[Thread] A look at Helium, a network of 500K+ crypto mining hotspots, which raised $365M from a16z and others and generates an estimated $6.5K/month in revenue
.@Helium, often cited as one of the best examples of a Web3 use case, has received $365M of investment led by @a16z. Regular folks have also been convinced to spend $250M buying hotspot nodes, in hope...
A look at Facebook's lobbying operation, which spent $20M last year, as it struggles to hire and retain key Democratic staff, with a top job open since January
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @jameshohmann , @emilyglazer , @emilyglazer , @andrewrestuccia , @emilyglazer , @jameshohmann , @jameshohmann , @emilyglazer , @llerer , @emilyglazer , @joshsternberg , ...
Facebook announces Horizon Workrooms, a virtual meeting space with avatars, spatial audio, a whiteboard, and more, in beta on Oculus Quest 2
here's how it works Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain : Work From Borg — Welcome to Galaxy Brain — a newsletter from Charlie Warzel about technology … Tristan Greene / TNW : Facebook's Metaverse is just...
Substack offers further clarity on its content moderation guidelines, detailing its stance on harassment, doxxing, hate, and more
Hamish McKenzie / Substack Blog : Tweets: @adders , @alexhibbert , @aaronhuertas , @guillermokrh , @kirkegaardemil , @ggreenwald , @jer_diamond , and @mathewi See also Mediagazer Tweets: Adam Tinwort...
Review of public posts of dozens of Facebook users sharing extreme right-wing views shows how Facebook rewards their lies and helped incubate the insurrection
I saw this play out in the Philippines too when I was reporting my story about President Duterte “influencers” on Facebook. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Stuart Andrew Thompson /...
Facebook says it will limit message forwarding on Messenger to five people or groups at a time to tackle the spread of misinformation
and they need to do more than make small, performative tweaks. https://www.nytimes.com/... Tom Reynolds / @tomhreynolds : @MikeIsaac Here is one of the new labels we are rolling out, per our announcem...