing Market (WSJ) The most brilliant move in corporate history? (ASYMCO) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.7	Welcome to the TechBrew right home for Monday, March 16th, 2026.
0:28.4	I'm Brian McCullough.
0:31.7	Today is meta about to do the mother-of-all-layoffs.
0:33.6	New AirPods Max 2.
0:34.9	Why open-AI delayed?
0:36.1	It's sexy time chat.
0:38.0	The calls were coming from inside the house.
0:43.4	What does it mean if the San Francisco real estate market is ripping again? And what if it ends up,
0:48.5	Apple has played a blinder by sitting out the AI CapEx spending spree? Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:52.9	Rumors were swirling over the weekend that META plans sweeping layoffs that could affect
0:57.4	20% or more of the company. Amid mounting AI infrastructure costs, META had around 79,000 employees
1:06.2	as of December 31st, quoting Reuters. Top executives have recently signaled the plans to other senior
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