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Why Dunkin' and Lego rebrands succeeded – but X missed the mark

Twitter has swapped the fluffy bird that used to symbolize the social media platform for a spindly black X. Ditching the company’s well-known logo and changing its name to a letter often associated with danger, death and the unknown is only the latest user-aggravating step CEO Elon Musk has taken…

The Conversation

Threads can become the 'purest form' of social media as long as Meta and Mark Zuckerberg agree to one thing, says tech exec

The president of a once-trendy social app believes Meta should operate Threads as a loss leader to help it reclaim the goodwill it lost over the past few years.

Fortune

Changing Meta’s algorithms did not help US political polarization, study finds

Study of Facebook and Instagram data from 2020 election shows chronological lists had no measurable impact on polarization

The Guardian - US

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Stock Market Today: Stocks Drop Despite Solid Meta Earnings

The major benchmarks couldn't hold on for a win Thursday, though Meta stock popped on impressive Q2 results.

Kiplinger

New study shows just how Facebook's algorithm shapes conservative and liberal bubbles

Research conducted at the height of the 2020 election reveals new details about how Facebook's algorithms handle political content. But it suggests there are no easy fixes to political polarization.

WEKU

Deep dive into Meta's algorithms shows that America's political polarization has no easy fix

A team of some of the world's leading social media researchers has published four studies looking at the relationship between the algorithms used by Facebook and Instagram and America's widening political divide

The Independent UK

Republican-led committee calls off vote to hold Meta's Mark Zuckerberg in contempt

A House committee has called off a vote on a recommendation that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg be held in contempt of Congress for failing to fully supply documents related to an investigation into supposed censorship of conservatives by tech companies

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House panel backs away from Zuckerberg contempt vote - Roll Call

A House committee scrapped a Thursday meeting to vote on whether to hold social media mogul Mark Zuckerberg in criminal contempt of Congress.

Roll Call

Facebook is being flooded with fake ads that are actually malware

ChatGPT and Bard users are being targeted by fake Facebook ads that look to steal your information.

TechRadar

Meta's Threads needs a policy for election disinformation, voting groups say

Twelve voting rights organizations tell Meta its new social media site Threads needs a robust plan to ensure election disinformation doesn't go viral during the 2024 elections.

WEKU

Meta Platforms Beats Expectations With $32 Billion Q2 Revenue, User Base Continues To Grow

Group's revenue up 11% YoY, ahead of $31.12 billion prediction by analysts; 3.07 billion family daily active people, up 7% YoY.‌

Zenger

Meta's pivot to AI and Threads is paying off, but Quest 2 profits are sagging

Until the Meta Quest 3 arrives, Reality Labs is only going to continue to hemmorage money. But the company's ad revenue is growing so strongly that it may not matter.

Android Central

Are you a Facebook user? You have one month left to apply for a share of this $725M settlement

U.S. Facebook users have one more month to apply for their share of a $725 million privacy settlement that parent company Meta agreed to pay late last year

The Independent UK

Sinead O’Connor, the chart-topping singer who courted controversy

The star is best known for her 1990 smash hit, Nothing Compares 2 U.

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How to get started with Threads — Instagram's Twitter killer

How to get started with Threads. Instagram's answer to Twitter's mess.

Evening Standard

Meta fined £10.5M in Australia for “deceptively” collecting VPN data

The company’s Onavo security software was previously banned by Apple for violating data-collection policies

The Hindu

Meet India’s artisanal fountain pen makers whose writing instruments are in demand across the world

ASA Pens, Ranga Pens, Fosfor Pens, and Lotus Pens are four Indian artisanal fountain pen makers who are crafting unique designs with traditional lathe set-ups, hand-polishing, and hand-cutting threads. These artists offer custom orders and have clients across 90 countries.

The Independent UK

'It was like a heartbeat': Residents at a loss after newspaper shutters in declining coal county

Months after the last newspaper closed in a declining coal community in West Virginia, residents say they are already experiencing challenges getting and sharing information

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The Conversation

Do rebrands work? Can you trademark an X? An expert answers the burning questions on Musk's Twitter pivot

To non-moguls, Elon Musk’s (perhaps temporary) rebrand of Twitter to “X” may seem high risk, amateurish, or even capricious. But it is likely doing exactly what he intended: generating enormous global interest, pushing Twitter closer to his other X brands (SpaceX, Tesla Model X, xAI), and clearing the way for…

LiveScience

40 human skulls found in Kentucky apartment linked to national network of body part dealers

The alleged theft of donated body parts from Harvard Medical School and an Arkansas mortuary is revealing a national network of human remains dealers.

The Hindu

Indian woman marries her Facebook friend in Pakistan

Anju, an Indian mother of two, converted to Islam and married her Facebook friend Nasrullah in Pakistan on July 25. She was granted a 30-day visa and is staying with Nasrullah, who has been instructed to look after her. Her husband Arvind is hopeful she will return. This case is…

The Guardian - AU

How a viral Channel Seven clip that had nothing to do with the voice was co-opted by the no camp

Confusion over Western Australia’s new cultural heritage laws is being co-opted by the no campaign and far-right opponents of the voice

Evening Standard

Mirror owner puts aside another £6m for phone hacking claims, warns it could pay even more after Harry trial

The amount put aside could increase again as it is still too soon to determine any provisions for Prince Harry’s high-profile trial

Chicago Sun-Times

Elon Musk reveals new ‘X’ logo to replace Twitter’s blue bird

Elon Musk continues changes at the social media company he bought for $44 billion last year with a rebrand of its bird logo. Musk has long been fascinated with the letter X.

TechRadar

I've been on Twitter 14 years and becoming X was the last straw. I'm out!

The rebranding of Twitter to X makes the company an entirely new place I don't feel comfortable associating with. I'm done.

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