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TikTok rival Kuaishou becomes the latest Chinese tech firm to reshuffle its leadership

October 31, 2021 11:55 pm CNN Newsource

By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Kuaishou, the Chinese short video-sharing app that’s known as a popular alternative to TikTok, has replaced its…

Hebrew speakers mock Facebook’s corporate rebrand to Meta

October 30, 2021 7:40 am CNN Newsource

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Social media users in Israel are mocking Facebook’s company name change to Meta, as it sounds similar to the Hebrew word…

What we learned this week in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes

October 30, 2021 7:34 am CNN Newsource

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business This week in the criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, jurors heard how the billionaire family of former…

Key quotes from the Facebook Papers

October 30, 2021 6:14 am CNN Newsource

By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Business One week ago, a consortium of 17 news outlets, including CNN, began publishing a damning series of stories —…

Minnesota man charged in hacking MLB and for trying to extort the league

October 29, 2021 9:03 am CNN Newsource

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business A Minnesota man has been charged with hacking into computer systems used by Major League Baseball and trying to extort…

Partisanship, employee dissent and ‘dead bodies’: Inside Facebook’s struggle to combat misinformation and hate speech in India

October 29, 2021 6:21 am CNN Newsource

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business In early 2019, a team of Facebook’s researchers spent two weeks interviewing 30 users across two Indian cities,…

Amazon and Apple warn of supply chain issues

October 28, 2021 2:40 pm CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Even Amazon and Apple are grappling with the global supply chain crunch. Both companies reported…

Activision Blizzard’s CEO looks to slash his pay by millions as the company’s harassment scandal continues

October 28, 2021 1:12 pm CNN Newsource

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has asked the company’s board to slash his pay to the “lowest amount…

Facebook changes its company name to Meta

October 28, 2021 8:34 am CNN Newsource

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Facebook is changing its company name as it shifts its focus to the “metaverse” and confronts…

Google rolls out tool to help minors delete photos from search

October 27, 2021 2:42 pm CNN Newsource

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Google is now making it easier for minors or their parents to have photos of them deleted from search results.…

Facebook says it’s facing ‘government investigations’ related to whistleblower documents

October 27, 2021 9:46 am CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook acknowledged to shareholders this week that it is facing “government investigations” related to the…

Facebook says it’s facing ‘government investigations’ related to whistleblower documents

October 27, 2021 9:46 am CNN

CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook acknowledged to shareholders this week that it is facing “government investigations” related to…

Facebook is changing its company name to reflect its future ambitions and confronts wide-ranging scrutiny of the real-world harms from its various platforms after a whistleblower leaked hundreds of internal documents.

Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition software

October 27, 2021 7:56 am CNN

CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Facebook said Tuesday it plans to stop using facial-recognition software that could automatically…

Likes, anger emojis and RSVPs: the math behind Facebook’s News Feed — and how it backfired

October 27, 2021 6:43 am CNN Newsource

By Rachel Metz, CNN Business In late 2017, Facebook had a big problem: users were commenting on, “liking” and resharing posts less than…

Google rolls out tool to help minors delete photos from search

October 27, 2021 6:13 am CNN

CNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Google is now making it easier for minors or their parents to have photos of them deleted from search…

This exec was central to banning Trump on Twitter. Now she’s facing thorny issues in democracies abroad

October 27, 2021 5:29 am CNN Newsource

By Clare Duffy and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Two months after former US President Donald Trump was inaugurated in 2017, Twitter executive Vijaya…

Early Facebook backer to advertisers: ‘It’s your fault.’

October 27, 2021 4:33 am CNN Newsource

By Matt Egan, CNN Business Venture capitalist Roger McNamee says Corporate America shares blame for the troubles that exist today at Facebook.…

Early Facebook backer to advertisers: ‘It’s your fault.’

October 27, 2021 4:33 am CNN

CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Matt Egan, CNN Business Venture capitalist Roger McNamee says Corporate America shares blame for the troubles that exist today at…

Elizabeth Holmes trial hit by new concern: losing too many jurors

October 27, 2021 4:08 am CNN Newsource

By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business The high-profile trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was delayed multiple times before kicking off…

Facebook is having a tougher time managing vaccine misinformation than it is letting on, leaks suggest

October 26, 2021 4:47 pm CNN Newsource

By Donie O’Sullivan, Clare Duffy, Tara Subramaniam and Sarah Boxer, CNN Business In public, Facebook has touted the resources it has dedicated…