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• People Forced to “Go to Work” in the Metaverse Say It’s a Complete Nightmare / #

  Future of WorkIn an apparent attempt to both appeal to the broader public and ink every corporate partnership fathomable, Facebook-turned-Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has put a lot of effort into marketing his expensive metaverse as the future of work.

• German teens went crazy for this ‘compliments’ app, and now VCs are backing its next phase / #

  The teenage market for apps is a tough nut to crack and stay relevant in.

• Donald Trump prepares for his return to Facebook and Twitter / #

  Trump's presidential campaign formally petitioned Facebook's parent company Tuesday to unblock his account, according to a letter reviewed by NBC News. Also, Trump campaign advisers have workshopped ideas for his first tweet.

• TikTok’s Management Ties to China, bypassing the brands CEO and reporting to China's Bytedance directly / #

  For the past two years, TikTok executives have denied US allegations of Chinese interference and positioned themselves as an independent entity from its Chinese parent company ByteDance. But new revelations about the company's leadership structure paint a different picture.

• OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers to Filter Traumatic and Toxic Content from ChatGPT / #

  The work was vital for OpenAI. But despite their integral role in building ChatGPT, the workers faced grueling conditions and low pay of less than $2 per hour, an exclusive report of TIME Magazin shows.

• Spotify, Basecamp, and Deezer ask European regulators to crack down on Apple / #

  Spotify and a group of European companies are calling on the European Commission to take “swift and decisive action” against Apple over what they describe as anti-competitive practices that have hampered their businesses.

• TikTok Is Testing a Podcast Tool That Allows for Background Listening / #

  TikTok's push into podcasting comes as more and more consumers see podcasts as of a video-based medium than an audio one. Of a recent survey's respondents in the U.S., 46% said they preferred podcasts that include video, with 33% prefering YouTube as their podcast app, followed by Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

• Microsoft Laying Off 10,000 Employees Amid Business Slowdown / #

  Tech giant Microsoft said it is cutting 10,000 jobs, representing about 5% of its global workforce, in an effort to cut costs amid signs of an economic slowdown.

• Twitter Confirms Third-Party Apps Like Tweetbot Were Intentionally Blocked / #

  Twitter says it's enforcing "long-standing third-party API rules" that "may result in some apps not working" but does not specify the rules allegedly broken

• Rumour mill: Apple might postpones some of its plans for VR/AR-Glasses / #

  Apple is still planning to unveil its first mixed-reality headset this year, but indefinitely postpones its lightweight AR glasses due to technical difficulties and is instead planning a Mixed Reality headset.

• Discord Acquires Anonymous Teen Connection App ‘Gas’ / #

  Gas has proven highly popular among high school students, and could become a new challenger for Snapchat.

• Tesla engineer testifies that 2016 video promoting self-driving was faked / #

  Tesla faked a 2016 video promoting its self-driving technology, according to testimony by a senior engineer reviewed by Reuters.

• The Twitter drama is not going to end any time soon: With a $1.5bn bill due at the end of the month, Elon Musk's options aren't great / #

  Purchased for $44 billion, company is likely worth as little as $15 billion today. Now, the looming Twitter interest payment leaves Elon Musk with unpalatable options.

• India proposes social media firms rely on fact checking by gov’t agencies / #

  The Indian government has proposed making the Press Bureau of India and its other agencies the arbiter of truth on what information is misleading for social media firms and other internet companies as they oversee their users’ data in the South Asian market.

• Microsoft Plans to Build OpenAI Capabilities Into All Products / #

  The software giant plans to incorporate artificial-intelligence tools from the startup and make them available as platforms for other businesses to build on, CEO Satya Nadella said.

• Inside Elon Musk’s “extremely hardcore” Twitter / #

  Twitter’s staff spent years trying to protect the social media site against impulsive billionaires who wanted to use the reach of its platform for their own ends, and then one made himself the CEO. A deep-dive on the craziest tech takeover the world's ever witnessed.

• The US government’s TikTok bans, explained / #

  Millions spent on lobbyists, a billion spent on safeguards. Will it be enough to stay in the United States? The clock is ticking on a TikTok.

• A Guide to Creating Spatial Audio Podcasts / #

  Spatial audio is changing the way we experience recorded sound, making it possible to add entirely new layers of sonic presence to narrative storytelling mediums. The New York Times gives a comprehensive Guide into the topic - telling everything you need to know: from the perfect set-up of recording to distribution.

• Getty Images is suing the creators of AI art tool Stable Diffusion for scraping its content / #

  An image created by Stable Diffusion showing a recreation of Getty Images’ watermark.

• How to Reduce Your Screen Time as a Social Media Manager / #

  As a social manager it sometimes can be difficult to not check your phone during every ad break, right? This little infographic might help you …

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