Facebook and Instagram are marketplaces for child sex trafficking 🔐 #WEEKLY ~ April 30th
Apple is working on an emotion-tracking tool. Clubhouse plans to lay off more than 50%. Jack Dorsey on Bluesky criticized Elon Musk. 20 000+ letters to read.
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Apple is working on an emotion-tracking tool to augment the Health app. Powered by AI, of course. And also on a subscription health coaching service code-named Quartz. (Bloomberg)
What is behind Sigfox's problems in the Czech Republic? People connected to the crypto-business Xixoio and connected to the lobbyist Ivo Rittig have been revolving around the IoT network (Lupa)
Once a darling of the media, Clubhouse now plans to lay off more than 50% of its staff and "reset" the company, despite claiming it has "long term prospects". Clubhouse had ~100 employees in October 2022. (Bloomberg, Clubhouse)
Facebook and Instagram are marketplaces for child sex trafficking. A two-year investigation suggests that the Meta has tried in vain to prevent criminals from using the platforms to buy and sell children for sexual purposes. (The Guardian)
IRL CEO Abraham Shafi resigned after allegations that the messaging startup used bots to inflate the number of users. He then passed on the inflated numbers to the public and investors. Needless to say, this is a common practice at many startups. Including the fact that bigtech is not very interested in fighting bots or fake accounts. They just make better numbers. (The Information)