Forrester IT

AUGUST 1, 2018

Facebook’s Q2 2018 earnings call was not well received by investors as evidenced by the stock’s 19 percent price drop equating to the largest-ever loss in market value in one day for a US traded company.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

They can then use those avatars to travel into one of a few million player-created “rooms,” where they can play games, create custom experiences, and socialize with other users. The company subsequently rode that wave of interest to a $3.5 The company subsequently rode that wave of interest to a $3.5

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GeekWire

APRIL 27, 2024

Wall Street Journal reporter Dana Mattioli is the author of the new book, “The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power.” The process of reporting the book: “I spent three years reporting it. We had hundreds of pages of internal documents.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Key AI companies have told the UK government to speed up its safety testing for their systems, raising questions about future government initiatives that too may hinge on technology providers opening up generative AI models to tests before new releases hit the public.

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GeekWire

MAY 10, 2020

The rolling, UV-emitting robot is something Amazon is “working on for the future,” according to the 60 Minutes report. Amazon says it uses its vast camera system for contact tracing and to try to enforce social distancing. We’ve contacted Amazon for more details, and for comment on the 60 Minutes report.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 4, 2021

China’s ByteDance has already seen wild success with TikTok, its social media subsidiary that’s turned into a massive thorn in Facebook’s side. Now, it looks like the company is stepping into Amazon’s turf, too. Insider was first to report on Monday that ByteDance is planning on building an international shopping… Read more.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Twitter is reportedly facing eviction at its Seattle office and is asking employees to work from home as the social media giant looks to cut costs under new owner Elon Musk. Twitter laid off 208 Seattle-based employees earlier this year amid widespread cuts that took place shortly after Musk acquired the company. (Bigstock Photo).

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TechSpot

APRIL 16, 2024

Meta and other firms, including Google, TikTok, and Snap, are facing hundreds of lawsuits accusing the companies of being responsible for the harms they allegedly cause children. As reported by Reuters, 25 of these cases aim to hold Zuckerberg personally liable, claiming he gave a false impression about the platforms'.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Facebook, a company known for ripping its ideas from competitors , has reportedly set its sights on social audio. The New York Times reports today that the company is working on a copycat of Clubhouse, the buzzy invite-only social audio startup. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 14, 2021

based software and cloud giant offered an upbeat report, saying that in some cases programs that were expected to take years to build up have been accomplished in a matter of 18 months. Microsoft reports that it has reached its goal of committing $100 million to mission-driven banks, which provide capital to diverse communities.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Generative AI will soon be everywhere — including in Salesforce’s Net Zero Cloud environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting tool. Net Zero Cloud uses data held within the Salesforce platform to help enterprises report on their carbon footprint and manage other social and governance metrics.

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Guardian reports that Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced his government would introduce legislation this week requiring social media companies to collect personal details, likely phone numbers, email addresses and contact names, of current and new users so they can be handed over in defamation cases.

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Dataconomy

APRIL 17, 2024

TechCrunch has discovered and verified that LinkedIn is developing a new subscription service called LinkedIn Premium Company Page. Priced at potentially up to $99 per month, this service would provide AI-driven content creation and advanced tools to increase follower numbers, among other benefits to elevate a company’s visibility.

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The Verge

APRIL 6, 2022

Meta may have given up on its Diem cryptocurrency , but the company is still exploring finance products, according to a new Financial Times report. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram reportedly has a few irons in the fire, including virtual currency employees have apparently taken to calling “Zuck Bucks.”.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 14, 2023

As a tech reporter based in Seattle, that certainly got my attention, and I wasn’t alone. Here are some of the key points to know: Seattle Public Schools is suing the social media giants for damages stemming from what the suit describes as a youth mental health crisis in Seattle and across the country. META PLATFORMS, INC.,

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Microsoft has one again topped a list of the best-run companies in the U.S. based software and cloud company was first for the third year in a row on the Management Top 250 list, compiled by Claremont Graduate University’s Drucker Institute. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop). The Redmond, Wash.-based That number was down 6.9

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The Verge

APRIL 5, 2022

Block, the parent company of products like Cash App and Tidal, said in an SEC filing that a former employee downloaded “certain reports” that “contained some US customer information” without permission from Cash App Investing ( via Protocol ). We know how these reports were accessed, and we have notified law enforcement.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 20, 2023

Popular email marketing service MailChimp recently fell victim to another data breach, this time caused by a successful social engineering attack on its employees and contractors. The company temporarily suspended access for accounts where suspicious activity was detected in order to protect user data.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Facebook is getting a new company name, according to a report from The Verge , which noted that the rebrand will likely be similar to how Google created the umbrella company Alphabet in 2015. The apparent name change comes as Facebook faces heightened scrutiny over its social media platform. GeekWire Photo / Nat Levy).

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The Verge

DECEMBER 1, 2021

A federal judge has blocked a Texas law that aimed to limit large social platforms’ ability to moderate content on the grounds that it is likely to violate the First Amendment. Private companies that use editorial judgment to choose whether to publish content.cannot be compelled by the government to publish other content”.

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GeekWire

JULY 11, 2021

Bloomberg reported Sunday that Microsoft will acquire RiskIQ for more than $500 million in cash. Founded in 2009, RiskIQ sells “attack surface management” software and helps companies protect their web, social, and mobile exposures. We’ve reached out to Microsoft for comment on the reported RiskIQ deal.

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Tech Republic Data Center

MAY 16, 2023

A new study finds that 47% of consumers would stop buying from a company that fails to control how much unnecessary or unwanted data it is storing. The post Report: Data hoarding is bad for business and the environment appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Dataconomy

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Market trend analysis is an indispensable tool for companies these days. Social media gives analysts access to data that might otherwise be tough to collect. Rapidly changing business conditions require deep insight, and a market trend analysis report is a critical tool.

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The Verge

APRIL 11, 2021

million users of the social audio app Clubhouse has been leaked online, Cyber News reported. Last week, Cyber News reported on another data breach from a social platform: it found that personal data for 500 million LinkedIn users had been scraped and posted online. Personal data for some 1.3

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Vox

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Friso Gentsch/picture alliance via Getty Images You used to pay for social media with your eyeballs. If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” has long been a common refrain about the business of social media. But now, this free model of social media — subsidized by advertising — is under pressure.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And one of the most successful and increasingly prevalent ways of attack has come from social engineering, which is when criminals manipulate humans directly to gain access to confidential information. Social engineering is more sophisticated than ever, and its most advanced iteration is the topic of today's discussion: deepfakes.

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Gizmodo

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Facebook on Saturday pushed back against recent reports from the Wall Street Journal that cited a trove of leaked company documents to outline how Facebook executives have been slow to respond to known problems across its platforms that harm users. In a company blog post , Facebook’s vice president of global affairs,… Read more.

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Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

More than 20 women employees of Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest mining companies, reported a rape or attempted sexual assault while on the job, while a third of all female employees and 7% of male employees experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, the company said this week. Read more.

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2021

Motherboard reported that it was in contact with the seller of the data, who said they had taken data from T-Mobile’s servers that included Social Security numbers, names, addresses, and driver license information related to more than 100 million people. After reviewing samples of the data, Motherboard reported it appeared authentic.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 31, 2021

Amazon Music is leading an effort to expand the company into live audio, joining the likes of Clubhouse, Twitter, Facebook and Spotify, but putting its own spin on things. That’s according to a report by Axios on Tuesday morning , citing unnamed sources. The company also acquired the Wondery podcast production studio.

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Vox

MAY 17, 2022

Companies are getting better at responding to incidents like the Buffalo shooting. This time, the shooter shared his appalling acts on Twitch, a livestreaming video app popular with gamers, where it was shut down much more quickly, less than two minutes after the violence began , according to the company.

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The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2021

On Wednesday, Facebook released a report about what content was most viewed by people in the US last quarter. It was the first time it had released such a report. Stone also clarified Schultz’s opinion on if Facebook should release the report, saying that Schultz “advocated for putting out the report.”.

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The Verge

AUGUST 14, 2020

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI this week for “mission support,” government contracting records show (as first spotted by the tech accountability nonprofit Tech Inquiry ). Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Facebook’s own internal research found 1 in 8 of its users reported compulsive social media use that interfered with their sleep, work, and relationships— what the social media platform calls “problematic use” but is more commonly known as “internet addiction,” the Wall Street Journal reported.

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The Verge

JULY 18, 2020

Disney has significantly reduced its spending on Facebook and Instagram ads amid concerns about the social media platform’s enforcement of its content policies, The Wall Street Journal reported. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. And Microsoft suspended its advertising on Facebook and Instagram through August.

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Venture Beast

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The report indicates that businesses need to demonstrate efforts towards key initiatives before consumers reach for their wallets. Read More.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

India has announced new regulations for social networks and other web services in the country, particularly “significant social media” companies with large user bases, like Facebook and Twitter. Significant social media intermediaries” face additional responsibilities.

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