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After months of talks, Democrats say Facebook isn’t ready for the election.

Contractors are concerned for their health as coronavirus cases spike in Texas.

When Rare announced their pirate-adventure-sandbox Sea of Thieves to the world, the studio put an emphasis on developing the game alongside a community of players. A part of this was establishing a Pirate Code that dictated—among other things—“Everyone is welcome on the Sea of Thieves regardless of age, gender, race,…

New documents reveal the broad goals of the U.S. Navy’s esports disaster, as well as some of the money it’s spent.

Arise Virtual Solutions, part of the secretive world of work-at-home customer service, helps large corporations shed costs at the expense of workers. Now the pandemic is creating a boom in the industry.

Reveal’s report follows an investigation from November.

This story is based on discussions with market players, customers, suppliers and my personal experience during almost sixteen years as founder and chairman of Sygic, a GPS navigation company that competes with Google & Apple. The European Union and the US have heard testimony about the monopolistic

Apple strongarmed another independent email app

The social network’s tone has long reflected corporate America: staid, monolithic, white. Now Black users are speaking up — and saying the site is limiting their voice.

Content warning: The following article discusses sexual assault, verbal and physical abuse, harassment, and suicide.Whe…

There's been a lot of important conversation happening over the previous couple days, and I've heard your voices. I'd like to share the email I just sent internally to the company on the topic.

I was a VP at Twitch and I reported this to the relationship-owning VP, the head of HR, and the CEO. All assured me it would be handled. Next year he was in the same VIP space at the same Twitch event. I was told he was the VP’s uncle and an “important” initiative launch partner.

Creators beware! @Twitch staff is now going around donating spare change in attempt to trick you into shouting out brands w/o proper compensation. Don’t fall for it. His punk ass lucky I couldn’t ban him.

Prosecutors for the Justice Department and state attorney general offices are discussing ways of curbing the search giant's market power as they prepare to sue the company.

The platform is overrun with hate speech and disinformation. Does it actually want to solve the problem?

Uber: your political opinion is here

The Quest 2 is the first Oculus headset to require Facebook.

Facebook’s CEO long left politics and policy to deputies. No more. As the company’s influence has grown, and with it controversies, political acumen has become an essential tool.

She's so relatable: she's got self esteem problems, loves music, and directly benefits from the genocide of an entire race, just like you!

Translation of her message: At the beginning of September, when I announced my new job at Xbox Brasil, I suffered harassment of all kinds, from people saying that I didn't play x or y and that I wasn't "worthy" of my job, to rape/death threats and aggression for exposing tense situations...

Lots of Brazilian gamers have been speaking out about this YouTube channel of Xbox fans with a history of racist and sexist comments. Xbox Brazil condemned the channel via Twitter on Tuesday, but Xbox had been working with them for years, despite complaints and clips like this:

The platform is filled with search-optimized spammers, and there’s no end in sight

In an Instagram AMA Facebook's head of VR said that Quest 2 buyers should make sure their Facebook accounts are in 'good standing' before buying a headset.

With CEO Mark Zuckerberg's blessing, Facebook tweaked its newsfeed algorithm in 2017 to reduce the visibility of left-leaning news sites in an attempt to dispel claims that the platform had an anti-conservative bias.

Mother Jones editors said their traffic from Facebook had plummeted

The Joe Biden campaign is on Twitch, but it doesn’t want to have some uncomfortable conversations.

After a bad run on Twitch, the Army’s esports team is streaming on Facebook. The results have been much the same.

The company told the app's developer that it was not compliant with App Store policy.

Washington state has proposed a new category for Amazon.

The drivers say they have been getting in-app warnings about what would happen if Prop 22 fails

Gig workers have nowhere to pee and it's only gotten worse during COVID-19. Instead of a societal solution, there is the Whizz app.

Ireland implemented a new nationwide lockdown earlier this week

Facebook does not allow the bulk collection of its data.

Facebook is banning players that use their Facebook account on more than one Oculus Quest at a time, according to some reports.

You now need a Facebook account to log into Oculus VR devices, and deleting your Facebook account will also delete your Oculus information, app purchases and achievements. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-10-26-deleting-facebook-wipes-out-oculus-purchases

Tech solutions aren’t always good solutions.

They spoke out about the conditions they faced while working for the company.

A former Uber driver is suing the company for suspending drivers based on its ratings system, which the lawsuit alleges allows racism to run rampant.

Activists had called for Ankhi Das to resign, citing escalating violence against Muslims in the country.

The manual includes advice such as responding to questions about U.S. war crimes with: "I’m here to play games. I have no interest in engaging in personal attacks.”

The personal-finance portal’s deal could head off potential antitrust objections to its pending $7.1 billion sale to TurboTax maker Intuit.

Conservatives often complain about perceived bias on social media

YouTube defends that one misleading video claiming Trump won isn’t violating policies.

YouTube is allowing videos carrying misinformation around the election to stay up

Prop 22 election results indicate that the backlash to Uber, Lyft, and Instacart is fiercest in San Francisco and the greater Silicon Valley.

Corporations spent millions to mislead voters about an anti-labor ballot measure, won, and reaped billions on the stock market. This is not healthy.

iPhone manufacturer won’t get new business until the problem is resolved

Zoom engaged in “unfair practices that undermined the security of its users,” the FTC said.

A right-wing exodus.

The company is accused of unfairly competing with sellers on its platform in Germany and France