Memo to staff: Meta is reallocating resources from Facebook's News tab and newsletter platform Bulletin, as the company focuses more on the creator economy
to pay Rupert's and the Germans' blackmail, actually—without paying for links. Danny Denhard / @dannydenhard : Most people forget Facebook is ahead of the curve when it comes to who shares, what they ...
A look at the growing skepticism from Silicon Valley investors and companies of Russian money, once welcomed, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine
and sometimes raised eyebrows. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @xeni : Here's what's missing. It's the biggest story of our time. The link between Yuri Milner, Masha Drokova, Jeffrey Epstein, Edge...
Facebook says it will start testing Live Audio Rooms in Groups and expects to roll out the feature to everyone on the Facebook app by the summer
Clubhouse, Fleets, whatever Facebook just announced, etc. etc. But not everything works best as audio, IMO. Some things are better consumed and stored as text. But then, I am an old Sara Fischer / @sa...
A deep dive into the methods used to unmask confidential sources in seven Justice Department cases against US government whistleblowers
Micah Lee / The Intercept : Tweets: @rsingel , @freedomofpress , @trevortimm , @micahflee , @theintercept , and @theintercept Tweets: Ryan Singel / @rsingel : Jesus this is scary. It makes clear that...
Techmeme now publishing paid and free “Leaderboards” showing the most influential reporters around a specific news topic
Today Techmeme has begun publishing Topic Leaderboards, which list the top authors and publications covering 24 topic areas such as cloud computing, autonomous vehicles … Tweets: @tedgioia , @the_spin...
How Comcast is moving beyond the set top box as it rolls out its Xfinity X1 interface on smart TVs, starting with betas on Roku TV and some Samsung TVs
Scott Porch / Fast Company : Tweets: @rsingel Tweets: Ryan Singel / @rsingel : Someone should figure out how much of X1 is delivered as a specialized service and how much faster it is than over Comca...
Facebook confirms it scans the text and images people send each other on Messenger; the content gets blocked if it doesn't abide to the platform's rules
System is supposed to detect content that violates standards — Company on the defensive about how it handles private data Tweets: @rsingel and @caseynewton See also Mediagazer Tweets: Ryan Singel / ...
Silk Road's dream of a free-trade zone on the dark web is dead: a collection of untrustworthy black market bazaars have failed to replace the Silk Road
Andy Greenberg / Wired : Tweets: @rsingel Tweets: Ryan Singel / @rsingel : “The resplendent dream has been replaced by a dirtier reality.” The Dark web's narco-utopia is dead, dead, dead. http://www....