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Meta (META) is having a rough year. The company’s stock price is down 57% year-to-date, torpedoing CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth to the tune of $72 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index. While the macroeconomic climate is hammering the entire tech industry, Meta and other tech companies that rely on ad-based revenue face a unique headwind — Apple’s (AAPL) massive privacy shakeup called App Tracking Transparency. The feature, which allows users to determine if… Source link

A ‘key trend’ in latest Arab Youth Survey is ‘decline in news consumption’ DUBAI: Dubai-based PR agency ASDA’A BCW has published the results of its 14th annual Arab Youth Survey, described as the largest independent survey of its kind. This year’s findings are grouped under six themes: identity, livelihood, politics, global citizenship, lifestyle and aspirations. Having grown up in the internet age, it is perhaps no surprise that Arab youths are avid users of social media… Source link

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A 3D medical illustration of femur bones in the leg.Getty/yodiyim Workers from Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta are paying $75,000 to be taller, a surgeon told GQ. The Las Vegas surgeon can lengthen patients’ legs via a painful months-long process. He breaks the thigh bones and inserts nails that are extended every day for three months. A Las Vegas cosmetic surgeon specializes in leg-lengthening procedures that can grow people’s height by 3 to 6 inches, as a new GQ profile said. Many of his… Source link

Photo: Andrey Popov/stock.adobe.com South Korea has issued its largest privacy fines ever to Google and Meta, parent company of the massively popular social apps Instagram and Facebook. Google and Meta are to pay up $50 million and $22 million, respectively. In a statement, the Personal Informational Protection Commission said that Google and Meta did not clearly inform users or obtain their consent as they collected information about their online… Source link

A 3D printed Facebook’s new rebrand logo Meta is seen in front of displayed Google logo in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register SEOUL, Sept 14 (Reuters) – South Korea levied millions of dollars in fines on Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google and Meta Platforms (META.O)for privacy law violations, authorities said on Wednesday, as Meta considers fighting the decision in court. In a statement, the… Source link

Leadership expert and former Medtronic CEO Bill George ripped Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a wide-ranging interview with Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “Facebook and Mark are not grounded in values, so he is all over the map,” the corporate insider said in a scathing assessment of Zuckerberg’s leadership as CEO. George, known for his very successful stint as Medtronic’s CEO from 1991 to 2001, is the author of new leadership book “True North: Emerging Leader Edition.” In the book, George and… Source link

DUBAI: The Dubai Business Women Council organized the “Women in Media” forum in collaboration with MBC Group, to discuss the role that media organizations can play in increasing the representation and accountability of women in media. The event is part of the council’s #DBWCFORUMS initiative, which includes a series of talks that aim to raise awareness about the challenges and opportunities for women in different industries.  During the event, MBC Group and DBWC signed a… Source link

This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022 Consumers still don’t know what the metaverse is The battle for the future of the metaverse will kick into high gear next year when Apple (AAPL) is expected to drop its first AR/VR headset. The device, which will reportedly be called either the Reality One or Reality Pro… Source link

Updated Aug. 30, 2022 4:57 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) California may soon require nearly all employers hiring in the state to begin listing pay on job postings, a move that could affect many of the biggest U.S. companies. A bill passed by the California legislature mandates that all organizations with 15 or more employees include the hourly pay or salary range on job listings in the state. It also calls for companies to disclose more information to the state on the wages of existing… Source link