Weekly Roundup · 2026-07-13 to 2026-07-17
Twenty-six former Meta employees are suing the company, claiming its AI-driven layoff tools penalized them for taking protected leave. Meanwhile, Bending Spoons hired 286 people from 800,000 applicants and called it a hiring strategy. This week’s stories share a pattern: systems that look like rigor but may be performing something else entirely.