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ת'רדס Threads טוויטר

Meta's Threads: Challenging Twitter's dominance with TikTok-inspired strategy

09.07.23|Omer Kabir
Meta has deliberately diverged from the recipe that has been at the core of Twitter's success, which revolves around news and politics, and instead focuses on users' desire for communities and memes
מנכ"לית טוויטר לינדה יאקרינו עם הבעלים אלון מאסק 18.4.23

Musk limits number of posts Twitter users can read - Shooting his new CEO in the foot

02.07.23|Omer Kabir
At a time when new CEO Linda Yaccarino is taking significant steps to steer Twitter back on track, Musk is undermining the very foundation on which the company is built
פיטורים בהייטק מפוטר מפוטרים

Director's cut: Amazon and Google getting rid of middle managers at the expense of future productivity

18.04.23|Omer Kabir
After huge recruitments during the pandemic, the technology companies are adopting a more economical organizational structure. Even if efficiency is expected to improve in the short term, the move may cause significant cumulative damage
Yoni Assia eToro

Twitter partners with Israel-founded eToro to offer stocks and crypto on the platform

13.04.23|James Spiro
It is understood that the partnership will expand Twitter’s ‘cashtags’ to cover many more asset classes and include a button that will send users directly to the eToro website
איור הייטק טוב ורע

The fast & the spurious: Failures of Tesla, Amazon and Google testify to the motives behind the scenes

21.02.23|Viki Auslender
Tesla's autonomous driving is causing accidents, Amazon is killing small merchants, and Google's chatbot is wrong. The hasty launches and uncontrolled expansion indicate that it is not "innovation" that drives these companies, but short-term profits
Jimmy Wales Wikipedia

Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales on online toxicity, Musk, and the battle for internet accuracy

21.11.22|James Spiro
“I sent Musk an email offering help, I am happy to give him some thoughts,” Wales told CTech.
אלון מאסק טוויטר

Graham.ai - The bot that will add (artificial) intelligence to your tweets

16.11.22|CTech
Two Israeli techies have released a bot that used AI to generate tweets
אלון מאסק טוויטר

Twitter charging $8 per month for verification is going to cause one massive headache

03.11.22|James Spiro
Verification on Twitter is supposed to confirm authentic accounts and prevent abusive behavior - a monthly payment will do none of that
 איור הייטק eyeweb

Falling in “like”: The internet’s measurement frenzy affects our self-worth

06.10.22|Viki Auslender
The internet's obsession with measurement, from the number of posts on social networks to the number of emails, is designed to affect the self-worth of users and make them stay on the platform as much as possible
בורסה וול סטריט ניו יורק

Israeli high-tech has plenty of reasons for optimism, even in difficult times

29.05.22|Meir Orbach
Israel has built a backbone of dozens of healthy growing companies who are capable of emerging from this crisis stronger than ever
Amir Shevat Twitter

“I'm either super passionate about something or very bored with it.”

12.09.21|CTech
As a leader, Amir Shevat from Twitter tells Michael Matias about hiring people smarter than you and empowering them to make decisions
פייסבוק טוויטר רשתות חברתיות

Israeli media urges Facebook, Twitter to act on incitement against reporters

25.05.21|Reuters
"We are certain that Facebook and Twitter would prefer to take reasonable measures now in order to prevent further violence, rather than do nothing and allow for incitement to escalate and lead to physical harm"
Jack Dorsey Twitter Padlock

The atrocities of Jack’s Twitter

12.05.21|James Spiro
Bombs are falling on Israel and its enemies are tweeting celebrations - a far cry from the ban of the U.S president just four months ago
Tomer Aldubi Fighting Online Antisemitism

Battling online Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism is a year-round job

08.04.21|James Spiro
Social Media platforms have long been criticized for allowing, and sometimes encouraging, anti-Semitic posts. Meet the folks trying to hold them accountable
לוגו טוויטר קורונה

Twitter acquires Israeli startup Reshuffle to advance new API

24.03.21|CTech
Social media giant believes small Israeli team headed by CEO Avner Braverman and CPO Amir Shevat can further advance the building of the new API introduced last year
דונלד טראמפ  על רקע לוגואים של טוויטר ו פייסבוק

Trump’s social media silencing proves that market caps, not national borders, are what makes a superpower

17.01.21|Shaul Olmert
The Capitol Hill riots reminded the tech giants of their responsibility to democratic values. It’s too bad that that’s what it took
Hate Speech

“A coalition of hate”: The online extremists that are testing Big Tech

15.01.21|James Spiro
Hate speech has been bubbling on social media and the internet for decades - but it all came to a climax this month at the heart of America’s democracy
ג'ק דורסי מייסד מנכ"ל טוויטר דצמבר 2018

Was Twitter’s censorship of the Hunter Biden exposé the last nail in Section 230’s coffin?

23.10.20|Dov Greenbaum
Regardless of who wins the next elections, we will likely eventually see some changes to this section