The Last Watchdog

MAY 22, 2019

Addiction is what Mark Zuckerberg is selling. What new treatments or therapies or technologies to strengthen our people might they have discovered? No, you log on to Facebook to be on Facebook. Just for a minute. Or maybe a few. Or maybe an hour. Let’s be clear. This is a digital drug. And the addiction is the point.

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AIIM

APRIL 18, 2018

They occur when the cumulative inertia of technology innovation combines to disrupt business models. And the heart of disruption is ultimately when radical technology changes are standardized and then incorporated into new business models. Truly disruptive moments occur only once in a generation. Let’s take a look at a couple.

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IT Governance

JUNE 7, 2022

The metaverse has been steadily gaining public attention over the past year, particularly as a result of Mark Zuckerberg’s investment into the technology. Although plenty of scepticism remains over its viability, Zuckerberg isn’t the only one who believes this is the future of online communication.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2021

Dr. Robert Byer, professor of applied physics at Stanford University, and a leading expert in laser science and technology, for instance, signed on as a distinguished scientist to advance basic research in the use of light waves to streamline quantum computing. Things are changing. Need to know basis.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

MAY 4, 2014

Which is sad, given we have the technology to keep it that way. Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s Future, From Virtual Reality to Anonymity – WIRED. Mark sat with him to talk as F8 opened. Book Related ELSE dos equis Google net neutrality wired zuckerberg' The Year of the Facebook – WIRED. Worthy read.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 16, 2023

How will a Chinese-owned company – reliant on its parent for nearly all its technology infrastructure and beholden to that same parent financially – how exactly is that company going to “reorganize” so as to prove its black box technologies are safe for US consumers? .” Now this is interesting.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 11, 2020

While the proposed privacy initiative was initially met with significant opposition, particularly from large technology companies, some of that opposition faded in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and Mark Zuckerberg's April 2018 testimony before Congress.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Despite my glancing protestations (#2 and #4, below), Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump did not go gently into the good night of 2019. 2/ Mark Zuckerberg resigns as Chairman of Facebook, and relinquishes his supermajority voting rights. And this past year, the best sociopaths won.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

APRIL 3, 2023

To me the critical element is what, during the open web/search era, we used to call “personalized search” or “desktop search” – the application of the technology not at scale, but in a bounded environment specific to the individual using it. That ain’t gonna happen by itself.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

” We’ve shot well past the billion mark since then, with more than 3 billion audience impressions along the way. Our signature style of “bringing the receipts” journalism tore up social platforms for yet another year, whether it was Dr. Fauci , Ron DeSantis , Trump , Zuckerberg , or the local police. .

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IT Governance

AUGUST 26, 2019

A deepfake of Mark Zuckerberg was released earlier this year to demonstrate how convincing the technology is. These are video forgeries that piece together a victim’s facial expressions and audio to depict them saying and doing things that never happened. Deepfakes.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

MARCH 7, 2016

See below… If your business focus is in technology or the Internet, as mine has been for nearly three decades, it’s quite possible you’ve never heard of the GLOBE Series , a global conference dedicated to sustainability in business. So why aren’t Larry Page or Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg keynoting GLOBE?

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John Battelle's Searchblog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

” That one person, of course, is Mark Zuckerberg, but what I really meant was one company – Facebook. It’s clear that the consequences of Facebook’s platforms never occurred to Zuckerberg, Sandberg, Dorsey, or other leaders in the tech industry.

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AIIM

MARCH 22, 2018

There are relatively few periods in which BOTH business models AND technology models are simultaneously in a state of radical change. Mark Zuckerberg wasn't even a glimmer in anyone's eye and wouldn't appear on the scene for another 4 years. In BOTH business and in technology. 1 -- We are at an “exponential moment.”.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 20, 2011

Larry will now lead product development and technology strategy, his greatest strengths, and starting from April 4 he will take charge of our day-to-day operations as Google’s Chief Executive Officer. In this new role I know he will merge Google’s technology and business vision brilliantly. So what does it all mean?

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JUNE 19, 2018

My name is John Battelle, for more than thirty years, I’ve made my career reporting, writing, and starting companies at the intersection of technology, society, and business. Concurrently I’ve been an entrepreneur, founding or co-founding and leading half a dozen companies in the media and technology industries.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

(Next up will be Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.). - Baidu is not well understood by the US market as a technology and product company. The Google comparison, and Google's recent moves in China. Do you likebeing compared to Google? Do you agree with the company's clear challenge of the Chinese Government? How do you keep this up?

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John Battelle's Searchblog

MAY 31, 2017

I’m usually content with my (admittedly incomplete) understanding of the role humanity plays in the universe, and in particular, with the role that technology plays as that narrative builds. And cognizant of the inescapable baggage of the “digital technologies” tag, Harari has gifted his new state of mind with a name: Dataism.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

OCTOBER 26, 2008

Previous Web 2 Conversation posts: Mark Zuckerberg. Intel is arguably the most influential technology company in the world. Your responses have been inspiring, and I am compiling them all into documents I use during the interview process. Jerry Yang. Larry Brilliant. Next up is Paul Otellini , the CEO of Intel Corp.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JULY 1, 2011

You always learn something new, and the amount of knowledge that can be shared in even a few minutes of face time simply cannot be replicated with technology, social media, or even a long form post like this one. Nothing beats face to face, semi-serendipitous conversation.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Not Mark Zuckerberg, not Larry Page, and certainly not Russian investigator Robert Mueller, although of the bunch, it seems Mueller is the most interested in that fact. In fact, they bought the best companies in the field, and incorporated their technologies into their ever advancing platforms. The Storm Clouds Gather.

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The Guardian Data Protection

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Creators and influencers on Meta’s platforms are an obvious market for verified users’ monthly fees Mark Zuckerberg’s social media empire is built on billions of users – and the advertisers who pay vast sums to grab their attention. But that business model is under pressure on several fronts.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JULY 28, 2018

Technology for Consumer Protection. Question 1 : Are there any technological solutions being developed that can help address some of the issues of consumers’ privacy being violated online? Mark Zuckerberg has said that he sees Facebook more as a government than a traditional company. Happy to talk more about this.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 19, 2023

There are also experiments with various technologies like NFTs (non-fungible tokens), blockchain, crypto, and virtual reality (VR). Even Mark Zuckerberg has said the metaverse could take a decade to realize its full potential. But security will need to go beyond implementing technologies.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 23, 2023

But more than this, it could be a sign that generative AI technology as it exists now is fundamentally incompatible with existing and developing privacy and online safety laws in the EU.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Not Mark Zuckerberg, not Larry Page, and certainly not Russian investigator Robert Mueller, although of the bunch, it seems Mueller is the most interested in that fact. In fact, they bought the best companies in the field, and incorporated their technologies into their ever advancing platforms. The Storm Clouds Gather.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Not Mark Zuckerberg, not Larry Page, and certainly not Russian investigator Robert Mueller, although of the bunch, it seems Mueller is the most interested in that fact. In fact, they bought the best companies in the field, and incorporated their technologies into their ever advancing platforms. The Storm Clouds Gather.

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The Guardian Data Protection

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Accuses Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s co-founder and chief executive, of contempt for parliament in refusing three separate demands for him to give evidence, instead sending junior employees unable to answer the committee’s questions.

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 5, 2018

Founder says he takes full responsibility for data breaches and will not ‘throw anyone else under the bus’ Mark Zuckerberg has rejected calls for heads to roll at Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, saying that he takes full responsibility.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MARCH 21, 2018

But data mining poisons our politics | Gaby Hinsliff At times, Mark Zuckerberg looks like someone who cannot keep up even with himself Continue reading. So it is with the tale of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, and a saga that vividly highlights the awful mess that the biggest player in billions of online lives has turned into.

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The Guardian Data Protection

OCTOBER 29, 2017

It’s time for a similar revolt against the hypocrisy of the religion of technology A new power is loose in the world. In other words, we are all members of the Church of Technopoly , and what we worship is digital technology. It’s 500 years since Martin Luther defied the authority of the Catholic church.

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 17, 2018

Related: Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook hearing was an utter sham | Zephyr Teachout Related: Face-reading AI will be able to detect your politics and IQ, professor says Continue reading.

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 11, 2018

Senators let Facebook’s founder off the hook – but that’s got nothing to do with them being tech dinosaurs Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook CEO faces second day of questioning – live When Mark Zuckerberg appears on Capitol Hill again for a second round of questioning, he will be hoping for nothing so much as a rerun of yesterday’s performance.

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 11, 2018

The CEO’s privacy is as vulnerable as ours, and the social network faces a regulation battle Zuckerberg put on back foot as House grills Facebook CEO over user tracking His data was sold to a malicious third party as well, he confirmed, in an answer to a question from the Democratic representative Anna Eshoo.

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 24, 2018

Exclusive: panel told researcher Aleksandr Kogan that Facebook’s approach fell ‘far below ethical expectations’ A Cambridge University ethics panel rejected research by the academic at the centre of the Facebook data harvesting scandal over the social network’s “deceptive” approach to its users privacy, newly released documents reveal.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 1, 2018

Parliament may formally call CEO to face Cambridge Analytica questions next time he is in UK MPs have threatened to issue Mark Zuckerberg with a formal summons to appear in front of parliament when he next enters the UK, unless he voluntarily agrees to answer questions about the activities of his social network and the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 4, 2018

Although the initial tranche of changes, announced last week, will be available worldwide, Zuckerberg refused to commit to GDPR becoming the standard for the social network across the world.

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