For the first time in its history, Facebook is in decline. Has the tech giant begun to crumble?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/06/first-time-history-facebook-decline-has-tech-giant-begun-crumble
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For the first time in its history, Facebook is in decline. Has the tech giant begun to crumble? | John Naughton
As long as the number of users kept growing, Mark Zuckerberg felt able to ride out scandals and criticism. He can no longer rely on that defence
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House Passes Bill to Invest Billions in Bolstering Chip Production and Supply Chain Infrastructure
https://gizmodo.com/house-passes-bill-that-would-invest-billions-to-bolster-1848489656
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House Passes Bill to Invest Billions in Bolstering Chip Production and Supply Chain Infrastructure
However, both chambers will need to negotiate a compromise bill before it reaches President Biden's desk.
Facebook appeal over Cambridge Analytica data rejected by Australian court as ‘divorced from reality’ | Facebook
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/07/facebook-appeal-over-cambridge-analytica-data-rejected-by-australian-court-as-divorced-from-reality
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Facebook appeal over Cambridge Analytica data rejected by Australian court as ‘divorced from reality’
Full bench of the federal court confirms earlier ruling that tech giant collects personal information in Australia
News Corp. hacked, reporters targeted; believed China-linked
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News Corp. hacked, reporters targeted; believed China-linked
WASHINGTON (AP) — News Corp., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, said Friday that it had been hacked and had data stolen from journalists and other employees, and a cybersecurity firm investigating the intrusion said Chinese intelligence-gathering was…
Facial Recognition Plan from IRS Raises Big Concerns: Government agencies are tapping a facial recognition company to prove you’re you
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/facial-recognition-plan-from-irs-raises-big-concerns/
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Scientific American
Facial Recognition Plan from IRS Raises Big Concerns
Government agencies are tapping a facial recognition company to prove you’re you
Microsoft claims buying Activision Blizzard will help build ‘the next internet’
https://www.polygon.com/22917625/microsoft-activision-blizzard-metaverse-satya-nadella
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Polygon
Microsoft CEO argues that buying Activision Blizzard will help him build the metaverse
"Being great at game building gives us permission to build the next internet"
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The Galaxy S22 will use plastic from recycled fishing nets
https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/7/22921361/galaxy-s22-plastic-recycled-fishing-nets
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The Galaxy S22 will use plastic from recycled fishing nets
The phone will be revealed in full on Wednesday.
Microsoft CEO: The metaverse is just games, really
https://www.pcworld.com/article/611678/microsoft-ceo-the-metaverse-is-just-games.html
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Microsoft CEO: The metaverse is just games, really
Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella tries to distract investors wondering about the state of its HoloLens business by positioning the metaverse against Microsoft's proposed purchase of Activision Blizzard. It mostly works.
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Meta may shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe. Here's why
https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/02/07/meta-threatens-to-shut-down-facebook-and-instagram-in-europe-over-data-transfer-issues
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Meta warns it may shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe
The drama continues for Mark Zuckerberg whose company last week reported it lost daily active users for the first time in its history.
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SpaceX's Starlink starts work restoring internet access to volcano-hit Tonga after Elon Musk offered to help
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-tonga-restore-internet-starlink-volcanic-eruption-cable-2022-2
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SpaceX's Starlink starts work restoring internet access to volcano-hit Tonga after Elon Musk offered to help
The tweet from a Fiji official comes one week after Elon Musk offered to send Starlink terminals to Tonga to help restore the country's internet.
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Rollups: The Big Tech Monopoly Down on the Farm - John Deere refuses to allow farmers to repair their own equipment. That’s because it wants to control farm technology and data, critics contend.
https://prospect.org/power/rollups-big-tech-monopoly-down-on-the-farm/
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The American Prospect
Rollups: The Big Tech Monopoly Down on the Farm
John Deere refuses to allow farmers to repair their own equipment. That’s because it wants to control farm technology and data, critics contend.
Peloton stock jumps 24% after reports say Amazon and Nike are both exploring a takeover of the battered pandemic darling
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Peloton stock jumps 25% after reports say Amazon and Nike are both exploring a takeover of the battered pandemic darling
Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said it would be shocking if Apple isn't "aggressively involved" in a possible bidding war for Peloton.
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Apple used NDAs against workers and 'straight out lied' about it, claims report
https://9to5mac.com/2022/02/07/apple-used-ndas-and-lied/
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Apple used NDAs against workers and ‘straight out lied’ about it, claims report
A report claims that Apple used NDAs against workers, and then lied about it to both investors and the Securities & Exchange Commission ...
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Amazon more than doubles max base pay to $350k for corporate and tech workers, citing labor market
https://www.geekwire.com/2022/amazon-more-than-doubles-max-base-pay-to-350k-for-corporate-and-tech-workers-citing-labor-market/
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Amazon more than doubles max base pay to $350k for corporate and tech workers, citing labor market
An Amazon lobby in Bellevue, Wash. (GeekWire File Photo / Nat Levy) Amazon will boost its maximum base pay to $350,000 for corporate and tech employees,
Meta Stock Continues Falling More Than 27% as Facebook Shrinks
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TheWrap
Facebook Parent Meta's Stock Continues Freefall, With Another 5% Drop on Monday
Its market valuation is now less than one-fourth of Apple's
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IRS to abandon facial recognition plan after firestorm of criticism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/07/irs-isme-face-scans/
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IRS to abandon facial recognition plan after firestorm of criticism
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Amazon raises base pay cap for corporate and tech workers to $350,000
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Axios
Amazon raises base pay cap for corporate and tech workers to $350,000
The move is intended to help ensure the company retains employees and recruits top talent.
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Google co-founder Larry Page sold more than $80 million worth of stock
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/google-co-founder-larry-page-sold-more-than-80-million-worth-of-stock-11644236122
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MarketWatch
Google co-founder Larry Page sold more than $80 million worth of stock
The sale came a couple of days after the stock soared on the back of a blowout earnings report and stock-split announcement.
Meta threatens to pull Instagram and Facebook in Europe over privacy laws, regulators say ‘please do’
https://9to5mac.com/2022/02/07/meta-pull-facebook-instagram-from-europe/
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9to5Mac
Meta threatens to pull Instagram and Facebook in Europe over privacy laws, regulators say ‘please do’
In a new regulatory filling this month, Facebook parent company Meta renewed its threats to pull both Facebook and Instagram in the European Union over privacy laws. Regulators in the EU, however, have quickly called Meta’s bluff, and even went as far east…
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Apple Fined Another 5 Million Euros by Dutch Competition Regulator Over Dating App Payment Requirements
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/02/07/dutch-acm-fines-apple-5-million-euros-third-time/
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MacRumors
Apple Fined Another 5 Million Euros by Dutch Competition Regulator Over Dating App Payment Requirements
The Netherlands' Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has fined Apple five million euros for a third consecutive week for allegedly failing...
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Meta establishes four-foot “personal boundary” to deter VR groping
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/02/meta-establishes-four-foot-personal-boundary-to-deter-vr-groping/
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Ars Technica
Meta establishes 4-foot “personal boundary” to deter VR groping [Updated]
Invisible cylinder will keep Horizon avatars apart by default.
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