Episode 1315

Meta: Facebook's new name + DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg: the privacy search engine | E1315

Oct 29, 20211:18:12Watch on YouTube

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00:00 Intro - Facebook Connect Keynote Recap & Interview with DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg

01:57 News - Facebook's new name

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11:05 News - Highlights from the Facebook Connect keynote

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22:02 News - Why Jason thinks developers should not build on "Meta"

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36:22 Interview - Gabriel Weinberg DuckDuckGo

39:12 Why it's hard to measure how many people use DuckDuckGo

42:29 Improving search results

46:49 DuckDuckGo's ad strategy

51:18 Helping write privacy laws

58:51 Should Apple buy DuckDuckGo

1:05:59 The size and scope of the company

1:10:53 Algorithms

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