Meta contractor Sama plans to close its east African content moderation hub in March, cutting ~200 staff; Meta will employ 1,500 Sama staff for data labelling (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Meta contractor Sama plans to close its east African content moderation hub in March, cutting ~200 staff; Meta will employ 1,500 Sama staff for data labelling  —  Staff at Nairobi office were moderating graphic and harmful material  —  Meta's east African content moderation hub is shutting …

TSMC reports Q4 revenue up 43% YoY to ~$20.6B, below ~$20.8B analyst estimates, its first miss in two years; TSMC stock dropped 27% in 2022 but is up 8% in 2023 (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

Debby Wu / Bloomberg:
TSMC reports Q4 revenue up 43% YoY to ~$20.6B, below ~$20.8B analyst estimates, its first miss in two years; TSMC stock dropped 27% in 2022 but is up 8% in 2023  —  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s fourth-quarter sales missed analysts' estimates, signaling the global decline …

A breakdown of Binance's known assets, using data from Nansen and others, estimates the exchange has around $50B, including ~$10B in BNB, down 24% from November (Javier Paz/Forbes)

Javier Paz / Forbes:
A breakdown of Binance's known assets, using data from Nansen and others, estimates the exchange has around $50B, including ~$10B in BNB, down 24% from November  —  The outflow of cash from Binance is worse than the CEO Changpeng Zhao indicated last month, and it's become considerably more severe since then, a Forbes analysis shows.

How Telegram, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter were used to boost election fraud claims in Brazil before riots hit congress and supreme court buildings (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post)

Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
How Telegram, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter were used to boost election fraud claims in Brazil before riots hit congress and supreme court buildings  —  Researchers detected a surge in violent rhetoric from election denialists in far-right channels online ahead of Sunday's rioting

Russia's invasion of Ukraine boosted European investments in dual-use tech like autonomous drones, rockets for satellites, and more (Aggi Cantrill/Bloomberg)

Aggi Cantrill / Bloomberg:
Russia's invasion of Ukraine boosted European investments in dual-use tech like autonomous drones, rockets for satellites, and more  —  European tech companies that work with the defense industry, long an investment taboo for many venture capital firms, are drawing record amounts of funding in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Meta says it is weeks away from announcing its decision on reinstating Trump, who continues to harass 2020 election workers by name, as recently as last week (Naomi Nix/Washington Post)

Naomi Nix / Washington Post:
Meta says it is weeks away from announcing its decision on reinstating Trump, who continues to harass 2020 election workers by name, as recently as last week  —  The platform cut Trump's indefinite suspension to two years at the urging of its Oversight Board.  But that doesn't mean he's coming back.