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Volley Co-Founder Says Industry ‘Went Wrong’ by Coupling Voice Control With ‘Imaginary Humans’ (Podcast)
“Tech vs Media” podcast: Max Child identifies Siri as “over-promising and under-delivering” the capabilities of voice control
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Amazon Begins Layoffs With Cuts to Entire Alexa Departments
“It pains me to have to deliver this news,” Dave Limp, SVP of Devices & Services, wrote in a public memo Wednesday
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Elon Musk’s Ultimatum to Twitter Employees: Commit to ‘Extremely Hardcore’ Work or Leave
“Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade,” Musk wrote in a memo to staff
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Can Elon Musk Save Twitter by Turning His Crypto Bros Into Pay Pals? | PRO Insight
The app’s billionaire owner is banking that users will make payments via tweet as he pivots from an ad-based business model
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Amazon Plans to Lay Off 10,000 Employees Beginning This Week (Report)
It would be the biggest cuts in the company’s history, The New York Times reports
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Twitter’s Turbulent Year – as Seen Through One Fired Employee’s Cartoons | PRO Insight
Manu Cornet drew his way through a tumultuous period at the social platform
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Entertainment Stocks Rise Amid Strong Day of Trading
Good news on Wall Street was good news for Netflix, Disney and more
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Paramount+’s Success Is in Leveraging ’the Whole Household,’ says Paramount Streaming Chief Tom Ryan (Podcast)
“Tech vs Media” podcast: The CEO lays out how using the brands across the company improves promotion and reach
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Why Facebook’s Meta-Morphosis Has Already Flopped | PRO Insight
Mark Zuckerberg’s pivot to the metaverse is showing signs of being a colossal business failure
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Facebook Parent Meta Expected to Layoff Thousands of Employees This Week (Report)
Steep advertising losses and competition from TikTok have severely damaged the tech company’s finances
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From $8 Verifications to Mass Layoffs: How Elon Musk’s Early Twitter Plans Size Up | PRO Insight
In just one week, the billionaire has outlined some initial changes to the social platform and not all of them are outrageous
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Candle Media CEO Kevin Mayer Says Mark Zuckerberg Owning the Metaverse Is ‘Absurd’ (Podcast)
‘Tech vs Media’ podcast: Kevin Mayer says the next internet iteration doesn’t exist yet, but soon will
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How Long Can Mark Zuckerberg Keep Up His Metaverse Bet? | PRO Insight
The Facebook parent spent $25 billion on R&D this year but made $84 billion. The stock charts may seem dire, but they don’t tell the full story
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‘The View’ Host Alyssa Farah Griffin Predicts Problematic Trump Twitter Return: Republicans Will ‘Have to Answer for Everything’ (Video)
Discussion heated up around Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media platform
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5 Ways Twitter Will Change Under New Owner Elon Musk
From reduced content moderation to added features, the social media platform will open up a “hotbed of misinformation and lies,” experts say
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