TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas quits after five years at the company to refocus on “entrepreneurial passions”; chief of staff Adam Presser becomes head of operations
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Sources: Apple is working on Macs with a touchscreen; the first model may be a MacBook Pro with an OLED display supporting gestures, set to be released in 2025
Apple Inc. is working on adding touch screens to its Mac computers, a move that would defy long-held company orthodoxy and embrace …
Twitter's ex-head of Trust & Safety on why he resigned: a Twitter whose policies are defined by unilateral edict has little need for a trust and safety function
Earlier this month, I chose to leave my position leading trust and safety at Elon Musk's Twitter.
[Thread] Elon Musk says a “new Twitter policy” will deboost and demonetize “negative/hate tweets” and reinstates Kathy Griffin, Jordan Peterson, and Babylon Bee
This week has been a week. Okay, let's just get into it. — Twitter needs to die Derek Saul / Forbes : ‘Freedom Of Speech, But Not Freedom Of Reach’: Musk Reinstates Kathy Griffi...
Twitter updated its iOS app to let users swipe between the algorithmic Home and reverse chronological Latest timelines but users can't make Latest the default
changed default, gradually hid the way to change it back under more and more obscure menus, then did away with algo entirely (or hid it so well that dumb old me couldn't find it an...
Twitter updated its iOS app to let users swipe between the algorithmic Home and reverse chronological Latest timelines but users can't make Latest the default
You won't be able to default to the chronological timeline — Twitter is rolling out a change that, frustratingly …
White House says it is alerting Facebook about posts that spread COVID-19 misinfo; US surgeon general calls on social media companies to tackle health misinfo
As the rate of Covid-19 vaccination slows and cases rise again, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on tech platforms …
YouTube plans to pay $100M to top creators on YouTube Shorts, its TikTok competitor, through 2022, starting in the next few months in the US and India
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How Canada-based sports gaming and media company theScore, valued at $1B, is trying to expand its US reach through its sports news and betting apps
- Canada-based gaming and media company theScore is worth $1 billion and wants to gain market share in U.S. online sports betting. Tweets: @kirstinestewart Tweets: Kirstine Stewart...
Sources: Facebook is developing newsletter tools for journalists and writers, including tools to help build followers, curate email lists, and offer paid subs
Mike Isaac / New York Times :
Sources: Facebook is developing newsletter tools for journalists and writers, including tools to help build followers, curate email lists, and offer paid subs
Facebook is working on newsletter tools for journalists and writers, according to three people familiar with the company's plans …
Twitter launches Spaces, its Clubhouse-like service, in private beta on iOS, limited to select individuals, largely from under-represented backgrounds
Last month, Twitter announced it would soon begin testing a new social experience on its platforms involving audio-only chat rooms …
Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg confirm Quibi is shutting down: “Our failure was not for lack of trying; we've considered and exhausted every option”
We started with the idea to create the next generation of storytelling and because of you, we were able to create and deliver …
Tech companies often rely on their Black employees to help address their response to systemic racism, giving them more work without additional pay or time off
Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post : Tweets: @cbridge_chief , @keithkurson , @laarnid1 , @peard33 , @nitashatiku , @heatherkelly , @kirstinestewart , @jackiehluo , @sesmith , @worldwi...
Tech companies often rely on their Black employees to help address their response to systemic racism, giving them more work without additional pay or time off
As Black Lives Matter protests captured national attention, tech companies have leaned heavily on black employee resource groups … Tweets: @nitashatiku , @peard33 , @heatherkelly ,...
LinkedIn CEO apologizes after several anonymous staffers share opinions echoing the skeptics of Black Lives Matter at an internal town hall on racial injustice
The highly professional social network's internal Wednesday town hall on racial injustice looked more like what you'd see in a Facebook comments section.
As Australian and French regulators plan to make tech companies pay publishers for news content, leaders from Ireland to Malaysia say they are paying attention
we simply are running out of innovation to cover your salary and benefits” https://twitter.com/... Dave / @davewiner : Disappointed that Ben Smith, the new media columnist at the N...
Australia orders the creation of a mandatory code of conduct requiring platforms like Google and Facebook to pay media businesses for news content
The Federal Government has ordered the competition watchdog to develop a mandatory code of conduct to govern commercial dealings between tech giants and news media companies.
[Thread] Twitter will stop accepting all political and issue ads on its platform globally starting on November 22
We've made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought. Why? A few reasons...🧵