Hebrew speakers mock Facebook’s corporate rebrand to Meta
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…
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What we learned this week in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business This week in the criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, jurors heard how the billionaire family of former…
Continue Reading Key quotes from the Facebook Papers
By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Business One week ago, a consortium of 17 news outlets, including CNN, began publishing a damning series of stories —…
Continue Reading Minnesota man charged in hacking MLB and for trying to extort the league
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…
Continue Reading Partisanship, employee dissent and ‘dead bodies’: Inside Facebook’s struggle to combat misinformation and hate speech in India
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business In early 2019, a team of Facebook’s researchers spent two weeks interviewing 30 users across two Indian cities,…
Continue Reading Amazon and Apple warn of supply chain issues
By Clare Duffy and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Even Amazon and Apple are grappling with the global supply chain crunch. Both companies reported…
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CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Clare Duffy and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Even Amazon and Apple are grappling with the global supply chain crunch. Both…
Continue Reading Activision Blizzard’s CEO looks to slash his pay by millions as the company’s harassment scandal continues
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has asked the company’s board to slash his pay to the “lowest amount…
Continue Reading Ohio Attorney General sues Meta over revelations from the ‘Facebook Papers’
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Monday announced that he is suing Meta, the social media giant…
Continue Reading Facebook changes its company name to Meta
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Facebook is changing its company name as it shifts its focus to the “metaverse” and confronts…
Continue Reading Google rolls out tool to help minors delete photos from search
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.…
Continue Reading Facebook says it’s facing ‘government investigations’ related to whistleblower documents
CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook acknowledged to shareholders this week that it is facing “government investigations” related to…
Continue Reading Facebook says it’s facing ‘government investigations’ related to whistleblower documents
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook acknowledged to shareholders this week that it is facing “government investigations” related to the…
Continue Reading Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition software
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Facebook said Tuesday it plans to stop using facial-recognition software that could automatically…
Continue Reading Likes, anger emojis and RSVPs: the math behind Facebook’s News Feed — and how it backfired
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business In late 2017, Facebook had a big problem: users were commenting on, “liking” and resharing posts less than…
Continue Reading Google rolls out tool to help minors delete photos from search
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…
Continue Reading This exec was central to banning Trump on Twitter. Now she’s facing thorny issues in democracies abroad
By Clare Duffy and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Two months after former US President Donald Trump was inaugurated in 2017, Twitter executive Vijaya…
Continue Reading Early Facebook backer to advertisers: ‘It’s your fault.’
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Venture capitalist Roger McNamee says Corporate America shares blame for the troubles that exist today at Facebook.…
Continue Reading Early Facebook backer to advertisers: ‘It’s your fault.’
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Matt Egan, CNN Business Venture capitalist Roger McNamee says Corporate America shares blame for the troubles that exist today at…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Holmes trial hit by new concern: losing too many jurors
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business The high-profile trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was delayed multiple times before kicking off…
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