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[ad_1] Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News: Source: Chris Cox’s departure from Facebook was related to a disagreement over the company’s product direction  —  Facebook announced a significant reorganization of its leadership team a week after CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a …

[ad_1] Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Facebook starts rolling out a dedicated Facebook Gaming tab with a personalized feed for some users  —  Facebook’s gaming efforts and challenge to Twitch are taking another big leap today, as the social network begins …

[ad_1] Reuters: Sources: Uber will issue its public S-1 and start its IPO roadshow in April  —  Carl O’Donnell, Heather Somerville  —  (Reuters) – Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc is planning to kick off its initial public offering in April, …

[ad_1] Facebook: Facebook’s Chief Product Officer Chris Cox and VP of WhatsApp Chris Daniels are leaving the company  —  Today Mark Zuckerberg shared the following post with employees.  —  Hey everyone — I want to share some important updates as …

[ad_1] Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: Garmin targets the high-end watch market with a new Marq line of premium smartwatches priced between $1,500 and $2,500  —  Garmin is gunning for mainstays like Rolex, Breitling, and Omega  —  Garmin is taking …

[ad_1] Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Rakuten TV, a video on demand service which has 7M users, expands to 30 new countries in Europe, bringing the total countries served to 42  —  Rakuten TV, the Japanese e-commerce giant’s effort to take …

[ad_1] Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Telegram founder Pavel Durov claims that 3M new users signed up to the service during a 24 hour period which coincides with the period of Facebook outages  —  Messaging platform Telegram claims to have had …

[ad_1] Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: Twitter appoints a VP of People Experience and Head of Diversity and Inclusion, says its current workforce is now 40.2% female, 4.5% black, and 3.9% Latinx  —  Twitter unveiled its latest diversity report and …

[ad_1] Nick Statt / The Verge: Slack says it has removed 28 accounts for having a “clear affiliation with known hate groups”  —  Chat competitor Discord has faced similar issues  —  Workplace chat company Slack said today it’s removed 28 …

[ad_1] Thomas Ricker / The Verge: Facebook says all of its services are now operational, attributes the downtime to a “server configuration change”  —  Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook all appear to be operating normally  —  Facebook is reporting all services …