Nokia did not disclose the number of employees in its quarterly financial statements. Last year, the company managed to hide the reason for the reduction in labor costs by 500 million euros. However, from the latest annual report released by Nokia, it became known that the company cut almost 5,000 employees in 2019. An additional 6,000 workers were laid off in 2020.

The report shows that the company cut 11,044 employees in two years. As a result, the total number of Nokia employees in 2020 was 92,039 people.

Nokia did not mention the layoffs in the report. Instead, the company gave a rather vague wording: "In recent years, as we adjusted our strategy in accordance with business goals and areas of activity, the number of our employees has fluctuated." Among other things, it is worrying that Nokia's latest savings plan has led to significant cuts in research and development costs. After about 4.5 billion euros were invested in this direction, the budget was cut by 450 million euros last year.

Rumors are that Nokia can pull our of 5G market due to having non competitive offers.

Apple has discontinued its original HomePod after four years. It says that it will continue to produce and focus on the HomePod mini, introduced last year. The larger HomePod offered a beefier sound space but the mini has been very well received and clearly accomplishes many of the duties that the larger version was tasked with. The sound is super solid (especially for the size) and it offers access to Siri, Apple’s assistant feature.

We are focusing our efforts on HomePod mini. We are discontinuing the original HomePod, it will continue to be available while supplies last through the Apple Online Store, Apple Retail Stores, and Apple Authorized Resellers. Apple will provide HomePod customers with software updates and service and support through Apple Care.

Biggest reason are lacking Siri capabilities. Accuracy, features, music library put Siri in the least capable assistant territory while Amazon assistant is gaining momentum. Apple also still have very bad support for any languages except English, learning and resources allocated to other languages are minimal.

The translator into the Catalan language of a poem by the American poet Amanda Gorman, which she read at the inauguration of President Joe Biden, was suspended from work because he had "the wrong parameters" (aka being white). According to The Guardian, no one doubted the abilities of Viktor Obiols, but the customers thought that this translation should be done by "a young woman, an activist, preferably black, lesbian is best."

The translator into Catalan of a poem by American poet Amanda Gorman, which she read at the inauguration of President Joe Biden, said he was removed from the job because he had "the wrong parameters." According to The Guardian, this is the second time in Europe after Dutch writer Mareke Lucas Reineveld refused to translate Gorman's poem due to criticism that a black man should translate it and white must never be allowed to work on this.

“I was told that I am not suitable for this translation. Nobody doubted my abilities, but they were looking for a person with different parameters, considering that it should be a young woman, an activist, preferably black, ”said translator into Catalan Victor Objols.

Objols, who translated the works of Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde, three weeks ago received an offer from the Barcelona publishing house Univers to translate Gorman's poem into Catalan with a foreword by American TV presenter Oprah Winfrey. He completed his work, but suddenly his publisher received a message, the essence of which boils down to the fact that Objols is "the wrong person."

This will have very bad consequences soon, as it is same horrible racism, but now it reversed sign.