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Tech giants are shedding workers and real estate. Employees-turned-entrepreneurs could win big—and snag sweet offices

“Laid-off tech workers who choose to take control of their destiny and start companies” will be the year's big winners, predicts Jason Calacanis.

Fortune

Saudi Arabian dissident Awad Al-Qarnin faces death penalty over Twitter and WhatsApp use - reports

A leading pro-reform activist in Saudi Arabia, is facing the death penalty after facing accusations that he spread “hostile” news on WhatsApp and had a Twitter account - which is forbidden in some cases within the kingdom.

Evening Standard

The Meta Quest Pro is awesome, but no way am I working in this thing

The Meta Quest Pro is a powerful VR headset meant to facilitate working in the metaverse. But despite its impressive features, it's far too expensive for most people.

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Meta employee plans to pay £250,000 to live and work on mega cruise ship full time

Could ‘working from sea’ be the new ‘working from home’?

The Independent UK

EU Commission To Link ‘Fair Share’ Debate With The Metaverse

The EC’s move to make traffic intensive online platforms to contribute to the cost of digital infrastructure will include …

Zenger

Meta worker is paying £250,000 to work remotely from luxury cruise ship

Austin Wells, a Meta employee, will work completely remotely from cruise ship MV Narrative which will have 20 restaurants, a 10,000-square-foot gym, three swimming pools, a school, bank, and co-working office spaces spread across 18 decks

Daily Mirror

Lawsuit pushes addiction case against social media firms

Social platforms are defective products, say plaintiffs in more than 100 suits collected in one federal courtroom.

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Social media's effects on teen mental health comes into focus

Experts are increasingly warning of a connection between social media use and mental health issues in children.

Axios

How Germany became Europe’s leading Big Tech trust buster

While EU regulators slowly roll out their own enforcement mechanism, Berlin is already holding gatekeepers to account

Financial Times

Best of Interactives 2022

A look back at some of our most popular data-driven stories of 2022.

360info

Seattle School District Sues Google, Facebook, Snapchat, and TikTok for Causing Teen 'Mental Health Crisis'

It's hard to believe its arguments will hold up in court.

Reason

Facebook and Instagram bringing in new rules to protect teens

The changes will be rolled out in March

Wales Online

How determine the right number of employees to hire to avoid layoffs

Two talent experts share how employers can prevent mass layoffs due to overhiring talent.

Fortune

The attack on Brazil's Congress was stoked by social media — and by Trump allies

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Facebook, Instagram to Allow Posts Citing 'Death to Khamenei' Slogan

The Meta Oversight Board overturned the company's decision to remove any Facebook and Instagram posts that used the slogan "death to Khamenei" to criticize the Iranian leader, saying it did not violate a rule barring violent threats. The board, which is funded by Meta but operates independently, said in a…

The Times of India

20 best jobs in 2023: Fast-growing, high-paying, recession-proof careers

Software developer clinched the top spot of US News World Report list of the best jobs of 2023, up from the number five spot last year — despite high-profile layoffs at major tech players like Meta Platforms Inc, Salesforce Inc and Amazon.com Inc.

Al Jazeera

WhatsApp’s Pegasus spyware lawsuit can go ahead: US top court

Israeli firm NSO Group’s spyware has been linked to state surveillance of human rights activists and dissidents.

Fortune

Seattle schools sue social media giants, including TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat

The lawsuit says the addictive nature of apps has increased anxiety, self-harm, and depression.

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Meta has a big new problem for its VR aspirations—Apple's coming for the throne

Apple's long-awaited mixed-reality headset is expected to debut this spring.

The Guardian - UK

Pro-Bolsonaro violence: experts highlight role of social media platforms

Sunday’s insurrection by supporters of far-right ex-president was organised first on private messaging networks, experts say

Bangkok Post

US Supreme Court lets Meta's WhatsApp pursue 'Pegasus' spyware suit

The US Supreme Court on Monday let Meta Platforms Inc's WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in its WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists and dissidents.

Reuters

Facebook, YouTube remove content backing Brazil attack

Facebook parent Meta and Google's video platform YouTube said on Monday they were removing content supporting or praising the weekend ransacking of Brazilian government buildings by anti-democratic demonstrators.

The Independent UK

CES 2023: Smelling, touching take center stage in metaverse

The metaverse was a key theme during this year's CES tech gathering in Vegas

Evening Standard

HTC’s Vive XR Elite headset promises to take you beyond VR gaming

This swanky new mixed-reality device can overlay games onto your real world surroundings

Reason

A Round-Up of 2022 Neurotechnology Advances

A round-up of some major moves in wearable brain-computer Interface (#BCI) in 2022, as the era of consumer #neurotechnology approaches. Will neurotechnology start to replace our existing peripheral devices? Look for brain-sensing electrodes to increasingly become part of our every day lives. Topics that I tackled in my forthcoming book,…

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