Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says he was humbled and outraged by toxic workplace culture claims and blames “outside forces” for most of Activision's image issues
Sources detail Elon Musk's Twitter cost-cutting measures, including closing a data center, reducing training for new staff, and canceling janitorial services
Elon Musk has reduced the company to a bare-bones operation, and employees are under a “zero-based budgeting” mandate to justify any spending.
A look at the decline of MySpace, which flailed around for over a year as it was overtaken by Facebook, and parallels with Meta as TikTok surges
Read to the end for the anti-NFT anthem — I want to open today's email with an apology!! I wrote about the map-based Wordle game Worldle on Monday and I …
Mark Zuckerberg names Nick Clegg as President of Global Affairs, reporting to Zuckerberg, meaning less involvement in policy for Zuckerberg and Sandberg
Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has promoted his top policy executive, Nick Clegg, to an even greater role inside …
Internal memo: Andrew Bosworth says Meta's virtual worlds need “almost Disney levels of safety” but moderation at “meaningful scale is practically impossible”
Internal reports detail how Amazon tracks labor, environmental movements in EU; Amazon confirms hiring union-busting Pinkerton agency to spy on warehouse staff
Dozens of leaked documents from Amazon's Global Security Operations Center reveal the company's reliance on Pinkerton operatives …
A look at Parler, backed by Rebekah Mercer, which has doubled its user base to 10M in a week, but unlike Facebook and Twitter leaves moderation to users
primarily the removal of spam, threats of violence, or illegal activity—is handled by ‘community jurors’, all currently volunteers.” https://www.wsj.com/... Hayes Brown / @hayesbro...
A look at Parler, a social network with little moderation, which is backed by Robert and Rebekah Mercer and saw its user base double to 10M in under a week
The libertarian-minded platform aims to challenge tech giants through a focus on free speech; surge in users since the election
Sources describe how Mark Zuckerberg, who was once uninterested in politics, transformed himself into an active political operator during the Trump era
Facebook's chief, once uninterested, has transformed himself into an active political operator in the Trump era
Sources describe how Mark Zuckerberg, who was once uninterested in politics, transformed himself into an active political operator during the Trump era
with sign-off from Zuckerberg himself—retooled their algorithm to throttle traffic to high-value progressive news orgs, @MotherJones IN PARTICULAR https://www.wsj.com/... https://t...
Sources: Simon Property, the biggest US mall owner, and Amazon explored turning stores formerly occupied by J.C. Penney and Sears into fulfillment centers
Hookup between Simon Property Group, Amazon would show how retail and logistics are converging more rapidly
Pupils and teachers question the new grading algorithm used by the IB Diploma Programme to predict student scores after it canceled in-person tests this spring
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Pupils and teachers question the new grading algorithm used by the IB Diploma Programme to predict student scores after it canceled in-person tests this spring
The International Baccalaureate program canceled its high-stakes exam because of Covid-19. The formula it used to “predict” scores puzzles students and teachers.