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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shauna Sweeney, founder and CEO of tendercare. It has been edited for length and clarity.My dad, Mike, is a formidable human. He raised me and my brother as a single dad. He was a bar pilot, navigating massive cargo ships under…
Meta has blocked former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams from communicating with members of Congress who are investigating the company’s dealings with the Chinese Communist Party, her lawyer said.Ravi Naik, the legal counsel for Wynn-Williams, told Business Insider that his client is barred from speaking to lawmakers because of an emergency…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Evan King, 30, a startup cofounder in Los Angeles. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I got hired at Meta in 2017 as a software engineer on the integrity team. I loved my job and had no intentions of ever leaving,…
One of Meta’s top execs believes that the international push to reach advanced AI systems is the current equivalent of the moonshot.”The people we’re discussing, especially China, are highly capable,” Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said on a recent episode of the podcast Possible. “They have a tremendously talented pool of…
Two senior Meta executives — Dan Neary, vice president for Asia-Pacific, and Kate Hamill, managing director for retail and e-commerce in North America — are leaving the company after more than a decade each in key leadership roles. The departures are unrelated.Neary, who joined Meta in 2013, announced his decision…
Sarah Wynn-Williams’s memoir contains details about her experiences working at Facebook, now Meta.The Careless People author spoke with BI about how and why she wrote the book.Meta has since won a ruling barring Wynn-Williams from promoting the book.Hours before an arbitrator ruled in Meta’s favor, barring Sarah Wynn-Williams from promoting…
Welcome back to our Sunday edition, where we round up some of our top stories and take you inside our newsroom. I’m Steve Russolillo, BI’s chief news editor, filling in for Jamie Heller these next couple of weeks.I’ve got Katie Notopoulos’ impassioned argument about daylight-saving time on my mind. She…
Salesforce has dropped diversity hiring targets from it’s most recent annual financial disclosures. The company also removed references to diversity and inclusion as core company values.Salesforce joins the likes of Amazon, Google, Meta, and Walmart in rolling back DEI programs.Salesforce is the latest tech giant to abandon explicit diversity hiring…
Emily Pitcher got a job at Meta straight out of college but was laid off in 2023.Despite exceeding expectations and receiving other accolades, she couldn’t find a regular job.She took her unemployment as an opportunity to develop a game and launch her business.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation…
Meta filed a lawsuit this week accusing a man of selling Instagram handles and “unauthorized” account reinstatement services.The Instagram usernames were listed at prices ranging from $700 to $50,000, the lawsuit says.Meta also filed another lawsuit this week, alleging a different user engaged in similar violations.Meta is cracking down on…
