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Engadget Podcast: The TikTok ban, Zuck’s lost soul and Nintendo’s Switch 2 reveal
18 Jan

Engadget Podcast: The TikTok ban, Zuck’s lost soul and Nintendo’s Switch 2 reveal

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So it looks like the TikTok ban may actually be happening, barring a last-minute Supreme Court decision. In this episode, Senior Writer Karissa Bell joins Devindra and Ben to discuss the potential finale of TikTok in America, as well as why some users are finding refuge in RedNote, a Chinese Instagram clone. They also dive into why Meta is giving up on third-party fact checkers, and how this relates to Mark Zuckerberg's descent into the right-wing world. Finally, we explore the tidbits of information from Nintendo's Switch 2 unveiling.Stay tuned to the end of this episode for Devindra’s chat with…
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Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg want you to know they’re still friends and definitely not mad at each other
18 Jan

Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg want you to know they’re still friends and definitely not mad at each other

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On Thursday, The New York Times published a lengthy story about the rise in power of Stephen Miller, a longtime loyalist of Donald Trump known for his hardline views on immigration. Normally, a story like that wouldn’t get much attention in the tech press. But the piece opened with an anecdote about Mark Zuckerberg that immediately raised eyebrows.The story detailed a recent meeting Miller had with Zuckerberg when the Meta CEO traveled to Mar-a-Lago last year. According to The Times, Zuckerberg — who would soon renounce Meta’s prior fact checking efforts and ditch corporate diversity programs — “blamed his former…
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Mark Zuckerberg Turns His Back on the Media
17 Jan

Mark Zuckerberg Turns His Back on the Media

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There was a time when Mark Zuckerberg didn’t regard mainstream media as the enemy. He even allowed me, a card-carrying legacy media person, into his home. In April 2018, I ventured there to hear his plans to do the right thing. It was part of my years-long embed into Facebook to write a book. For the past two years, Zuckerberg’s company had been roundly criticized for its failure to rein in disinformation and hate speech. Now the young founder had a plan to address this.Part of the solution, he told me, was more content moderation. He was going to hire…
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Not Many Meta Employees Will Have to Move to Texas After All
15 Jan

Not Many Meta Employees Will Have to Move to Texas After All

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Whether shifting teams to Texas will be anything more than symbolic is unclear. Common sense suggests if a person in California exhibits some sort of political preference, moving them to Texas isn’t likely to reshape their viewpoints immediately.In the same town hall call, company leadership described the Texas relocation as an attempt to address the perception problem with California. That reasoning frustrated employees, who believe Meta is harming its workforce to appease Trump, the three staffers told WIRED. Meta and Trump remain in litigation in a northern California federal court over the temporary suspension of his account following the January…
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Mark Zuckerberg plans to lay off an additional five percent of Meta’s workforce
14 Jan

Mark Zuckerberg plans to lay off an additional five percent of Meta’s workforce

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Meta is preparing for even more layoffs, . CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a company memo that he plans on cutting about five percent of its "low-performers."“I’ve decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster,” Zuckerberg said in the memo. “We typically manage out people who aren’t meeting expectations over the course of a year, but now we’re going to do more extensive performance-based cuts during this cycle.”All told, this could result in 10 percent fewer staff at Meta, once attrition is accounted for. Bloomberg suggested that the forthcoming pink slips will focus on people…
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Threads is starting to test community notes
13 Jan

Threads is starting to test community notes

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Last week, Meta decided it would replace its professional fact-checking program with X-style "Community Notes" and it looks like a version of the feature is already being tested on Threads. Alessandro Paluzzi, a developer who frequently posts leaked details on Meta's apps, shared three screenshots that show an early look of what the Community Notes will look like in Threads.Paluzzi's images show a new "Write Community Note" option in the menu you can access in the corner of a Threads post. If you select it, it looks like you'll be able to anonymously submit your note, and if it's rated…
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The 256GB Meta Quest 3S is down to its lowest price yet
13 Jan

The 256GB Meta Quest 3S is down to its lowest price yet

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The Meta Quest 3S 256GB model is currently down to $349, its lowest price yet. This is our favorite cheap , and at $51 off it's even cheaper than ever.If you purchase a Meta Quest 3S now, you also get a copy of Batman: Arkham Shadow and a three-month free trial of Meta Quest+. Both freebies have a combined value of $70. The Meta Quest+ subscription unlocks around 25 games, as well as multiplayer support for some titles. Additionally, you can redeem two free games a month. All redeemed apps belong to you, too, so they won't disappear if your…
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Meta admits it deleted links to decentralized Instagram competitor Pixelfed
13 Jan

Meta admits it deleted links to decentralized Instagram competitor Pixelfed

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Meta appeared to be blocking links to Pixelfed, a decentralized photo-sharing platform, on Facebook, according to both users on Bluesky and 404 Media. A small group of posts that linked to "pixelfed.social" was deleted, with Facebook's "Community Standards on spam" used as a justification.When asked to comment, a Meta spokesperson said removing the posts was a mistake and that they'd be reinstated.Pixelfed runs on the ActivityPub protocol and is part of the wider "fediverse" of decentralized posting platforms. It functions a lot like Instagram in its ability to let you share, like, and comment on images, but because its on…
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With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘Red Note’
13 Jan

With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘Red Note’

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"Hello everyone, my name is Ryan. I'm a TikTok refugee. The American government is banning TikTok so we are looking for an alternative…We are very sorry to interrupt you here. Hope we don't have to stay here for too long," a Xiaohongshu user using the name Ryan Martin said in a video posted yesterday seemingly addressing the app’s Chinese user base. He translated the statement into Chinese and used a robot voice generator to read it in the video, which has since been liked over 24,000 times. “It’s fine, you are not interrupting. When you guys are active, we are…
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Mastodon will soon be owned by a nonprofit entity
13 Jan

Mastodon will soon be owned by a nonprofit entity

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At a time when Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have shown that the whims of one person can upend an entire social network, Mastodon’s CEO and creator, Eugen Rochko, is heading the opposite direction. In a published today, the Mastodon team announced its intention to let a new nonprofit organization take over the company. In other words, Rochko is voluntarily handing over the reins to the service he founded almost a decade ago.The company took some actions towards forming a US-based non-profit itself , and that entity will continue to exist as a "fundraising hub." However, the company as a…
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