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• @modestproposal1 @modestproposal1 on x

  2 pieces on Zuckerberg today that remind you why he's tough to bet against: “Zuckerberg made clear that his company, in its pandemic era of expansion, had become too soft. It was time for a work culture reboot.” https://twitter.com/...

• @washpostbiz @washpostbiz on x

  Facebook workers fear cuts after blunt warnings from Zuckerberg, leaders https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @earlekimel Earle Kimel on x

  Facebook workers fear cuts after blunt warnings from Zuckerberg, leaders https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  In convos I'd have with employees, this moment hits different than past scandals they've faced. The stock price is in free fall and the biz is under tremendous pressure. Zuck told them it could take roughly 2 years before they have “line of sight” to competing with TikTok.

• @bmorrissey Brian Morrissey on x

  Think Gary from Chicago marks the high water point of worker empowerment. Bosses are wresting back power in a downturn. https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @reckless Nilay Patel on x

  Never heard this strategy for competing with Apple before heh ["[Zuckerberg] said that Meta would position itself as the more open, cheaper alternative to Apple"]

• @gergelyorosz Gergely Orosz on x

  Said it before and will say it again: Zuck is saying the things that other CEOs either don't say (in public), but many are thinking. The golden decade of most tech businesses growing are over for a while, and so companies will do less backwards bending for their employees. https:…

• @jobvo Job on x

  Apple wants your money. Meta wants your data. https://twitter.com/...

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  During a recent internal Q&A with Meta employees, Mark Zuckerberg was asked about looming competition from Apple's expected AR headset. I found his answer to be pretty interesting: https://www.theverge.com/...

• @timnitgebru Timnit Gebru on x

  “Zuckerberg has brought even more of Meta's teams under his direct supervision...has appointed his trusted lieutenants, like newly minted CTO Andrew Bosworth, to top roles.” The guy who cursed out Arlan for daring to ask about the diversity of their “AI” team they advertised.

• @pts Paul Starr on x

  This sucks ass, and I'll tell you why: Neither of these companies would have invented the URL, and the URL is probably the greatest invention in computing after, like, photolithographic VLSI. https://www.theverge.com/...

• @gartenberg Michael Gartenberg on x

  We will be the cheaper Apple, so let's start by rasing the price of a two year old product by $100. That should throw Cook off his game. https://twitter.com/...

• @gartenberg Michael Gartenberg on x

  When Zuck declares Apple as his direct competitor he might want to think about who knocked $10b of revenue off his books with one software update before he goes to war. Mainstream users will not care about Metaverse anything for years, possibly decades, if ever.

• @tuviae Tuvia Elbaum on x

  I think Zuck is 100% right re on the competition with Apple being more philosophical The funny thing is, he's the worst person to make the argument for the side he's trying to represent If he's representing the “open” side - give me Apple's side - I trust their “open” 100X more h…

• @martinsfp @martinsfp on x

  “He said that Meta would position itself as the more open, cheaper alternative to Apple”. Not long after Zuckerberg said this, Meta raised its headset prices. 🤔 Cheap... but not that cheap. https://www.theverge.com/...

• @nytimes @nytimes on x

  Mark Zuckerberg is trying to push Meta away from its social networking roots and center it on the immersive — and so far theoretical — world of the so-called metaverse. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @gartenberg Michael Gartenberg on x

  Zuckerberg “Apple is our competitor” Cook “How's your hardware business been doing Zuck, and is it too late to get a Portal for my home?” https://www.theverge.com/...

• @ashannstew Ashley Stewart on x

  Facebook employees are bracing for sweeping job cuts as Meta declares plans to operate with “increased intensity” and cut workers who fall short of increasing performance expectations, employees told @HaysKali and me: https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...

• @automaticzen M.H. Williams on x

  It sounds like the real answer for this change is Meta is trying to make up for struggles elsewhere. Not only is the recession hitting, but Meta is getting hit particularly hard. Verge had a great story this morning. https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @laurengoode Chaotic Goode on x

  “If a corporate all-hands meeting exists to rally troops, this one was arguably more divisive than galvanizing. But Zuckerberg did deliver on the promise of transparency: his employees now understood how he really felt about them.” https://www.theverge.com/...

• @_zeets Zito on x

  “In its push to focus on privacy, the iPhone maker introduced a feature that lets users opt out of cross-app tracking. It may seem small, but that single move by Apple has torpedoed Facebook's ad business, which relies on combining data...” https://www.theverge.com/...