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Facebook reportedly ignored its own research showing algorithms divided users

The Verge

Leading the effort to downplay these concerns and shift Facebook’s focus away from polarization has been Joel Kaplan, Facebook’s vice president of global public policy and former chief of staff under President George W.

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Zillow to hire 2,000 employees — but they won’t all be in Seattle as distributed model takes root

GeekWire

GeekWire in August detailed the impact of Zillow’s work from home policy on the blocks surrounding its downtown Seattle skyscraper. Zillow was one of the first tech companies to implement work from home policies last year as the pandemic hit the U.S. Potential risk for 2-class system w/ ppl at office ahead of remote workers.

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Apple’s still not catching scammy apps, and this time they’re on the Mac

The Verge

The privacy policies listed on both developers’ websites (which are linked on their App Store pages) say they’re registered at the same address, and both mention the same legal entity, Akadem GmbH. Keyboard shortcuts were no help either; they stayed open even while I spammed Command+Q, Command+W, and the escape button.

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Ukrainian influencers bring the frontlines to TikTok

The Verge

Aside from one lighthearted reference to the escalating situation with Russia, Korban’s page stayed on message: “YOU CAN BE AN INVESTOR.”. TikTok has responded: the company announced it would begin adding labels to videos from some state-controlled media outlets, expediting the state media policy in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Diversity

ForAllSecure

It was in healthcare policy and manage, I had dreams of going to med school at some point before I decided that I was going to just join the world of IT right there. Consider Tennisha Martin. Tennisha: I did my undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon University in electrical and computer engineering. I went on and did a master's there as well.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Diversity

ForAllSecure

It was in healthcare policy and manage, I had dreams of going to med school at some point before I decided that I was going to just join the world of IT right there. Consider Tennisha Martin. Tennisha: I did my undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon University in electrical and computer engineering. I went on and did a master's there as well.

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Instagram’s political awakening

Vox

Black Lives Matter Los Angeles’s account has gone from around 40,000 followers on Instagram to 150,000 in the past few weeks, surpassing the popularity of its Facebook page , which has about 55,000 followers. w/ #Pride, Every Black Life Matters. The NAACP has seen a record 1 million additional Instagram followers in the past month.

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