Mike Isaac
The New York Times
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Meta to Lay Off Another 10,000 Workers
It would be the tech company’s second round of cuts since November. Mark Zuckerberg, its chief executive, has declared 2023 the “year of efficiency.” → Read More
Musk Shakes Up Twitter’s Legal Team as He Looks to Cut More Costs
Twitter has stopped paying rent on offices and is considering not paying severance packages to former employees, among other measures. → Read More
Elon Musk, Under Financial Pressure, Pushes to Make Money From Twitter
The billionaire and his advisers have discussed adding paid direct messages, fees to watch videos and other features to the service. → Read More
Meta Will Give Researchers More Information on Political Ad Targeting
Academics and journalists will be able to see more data about the way political ads are used to target users across Facebook and Instagram. → Read More
Elon Musk and Twitter Reach $44 Billion Deal: Live Updates
Twitter agreed to be taken over at $54.20 a share, a 38 percent premium over the share price before it was revealed that Mr. Musk had been buying up the company’s stock. → Read More
Parag Agrawal Shakes Up Twitter's Security Team
Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s new chief executive, terminated the company’s head of security this week. Twitter’s chief information security officer is also leaving. → Read More
Reddit I.P.O. Is a Step Closer After Confidential Filing to Go Public
The company announced it had confidentially filed paperwork for an I.P.O., but without disclosing financial details. → Read More
Facebook Apps, Including Instagram and WhatsApp, Go Down Worldwide
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus and Facebook Messenger all reported failures. → Read More
Facebook’s Chief Technology Officer to Step Down in 2022
Mike Schroepfer, who leads the company’s artificial intelligence and other technical efforts, said he planned to transition into a role as a senior fellow. → Read More
Facebook Said to Consider Forming an Election Commission
The social network has contacted academics to create a group to advise it on thorny election-related decisions, said people with knowledge of the matter. → Read More
Facebook nearly doubles its profit and revenue rises 48 percent, as tech booms.
Nearly 3.5 billion people now use one of Facebook’s apps every month. → Read More
Pinterest Is Said to Be in Talks to Acquire the Photo App VSCO
The discussions between the digital pin board company and the app that inspired the “VSCO girls” trend are ongoing. → Read More
For Political Cartoonists, the Irony Was That Facebook Didn’t Recognize Irony
As Facebook has become more active at moderating political speech, it has had trouble dealing with satire. → Read More
Facebook Strikes Deal to Restore News Sharing in Australia
The agreement means users and publishers in Australia can once again share links to news articles, after Facebook had blocked the practice last week. → Read More
Facebook restricts the sharing of news in Australia as Google says it will pay some publishers.
The decision is in response to a proposed law in the country that would require tech companies to pay publishers for linking to stories across their platforms. → Read More
Citadel and Reddit Executives Expected at GameStop Hearing
The House Financial Services Committee has scheduled a hearing into GameStop trading for Feb. 18. → Read More
Facebook Is Said to Be Building a Product to Compete With Clubhouse
The social network, which has a history of cloning its competitors, has started working on an audio chat product. → Read More
Facebook Dials Down the Politics for Users
News feeds will start getting less political content in Canada, Brazil and Indonesia, the social network said, with the change reaching the U.S. in coming weeks. → Read More
Reddit, the Talk of the Internet, Raises $250 Million
The start-up, which was at the center of a recent stock market frenzy, was valued at $6 billion in the new funding round. → Read More
Facebook says it plans to remove posts with false vaccine claims.
The move, which applies to anti-vaccine posts unrelated to Covid as well, targets unpaid posts to the site and particularly Facebook pages and groups. → Read More