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DOJ Antitrust Suit Seeks To End Google Ad Dominance. The Market Is Already Taking Care of That.

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Reason

Editorial: Shown the door: Layoffs will force immigrant workers to leave unless Congress steps in

Despite the often cold language about “market corrections” or “rightsizing” that accompanies them, mass layoffs are a collection of individual little catastrophes for the people affected by them. Such is the case for workers caught in rounds of tens of thousands of layoffs announced in the last several weeks by…

Tribune News Service

Big Tech is firing employees by the thousands. Why? And how worried should we be?

Tech companies are always in the news, usually touting the next big thing. However, the tech news cycle recently hasn’t been dominated by the latest gadget or innovation. Instead, layoffs are in the headlines.

The Conversation

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Meta’s A.I. chief says ChatGPT’s tech is ‘not particularly innovative.’ Why that’s only half the story

Comments by the Facebook and Instagram parent’s top A.I. scientist might be technically true, but packaging and user experience matter, too.

Fortune

Meta might actually let you Free the Nipple

You can thank this trans and nonbinary couple who fought Instagram’s medieval guidelines.

Mic

Truth Social looks deader than ever. Why Donald Trump’s cult of personality couldn’t survive Silicon Valley

The ex-president’s social media platform is on its last legs, proving that celebrity can’t overcome a lack of innovation.

Fortune

A top tech analyst just warned another 15% to 20% of big tech employees could be laid off over the next 6 months

“Ultimately, it keeps coming back to, simply, these companies added too many people too fast,” Deepwater Asset Management’s Gene Munster said on Monday.

Fortune

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Zombies, fire sales, and scrappiness: Here’s what venture capitalists can expect in their 'year of the dragon’

2023 looks set to be arguably the trickiest year for VCs since the dot-com bubble burst. Here are seven predictions to help you navigate it.

Fortune

Everything you need to know about conducting layoffs responsibly

Job cuts are hitting employees at Meta, Amazon, and Google. Here's how to properly conduct a lay off.

Fortune

Google announces ‘difficult news’ as it fires 12,000 staff

Staff cuts follow similarly vast reductions at Microsoft, Amazon and Meta

The Independent UK

Google owner to slash 12,000 jobs in latest record round of layoffs in tech

Google is laying off 12,000 workers, or about 6% of its workforce, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff as the economic boom that the industry rode during the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs.

France 24

Google axes 12,000 jobs, layoffs spread across tech sector

“We hired for a different economic reality than the one we face today,” CEO Sundar Pichai said Friday in an email to staff that was also posted on the company’s news blog.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tesla, JPMorgan, and Meta are among companies that face ‘key-person’ risk

Boards have to be wary of “key-person risk.” Here’s what top directors can do to break up a codependent relationship between a company and a star executive.

Fortune

Google Ireland job fears as firm to lay off 12,000 workers in latest blow to tech sector

It comes after other companies including Microsoft, Amazon and Meta recently announced plans to axe workers.

Irish Mirror

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The Times of India

Free the nipple: Facebook and Instagram to lift ban on sharing bare breasts pictures

A decade ago, Facebook had banned its users from sharing bare breasts photos on their account. But in an inclusive move, Meta may now allow trans, non-binary people and women to share their bare breast photos on their platform.

The Independent UK

Facebook and Instagram advised to change ‘confusing’ policies around female nipples

‘The restrictions and exceptions to the rules on female nipples are extensive and confusing, particularly as they apply to transgender and non-binary people,’ Meta’s Oversight Board says

Reason

Inside the Facebook Files: Emails Reveal the CDC's Role in Silencing COVID-19 Dissent

Throughout the pandemic, the CDC was in constant contact with Facebook, vetting what users were allowed to say on the social media site.

Reuters

Facebook approved ads promoting violence in wake of Brazil riots - report

Facebook approved a series of online ads promoting violence in Brazil, days after protesters ransacked government buildings, according to a new report.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Facebook Approved Ads Promoting Violence in Wake of Brazil Riots

Facebook approved a series of online ads promoting violence in Brazil, days after protesters ransacked government buildings, according to a new report.

The Independent UK

Climate misinformation 'rocket boosters' on Musk's Twitter

New research shows climate misinformation has been flourishing on Twitter since Elon Musk bought the platform last year

Evening Standard

Donald Trump ‘planning Twitter comeback’ as he plots 2024 presidential campaign

The former US President is reportedly workshopping ideas for his first tweet

Pedestrian.tv

Meta Has Been Given 60 Days To Free The Nipple After Current Policy Found To Be Discriminatory

Zuck on that.

Reuters

Trump says his campaign talking with Meta about possible return to Facebook -Fox News

Former U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that his campaign was in talks with Meta Platforms about a possible return to Facebook and Instagram, two years after the company banned him for inciting violence.

Inverse

Apple's postponed glasses prove our AR future is further off than we thought

Apple is postponing its rumored AR glasses to focus on a new mixed-reality headset, Bloomberg reports.

Bangkok Post

Why Zuckerberg should face the threat of jail

The UK government is about to do something that will make Silicon Valley shudder, or at least make social media executives think twice about flying over British airspace.

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