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Internal messages, documents, and a Zuckerberg Q&A show Facebook's attempts to calm staff, including sending out talking points and holding briefing sessions — Employees are divided over Frances Haugen, a former product manager who testified that the company was putting profit before safety.
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| Bruce Haring / Deadline: |
Nick Clegg says that Facebook will put “more friends, less politics” in News Feed and will “nudge” teens away from toxic Instagram content — Fighting back after a whistleblower's damning testimony earlier this week before a Congressional committee …
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| BBC: |
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will give evidence to the UK Parliament's Online Safety Bill committee on October 25 — Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower who accuses the technology giant of putting profit ahead of safety, will give evidence to the UK Parliament later this month.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook adds an Audio hub to its app in the US, featuring podcasts, Live Audio Rooms, and short-form audio, and rolls out Live Audio Rooms globally — Facebook is expanding its investment in audio initiatives with the launch of a new “Audio” destination in its mobile app in the U.S. … | Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
EU's proposed Big Tech regulations have become bogged down in the European Parliament and now risk being watered down and heavily delayed — Deep divides over proposed EU tech regulation likely to trigger long delays — A frank intervention in the European parliament last month captured …
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Analysis of leaked data from 4.9M Twitch accounts: the top 1% of streamers made over half of the money paid out in 2021, 3/4 made under $120, and more — The top 1% of paid streamers so far this year got over half of all revenue … Twitch streamer earnings this year| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Leaked marketing site: Pixel 6 phones will include a 50MP primary camera, with 12MP ultrawide and 48MP 4x telephoto lenses on Pro, and a Magic Eraser feature — The Pixel 6 series is set to deliver the biggest camera overhaul the Pixel lineup has ever seen, and now a pair of marketing sites …
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| Renée DiResta / The Atlantic: |
How influencer-organized campaigns are succeeding at “ampliganda”, shaping public perception via messaging that is amplified by social networks' algorithms — One Sunday morning in July of last year, a message from an anonymous account appeared on “Bernie or Vest,” a Discord chat server for fans of Senator Bernie Sanders.| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Profile of Ifeoma Ozoma as she launches The Tech Worker Handbook, an online guide for tech workplace complaints, and Silenced No More Act becomes California law — - Ifeoma Ozoma, a former employee at Pinterest and Google, just published a resource guide for tech workers who are considering …
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| Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: |
Emerson Electric plans to merge two industrial software businesses from its automation unit with Aspen Technology in a roughly $11B deal — Cash-and-stock deal would value AspenTech at around $160 a share — Emerson Electric Co. plans to merge two of its software businesses … | Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
French startup Homa Games, which provides an SDK for indie developers and studios to make and publish casual games, raises $50M Series A led by Northzone — Just days after Voodoo acquired Beach Bum, another French mobile gaming company has news to share. Homa Games is raising a $50 million Series A round led by Northzone.
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| Steven Scheer / Reuters: |
Israeli startup Wiz, which helps companies identify cybersecurity threats across cloud networks, raises $250M at a $6B valuation, up from $1.7B in March — Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz said on Monday it had raised $250 million in a private funding round that values the company at $6 billion.
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