Facebook said Monday it's created a new music revenue sharing program that will allow creators to make money on videos that use licensed music.
Why it matters: The move will help Facebook and its parent company Meta better compete with TikTok for creators' time and attention. Previously, creators couldn't monetize videos with licensed music on Meta.
The White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director has named Google executive Camille Stewart Gloster as a deputy national cyber director focused on workforce programs and supply chain security issues, according to an administration official familiar with the hire.
The big picture: Stewart Gloster’s hire comes as the one-year-old National Cyber Director’s office continues to fill out its roughly 50-person staff. In May, CNN reported that the office had hired a former Microsoft executive, a CIA official and a National Security Council member to deputy director positions.
Mark last week as the end of the social networking era, which began with the rise of Friendster in 2003, shaped two decades of internet growth, and now closes with Facebook's rollout of a sweeping TikTok-like redesign.
The big picture: Under the social network model, which piggybacked on the rise of smartphones to mold billions of users' digital experiences, keeping up with your friends' posts served as the hub for everything you might aim to do online.
