Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
The US NLRB says Google is a “joint employer” of ~50 Accenture Flex workers who joined the Alphabet Workers Union in 2023 and must bargain with their union — Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) is facing a second complaint from a U.S. labor board claiming that it is the employer …
Ten current and former Meta employees share frustrations over Meta’s surrender to the right on speech issues; one called the changes “a precursor to genocide” (Casey Newton/Platformer)
Casey Newton / Platformer:
Ten current and former Meta employees share frustrations over Meta’s surrender to the right on speech issues; one called the changes “a precursor to genocide” — “I really think this a precursor for genocide,” a former employee tells Platformer — I. The past
Documents: The Heritage Foundation plans to “identify and target” Wikipedia editors who it says are “abusing their position” to publish antisemitic content (Arno Rosenfeld/The Forward)
Arno Rosenfeld / The Forward:
Documents: The Heritage Foundation plans to “identify and target” Wikipedia editors who it says are “abusing their position” to publish antisemitic content — The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism
Meta’s fact-checking partners PolitiFact and FactCheck.org say they had no role in deciding what the company did with the content that was fact-checked (Stuart A. Thompson/New York Times)
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
Meta’s fact-checking partners PolitiFact and FactCheck.org say they had no role in deciding what the company did with the content that was fact-checked — Fact-checking groups that worked with Meta said they had no role in deciding what the company did with the content that was fact-checked.
Sam Altman, in a statement with his family, denies the sexual abuse allegations made by his sister in a lawsuit and says she faces “mental health challenges” (Hayden Field/CNBC)
Hayden Field / CNBC:
Sam Altman, in a statement with his family, denies the sexual abuse allegations made by his sister in a lawsuit and says she faces “mental health challenges” — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s sister, Ann Altman, filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging that her brother sexually abused her regularly between the years of 1997 and 2006.
Trump says Meta has “come a long way” after the company announced it will end its fact-checking program, and that Meta’s “presentation was excellent” (Fox News)
Fox News:
Trump says Meta has “come a long way” after the company announced it will end its fact-checking program, and that Meta’s “presentation was excellent” — EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Donald Trump reacted to Meta’s move to end its fact-checking program on Facebook …
Samsung reports preliminary Q4 operating profit of ~$4.5B, missing analysts’ average projection of ~$6.2B, and revenue of ~$51.7B, also missing estimates (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Samsung reports preliminary Q4 operating profit of ~$4.5B, missing analysts’ average projection of ~$6.2B, and revenue of ~$51.7B, also missing estimates — – Weak demand for conventional memory weighs on Korean company — Samsung was also hurt by growing smartphone competition
The White House launches the US Cyber Trust Mark, a voluntary cybersecurity safety label for internet-connected consumer devices, after unveiling it in 2023 (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
The White House launches the US Cyber Trust Mark, a voluntary cybersecurity safety label for internet-connected consumer devices, after unveiling it in 2023 — Today, the White House announced the launch of the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a new cybersecurity safety label for internet-connected consumer devices.
OnePlus 13 review: excellent battery life, six years of security updates, solid build quality with IP69 rating, but most AI tools require internet connectivity (Nicholas Sutrich/Android Central)
Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central:
OnePlus 13 review: excellent battery life, six years of security updates, solid build quality with IP69 rating, but most AI tools require internet connectivity — OnePlus got everything right with the OnePlus 13 by fixing old problems and breaking new ground in design, build quality, and cameras.
Sources: Addepar, a provider of wealth management and investment software, is in talks to raise $250M at a pre-money valuation of $3.25B, up from ~$2B in 2021 (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Sources: Addepar, a provider of wealth management and investment software, is in talks to raise $250M at a pre-money valuation of $3.25B, up from ~$2B in 2021 — – Over $7 trillion of assets are managed on Addepar platforms — Software company’s clients include Morgan Stanley, Jefferies
