BBC - Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is stepping down as CEO of the company. He will be replaced by the current CTO, Parag Agrawal. Agrawal joined Twitter in 2011 and has been the firm's head of technology since 2017.
Twitter Co-founder Jack Dorsey Steps Down as CEO
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UK Set to Block Meta's $315M Acquisition of Giphy
NEW YORK POST - The UK reportedly blocks Meta's $315M of Giphy, the popular animated GIF maker. The authority has told Meta that it has until Dec 1 to divest itself from Giphy, whose acquisition it completed in May 202. Meta also claimed that Giphy would have "continued in a diminished and underfunded state absent the merger."
by Abraham Ziff
See full article at New York Post
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TikTok Hires Deliveroo's Head of Public Affairs
PR WEEK - Giles Derrington has left Deliveroo, where he has been head of public affairs since 2019, to join TikTok as senior public policy and government relations manager.
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MICO Entertainment Platform Enters Egyptian Market
DAILY NEWS EGYPT - Mico is a popular integrated entertainment platform that enhances social communication between people around the world, launched its services in Egypt and the Middle East. MICO WORLD's products have covered ~150 countries and regions worldwide, and have gained ~100M users, making it the largest online social entertainment company in the world.
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Facebook Messenger and Instagram DMs Will Be Protected by End-to-end Encryption
FORBES - Facebook Messenger and Instagram DMs will come under the same level of default end-to-end encryption that now protects WhatsApp. "We don't plan to finish the global rollout of end-to-end encryption by default across all our messaging services until sometime in 2023," Meta's Global Head of Safety confirmed.
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Discord Is Updating Its macOS App to Run Natively on M1
9TO5MAC - Discord is finally working on an update for its macOS app that brings full support to Macs with M1 chip and later. Although the update is not yet officially available to the public, it can be downloaded as a beta app for now.
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TikTok to Donate $7M to Charities Worldwide
FREE MALAYSIA TODAY - TikTok announced that it would donate $7M to organizations worldwide to support the causes our community cares about the most. Alongside this positive action, TikTok will launch a series of live events on its platform on "GivingTuesday," on Nov 30, the "world's biggest day for generosity."
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Gamers' Exclusive Social Network Qlan Launched in India
PINKVILLA - Adding an edge to the esports segment, Qlan, an interactive social networking app dedicated to gamers, announced its successful launch on Google Play Store with 50K pre-registrations. This AI-based networking app offers the stakeholders in the business and the thriving esports community to meet, communicate, and get discovered.
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Pinterest Settles Lawsuit Alleging Racial and Gender Discrimination
CNET - Pinterest has settled a lawsuit alleging discrimination against racial minorities and women in its workplace. It'll also spend $50 million on reforms based on the discrimination allegations.
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