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Past articles by Naomi:

Removing reumes from hiring process can improve diversity

Some companies are emphasizing skills tests over educational or professional pedigree when assessing job candidates. → Read More

Instagram head faces U.S. Senate rage on whistle-blower claims

Instagram’s chief heads to Capitol Hill Wednesday to face lawmakers who are still angry over whistle-blower revelations and unlikely to be mollified by changes billed as making the platform safer for young users. → Read More

Facebook Changes Name to Meta in Embrace of Virtual Reality

(Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc. is re-christening itself Meta, decoupling its corporate identity from the eponymous social network mired in toxic content, and highlighting a shift to an emerging computing platform focused on virtual reality. → Read More

Facebook changes name to Meta in embrace of virtual reality

Facebook Inc. is re-christening itself Meta, decoupling its corporate identity from the eponymous social network mired in toxic content, and highlighting a shift to an emerging computing platform focused on virtual reality. → Read More

TikTok unveils tools within app to tackle mental-health issues

TikTok, the video-sharing app owned by China’s ByteDance Ltd., said it’s stepping up tools to support users facing mental health issues, including redirecting potentially distressed users to suicide-prevention or eating-disorder resources. → Read More

Snap beats expectations on user growth, revenue; shares rise

Snap Inc. reported gains in revenue and users that exceeded analysts’ estimates, as the company’s investments in content and creative tools lured young people and the advertisers trying to reach them. Shares gained. → Read More

Snap Beats Expectations on User Growth, Revenue; Shares Rise

(Bloomberg) -- Snap Inc. reported gains in quarterly revenue and daily active users increases that exceeded analysts’ estimates, as investments in content... → Read More

Instagram tests 're-share' label in effort to spur eEngagement

Instagram is experimenting with offering users new ways to promote other people’s content on the photo-sharing network -- a push that could boost engagement but open the door to more viral misinformation. → Read More

Pentagon scraps US$10B cloud deal award to Microsoft

The Pentagon scrapped a US$10 billion cloud-computing contract awarded in 2019 to Microsoft Corp. after several years of wrangling between the government and some of the biggest U.S. tech companies over the deal, indicating it plans to divide the work between Microsoft and rival Amazon.com Inc. instead. → Read More

Google Ad Business Faces Heat as DOJ Extends Trump-Era Probe

(Bloomberg) -- Antitrust investigators at the U.S. Justice Department have stepped up scrutiny of Google’s digital ad market practices in recent months... → Read More

Google ad business faces scrutiny as DOJ extends Trump-era probe

Antitrust investigators at the U.S. Justice Department have stepped up scrutiny of Google’s digital ad market practices in recent months, according to people familiar with the matter, showing that the Biden administration is actively pursuing a probe that started under former President Donald Trump. → Read More

Facebook's Instagram adds shopping via images, virtual try-on

Facebook Inc.’s Instagram is adding new shopping tools, like letting people search for products using an image, as it expands e-commerce offerings across its family of apps. → Read More

Facebook to start testing advertisements in Oculus VR games

Facebook Inc. plans to start showing advertisements in virtual reality games on its Oculus Quest headset, a push toward turning the expensive hardware business into a moneymaker for the social network. → Read More

Facebook says it will expand remote work to all employees

Facebook Inc. said it will let all employees work remotely even after the pandemic if their jobs can be done out of an office, but may reduce their pay if they move to a less-expensive area. → Read More

Facebook bans Trump for two years, responding to board criticism

Facebook Inc. extended its suspension of former U.S. President Donald Trump from its social networks for two years, saying he will be reinstated in 2023 only if the risk to public safety has has subsided. → Read More

Instagram will let users hide likes. Follower counts are staying

Facebook Inc.’s Instagram, as well as the company’s main social network, will let users choose whether to hide “likes” on posts, after years of deliberation and testing. → Read More

Trump remains banned on Facebook, Oversight Board rules

Donald Trump remains banned from posting on Facebook, the company’s independent content oversight board ruled, permanently exiling the former U.S. president from the largest social network and leaving him without one of his favorite ways to reach supporters and goad opponents. → Read More

Google pressured on racial equity audit after AI ethics collapse

An influential racial justice group called on Google to allow independent auditors to investigate the company’s business for potential discriminatory conduct. → Read More

Snap reports sales, user growth that top analysts' projections

Snap Inc. reported quarterly revenue and daily active users that topped analysts’ estimates, boosted by digital advertising campaigns and consumers turning to the company’s Snapchat app for social connection and entertainment during the pandemic. → Read More

Facebook 'Supreme Court' weighs Trump's social media fate

Facebook Inc.’s de facto Supreme Court of content is on the verge of ruling on Donald Trump’s return to the world’s largest social network, a closely watched decision that’s likely to be just as consequential for the social media giant as it is for the former U.S. president. → Read More