so mark zuckerberg offered more than he ever offered for an app. more than anyone ever offerer no an app and he the told at the founders something interesting he said he could allow them to stay independent but they could remain ceo and cofounder of this app and remain the visionaries and that he would be hands off, and to the founders of instagram, this was such an amazing thing that they would be able to essentially none of the risk of remaining a private company and all of the reward of maintaining the control over the future of their app as well as access to facebook's resources. they didn't want to sell but given the possibility of that facebook could crush them if they didn't, it was a viable option. >> host: what was the relationship between kevin and mark zuckerberg prior to the sale? >> guest: it was interesting. mark zuckerberg tried to hire kevin to come work on the facebook.com in 2005, the app that -- sorry -- the website -- no apps back then -- the website that was really just a college network at the time, and kevin said, no. his men

mark zuckerberg was asked about this in 2018 and he said.... but this is the same military that attacked the rohingyas and which continued to use facebook. the point being, in myanmar, facebook dominates how information is shared and decides who gets to share it. that's a lot of responsibility for one company. and if that's facebook�*s role in myanmar, next, let's turn to washington and the storming of the capitol. this was early 2021. america's fractured politics were laid bare, and with the very opposite of mark zuckerberg's ambition for america and for facebook as he outlined them in 2017. today, when we look around, our society is still very divided. all right, so, now i believe that we have a responsibility to do even more, not simply connect the world, but also work to bring a world closer together. but is facebook actually doing that? to consider that, we need to look at how facebook works. this is a former president. it's a social validation feedback loop that, it's like a, i mean, it's exactly the kind of thing that a hacker like myse

and they were aligned against mark zuckerberg at the end and that helped them get a lot closer as friends think whatever they do next they will probably be together. >> reporting on social media for bloomberg news, sarah frier, did they participate? >> yes, and i talked to hundreds of current and former instagram and facebook employees than the one important character was mark zuckerberg and honestly having a lot of resources and it was a story that he wanted to be a part of. besides saying that that is why they wanted to buy it. >> in your book no filter, it seems that silicon valley is where a lot of names appear in your book and there seem to be a lot of relationships. >> is really interesting that in his early years, kevin was able to have the opportunity to work for facebook, google matt and twitter and it was able to meet mark zuckerberg at the party and its fascinating how interconnected they are, the first venture capitalists and it's something that a lot of people have messaged me about lately, saying that it is keeping us home. how can i possibly do something like instagram or s

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again, we just want mark zuckerberg to be honest with people.e a private company but it is important that they don't lie under oath, for example. >> sean: unbelievable. any preview of what else is coming? >> we got some insiders inside wall street as well this week s and just all over the country people are reaching out. there is a movement of whistle-blowers. i >> sean: all right, james o'keefe, thank you for that report. now, the media mob continuing their anti-free-speech agenda against fox news and little ol' yours truly. it's not about freedom of speech. it's about freedom of reach. only a leftist could come up with that with the same logic. listen to the cycle obsessed fox news hannity professional stocker, humpty dumpty over there on his network fake news cnn yesterday. take a look. >> there it is up in the sky, information pollution. and the polluters are trying to deflect blame. dishonest cries with charges that these guys right here -- reducing a liar's reach is not the same as censoring freedom of speech.. freedom of speech is differe

and mark zuckerberg is not been very good at deaiing _ zuckerberg is not been very good at dealing with whether it be around sharing a fake news or conspiracy theories — sharing a fake news or conspiracy theories. and you have the situation now with _ theories. and you have the situation now with a _ theories. and you have the situation now with a have effectively overplayed their hand. they wanted to make _ overplayed their hand. they wanted to make this point that news media needs— to make this point that news media needs facebook within facebook needs them but _ needs facebook within facebook needs them but they have gone ahead a pandemic— them but they have gone ahead a pandemic and blocked vital information to mental health services _ information to mental health services. in australia they have blocked — services. in australia they have blocked info on bushfires and wider health— blocked info on bushfires and wider health services. it really is not a good _ health services. it really is not a good look. — health services. it really is not a good look, and i've been reading these _

to use their dominant platform position to interfere with how our apps and other apps work zuckerberg told investors in january apple may say they're doing this to help people but the moves clearly tracked their competitive interests he said the app stores new opt in feature could cut into facebook's revenue by 10 percent experts say that revenue was nearly 86000000000 dollars last year robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. meanwhile google has agreed to pay nearly $4000000.00 to settle allegations of pay disparities in hiring to its women and asians the u.s. department of labor says the money will go to $5.00 and a half 1000 people who've either applied for jobs or worked at google's california and washington offices the tech giants a keys of underpaying thousands of female employees in software engineering positions and discriminating against women and asian job applicants let's get more on all that is tech with in afraid who's the chief technology correspondent at access she joins us live by skype from san francisco many thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera let's begin with apple

lisa, how big is too big >> two big tech names, we will talk mark zuckerberg's plan to inflict pain onpple and semi conductors, qualcomm and microsoft have issues to get bigger by buying arm and we will take you inside facebook's oversight board as some people think the discourse has gotten too big we will continue with tech, state regulators close in from the outside, introducing new measures that might have an impact on their businesses but at least so far, little impact on their stock prices, north dakota wants to stop apple from taking developer's revenue in the app store meanwhile, maryland wants to take a chunk of digital dollars in taxes charm, this is interesting on one side, big tech is taking too much is the argument then on the other side, you know, tax implications is saying government isn't getting enough from the success that these businesses are having. >> yeah. john, you can do it easily on the other hand on this one but it's interesting, too, to talk about db fractureing of tech in general. whether it's on privacy between apple and facebook, publishing between microsof

mark zuckerberg and leadership team making key announcements. says it will take down bogus posts and pages that spread misinformation about the vaccines and covid itself. and this week facebook will launch a covid information center on its site, letting you know when and where you can get vaccinated. we spoke with one of the old guard, been with the company since the early ds,aysked if facebook can keep pace removing thousands of bogus or misleading posts. >> we've been working on this since january of last year, been constantly updating our approach since then. part of it is around removing false claims and big part is helping people connect to accurate information. misinformation thrives in the absence of accurate information. that's why we're investing so much there as well. >> you've been with facebook since day one, college buddies with mark zuckerberg, you've seen the company transform. moving forward, will you do more things like this, taking down content not in your mind accurate? >> certainly in context of the pandemic we've been doing

it's no secret that mark zuckerberg are leftists and supported biden. time reports in november 2019, mark zuckerberg invited nine civil rights leaders to his home. they warned him act the danger of the election-related falsehoods. took brain storming, conversations to get to a place where we ended up with more rigorous rules and enforcement says bonita gupta. she's biden's associate attorney general. perhaps a reward for her good work. now these meetings paid huge dividends for the biden team. in the months before election day, the social media giants were joe's ministry of truth. they erased the "new york post" bomb shell on the hunter biden laptop and all the china con -- connections. a poll from november found that 4.6% of biden voters would not have voted for him had they been aware of the hunter biden scandal. biden only beat trump by 4.4% of the vote. of course, we can't leave out the fact that zuckerberg was key to realizing mass mail-in ballots. he donated $300 million to local election offices and the liberal activists masquerading as nonparter

so there are rewards for this kind of behavior and for bowling mark zuckerberg.lk about that mark zuckerberg was to host nine civil rights leaders who were pressuring him. they talked about it, pressuring him on the story, people like zuckerberg and jack dorsey from twitter to ensure that they would censor information that was not favorable to this cabal of left-wing activists and big union, afl-cio and everybody else trying to get joe biden, all in there. and the other thing is that -- >> mark: it is incredible, it is incredible to me miranda, it was two weeks before we went from you can't talk about stopping the steel to posting, bragging about the steel, which is what this "time" magazine post does. it's quite incredible. you can't object to the election, but you can brag about fortifying it. thank you very much, miranda devine. trump supporter's have been ordered tonight and they do, they found it in their hearts to shovel a liberal neighbors driveway. but it could be something more nefarious behind this good deed over snow shoveling. the "los angeles times"

barbara hope zuckerberg. the leonard and norma klorfine foundation. the peter g.eterson and joan ganz cooney fund. we try to live in the moment, to not miss what's right in front of us. at mutual of america, we believe taking care of tomorrow can help you make the most of today. mutual of america financial group, retirement services and investments. >> for 25 years, consumer cellular's goal has been to provide wireless service that helps people communicate and connect. we offer a variety of no-contract plans, and our u.s.-based customer service team can help find one that fits you. to learn more, visit www.consumercellular.tv. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. the senate voted today to acquit former president donald trump on one article of impeachment. the charge was that he incited insurrection causing a mob to attack the u.s

>>ucsf biochemistry professor jo durie c there's also co president of the chan zuckerberg hub. he says half of those testing positive. also had no symptoms which means people must remain vigilant. so this variant doesn't spark a new surge. >>it highlights the need to accelerate our vaccination process. because the more chances of virus has to spread the more chances for mutations and so on and it's not time to let our guard down it's not time to like throw away the masks yet we're not there yet. >>in the meantime another ucsf study on the same west coast ferry. it finds having it increases the odds of being admitted to the icu and dying. the study suggests this period should be designated of areas of concern. oren ting urging follow-up investigation. >>and this west coast period is believed to be spreading across california but researchers agree more study is needed. at ucsf dan kerman kron 4 news. >>all 9 bay area counties remain in the state's most restrictive purple tier, when it comes to businesses and activities that are allowed to be open. the governor newsome believe som

barbara hope zuckerberg. the leonard and norma klorfine foundation. the peter g.erson and joan ganz cooney fund. we try to live in the moment, to not miss what's right in front of us. at mutual of arica, we believe taking care of tomorrow can help you make the most of today. mutual of america financial group, retirement services and investments. >> for 25 years, consumer cellular's goal has been to no-contract wireless plans, designed to help people do more of what they like. our u.s.-based customer service team can help find a plan that fits you. to learn more, visit www.coumercellular.tv. and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. good evening and thank you for joining us. president biden and his administration are pushing hard to keep the focus on their $1.9 trillion stimulus plan as the impeachment trial of former president trump is about to get underway. this morning, treasury secretary janet yellen said the recovery spending, i

>>researchers with ucsf and the chan zuckerberg hub found more than half had a west coast variant. further study determined. this variant passes person to person in a given household much easier than the regular form of covid-19 about a quarter. >>of the people in a house. are likely to get sick if an house. as part of the into the - household with the variant it's more like a 3rd ucsf biochemistry professor jo durie c is also co president of the chan zuckerberg hub. >>he says half of those testing positive. also showed no symptoms which means keeping a lid on this more transmissible variant will require doubling down on safety protocols. >>maintaining all of our social distancing masking and other safe behaviors that we've come to learn over this past year that's number one absolutely i think we need to also number to accelerate the vaccination process to get as much of our population protected as we possibly can as fast as we can. >>in the meantime another ucsf study on the same west coast ferry. it finds having it increases the odds of being admitted to the icu and dying. the st

he served as a personal speechwriter for mark zuckerberg. he joined spacex as senior director of communications. pleasure to have you here. finally, we're joined by david k, who will serve as an outside commentator, critical professor of law at uc irvine, and former -- on promotion protection on the right of freedom of expression. his 2019 speech police explorers to define the rules for online expression. as a special repertoire, he's known for many landmark reports, including covid-19 used as communication, and hate speech. he's also reported on ai human rights, and the regulation of online content by internet companies. without further ado, let's get on with the questions. welcome, all of you, and i look forward to a robust discussion. now, just for our viewers, we'll engage in questions and dialogue with the panelists. last when he minutes, i'll -- last 20 minutes, i'll open up the floor. think about what you want to ask the panelists. the first question, i want to start with with the cochair of the oversight board, and i want to start wi

this clash between facebook and others is kind of asymmetrical in the sense democracy is mark zuckerbergthat company very clearly and can push his perspective and then politicians, policymakers have to get their whole country in line if it means suffering short term in the news feed, right >> that is exactly correct facebook attempted to position what was going on in australia as a tax on links to news. in fact, it's an attempt to apply antitrust law in one of the few ways that a country of the scale of australia can apply it which is by essentially saying, i'm sorry, but if you're going to use your power we're going to make you reimburse those who are harmed and the problem is the original law is far from perfect. i think in australia they thought this was their best leverage and, unbelievably, facebook overplayed its hand by turning off government offices and services required in fire season they turned off fire departments, turned off hospitals, and the result was a public relations disaster even by facebook standards was epic >> what strikes me, too, if you're going to disconnect fro

zuckerberg and was mad pamela carlp, a stanford law professor, wan as the oversight panel. carlin had testified against mr. trump during his first impeachment trial. a source says zuckerberg listened to trump and told them members had been chosen based on their qualifications. facebook did not change the panel. the oversight board has two months to decide whether mr. trump should be allowed back on to facebook. mr. trump has declined to comment. >>> as we told you earlier in the newscast the cdc put out new guidelines for how schools can open safely. districts need to make a few changes before switching from online to in-person leverage the cdc is suggesting that schools set up testing, contact tracing and vaccines for teachers when available. >> we are ready to support in-person learning and looking forward to seeing our students come back to school. >> the white house says it's also acquired 200 million additional doses of vaccine. we told you that earlier this week and is deploying military and medical teams to help streamline that process. there is a lot to keep track o

barbara hope zuckerberg. the leonard and norma klorfine foundation.try to live in the moment, to not miss what's right in front of us. at mutual of america, we believe taking care of tomorrow can help you make the most of today. mutual of america financial group, retirement services and investments. >> for 25 years, consumer cellular has been offering no-contract wireless plans, designed to help people do more of what they like. our u.s.-based customer service team can help find a plan that fits you. to learn more, visit www.consumercellular.tv. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. a small group of republicans say they are willing to negotiate on president biden's top legislative priority, a new covid relief economic package. ten republican senators proposed a pared-down package costing about $600 billion today. that

>>ucsf biochemistry professor jo durie c there's also co president of the chan zuckerberg hub.says half of those testing positive. also had no symptoms which means people must remain vigilant. so this variant doesn't spark a new surge. >>it highlights the need to accelerate our vaccination process. because the more chances of virus has to spread the more chances for mutations and so on and it's not time to let our guard down it's not time to like throw away the masks yet we're not there yet. >>in the meantime another ucsf study on the same west coast ferry. it finds having it increases the odds of being admitted to the icu and dying. the study suggests this period should be designated of areas of concern. oren ting urging follow-up investigation. >>again more study needed on both and now you see ss say what this really points to is the need to be studying these positive cases more in determining where these variants are and what these variants are doing, but again the key here is doubling down on those protective measures so we don't see another surge live at ucsf dan kerman kr

to use their dominant platform position to interfere with how our apps and other apps work zuckerberg told investors in january apple may say they're doing this to help people but the moves clearly tracked their competitive interests he said the app stores new opt in feature could cut into facebook's revenue by 10 percent experts say that revenue was nearly 86000000000 dollars last year robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. google has agreed to pay nearly $4000000.00 to settle allegations of pay disparities in hiring women and asians the u.s. department of labor says money will go to $5.00 and off 1000 people who have either applied for jobs or went to google's california and washington offices in a freed is the chief technology correspondent she says the allegations against google and the policy of the wider problem this is a much broader issue in this case is fairly narrow it's talking about pay gaps and hiring discrimination and then is the main issue at the forefront what's mainly driving the conversation right now is how women and people of color are treated when they are working

to use their dominant platform position to interfere with how our apps and other apps work zuckerberg told investors in january apple may say they're doing this to help people but the moves clearly tracked.

to use their dominant platform position to interfere with how our apps and other apps work zuckerberg told investors in january apple may say they're doing this to help people but the moves clearly tracked their competitive interests he said the app stores new opt in feature could cut into facebook's revenue by 10 percent experts say that revenue was nearly 86000000000 dollars last year robert oulds 0 los angeles. google has agreed to pay nearly $4000000.00 to settle allegations of pay disparities for the hiring bias against women and asians the u.s. department of labor says the money will go to $5500.00 people who've applied for jobs or worked at google's california and washington offices the tech giant is accused of underpaying thousands of female software engineers out of discriminating against both women and asians kugel says that it will also review its practices at least 30 homes have been destroyed by a wildfire in western australia it's burning out of control near the city of perth with strong winds hampering efforts to contain it residents in one area near the national park b

even mark zuckerberg and the other directions. for the first time in history, we actually have content moderation being done off-site on big social media platforms. and that in itself, is historic . new think that we were going to add is that for the first time we have a true basis on how to discuss these issues. from our website and some of the public comments in command. this is the first time where we have real evidence and experts to debate these issues. for me to facebook's decision has been open. in the content they were wondering why it was taken down and could not get a real overview of the community standards are the steps . and of course it's really difficult to get in talk tech entered contact with anyone from facebook . they didn't know whether the contact was made by a human aura rebuts. so for the first time we actually have access to understanding these content moderation decisions and for the first time, the debate. so i think just in terms of transparency, our experts are access to these decisions and also to the

to use their dominant platform position to interfere with how our apps and other apps work zuckerberg told investors in january apple may say they're doing this to help people but the moves clearly tracked their competitive interests he said the app stores new opt in feature could cut into facebook's revenue by 10 percent experts say that revenue was nearly 86000000000 dollars last year robert oulds 0 los angeles. it is good to have you with a solo adrian something here in doha the headlines on i was 0 the policy of man last attained leader aung san suu kyi has called on the military to release and recognize its election victory some of the detained politicians have now been allowed to return home see the general men on line has appointed his own company as a day off the armed forces seized on the fall has the latest from ya go. it is possible that the military is trying not to be too brutal not to stoke too much and they've also arrested high profile protest leaders people who led protests in the past activist who is still prominent activists and now the puppet if they go to the know

to use their dominant platform position to interfere with how our apps and other apps work zuckerberg told investors in january apple may say they're doing this to help people but the moves clearly tracked their competitive interests he said the app stores new opt in feature could cut into facebook's revenue by 10 percent experts say that revenue was nearly 86000000000 dollars last year robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. hong kong media tycoon and private democracy activist tim miller i will remain in jail wanted to consider his bare application 73 year old is accused of conspiring with foreign forces on the time a sweeping nextel securest know to pick up pollen. ports from hong kong. a charged atmosphere as jimmy lie enters the building housing hong kong's highest court there's a heavy security presence unusual for a bail hearing but this is the 1st national security law case to make it to the court of final appeal oh yeah the side they're shouting matches between pro-democracy activists jimmy lies supporters and those who want to see him locked up but they seem like that we are ve

adding fuel to the fire well absolutely particularly stateside how many times have we seen mark zuckerberg being pulled into those endless hearings and facing accusations that his platform doesn't tackle harmful content enough that it's engaged in censorship that it doesn't react quickly to allegations of abuse facebook in these circumstances often raises its hands and says you know what it's easier said than done it's a very difficult almost impossible task while the astray and situation now shows that actually it is that easy whereas apparently removing the live stream of the christ church massacre in new zealand wasn't for many this was the icing on top of the case for a long time big tech face says allegations that it wields too much power the banning of course of the democratically elected president of the united states donald trump being the latest case in point so this latest situation just another example of silicon valley overreach and these actions will only confirm the concerns that an increasing number of countries are expressing about the behavior of big tech companies who thi

serious back and forth australia's treasurer josh frydenberg and facebook chief executive mark zuckerberg finally came to an agreement will facebook has really friended astray in return facebook agreed to restore the news pages and lift a ban on australians accessing and sharing news australian officials say this new law will ensure news media businesses are fairly compensated for content they generate now many are wondering if there will be similar legislation implemented in other countries already facebook is exploring potential news licensing agreements in canada while microsoft is working with european publishers to push big tech platforms to pay for news and new york attorney to chavez are to. carry horace and told the new legislation and his view is fully justified. it's very simple it's as if in the old days you publish a newspaper and then somebody came and stole your newspaper put it in their own stand and then added their own ads to it and made a profit and didn't give you anything back for it well there would be a problem there have been always for many many years and lawsuits

abc7 news reporter luz pena spoke to the chief of the emergency department at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital about declining cases. >> reporter: after a devastating year and three covid surges, today the chief of zuckerberg san francisco general hospital is feeling hopeful. >>> when would you say was that moment you realized that cases were going down? >> it was ten days ago, and it was a shift that i did in the emergency department. >> reporter: today governor gavin newsom confirming cases are also going down statewide, pointing to a month ago when there were 20,000 covid-19 cases reported. today 6,760. positivity rate was 9.3% a month ago. today 3.1%. hospitalizations are also down 41% and 38% in the i.c.u. dr. caldwell has gone from seeing multiple covid-19 cases per shift to this. >> three and one part of that was even less than that. so really it's been a dramatic decrease. >> reporter: but what's driving this decline? it turns out there are multiple factors. >> first and foremost, we're through the holiday, new year's time period when we saw a lot of social gatherings.

emily: you have never wanted to pick up the phone and call mark zuckerberg to say, hey, this is reallydown? bill: mark, he has to kind of maintain an open platform. on vaccine things, they have stepped up. i have a good dialogue with him. i think he has been put in a tough position by the government rules to let debate continue while eliminating the extreme stuff that drives people into a sort of non-reality position. how do you distinguish those things? and who is supposed to do that when you have millions of messages an hour? emily: you recently said that trump should and eventually will get let back onto twitter. why support that when he spreads misinformation about things like climate and the vaccine, which you care about? bill: there is a question about whether labeling things is better. i mean, those messages are likely to show up somewhere. it's a country with a first amendment, and so, do you want to have one party have one social network and one party have another social network? unlike climate, where i am in talking to the best scientists. and funding it. the way that we draw

amy: i probably don't agree with mark zuckerberg very much but i do here.nges the pandemic has brought will stay with us. that opens the door for a lot of different people. that allows people to live in cities that are affordable for them and for their families and work for companies like facebook, which was something that was unattainable before the pandemic. i also think that for parents, getting rid of the commute opens a lot of doors. there is a big opportunity to level the playing field in a way we have not seen before. emily: thank you so much for pushing the envelope on these issues and helping us think ahead. the riveter founder and ceo, amy nelson. appreciate you stopping by. coming up, betting big on the rise of online gambling, offering a secure way to order state lottery tickets with only your phone. hopeful in pandemic. peter sullivan with us next for an exclusive interview. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: with traditional casinos and racetracks closed, online gambling has taken off. one start up ones in on -- start up wants in on the action. after

you're not interested in investing and anybody who looks like mark zuckerberg.'s talk about the folks who you are backing. what is one company, if you could pick one, that you could say we should keep our eyes on? arlan: two questions. i will not say they are the guest success. but there is a company called ak ash, doing satellites, competing against starlings. they are also providing equipment against starlink. we put $25,000 in, kept in touch, helped where we could. we just put $1.5 million into subsequent rounds. they raised more than $20 million. i think they will be a unicorn in the next three years if not sooner. if they win, we all win. they get more broadband to places that don't have it. the sky literally is the limit. emily: we have been through a tough year. are you hopeful about 2021 when it comes to vc and trends? how will this year be different than the last? arlan: i am hopeful because it seems like there is a reckoning happening. i don't know if it is because today i am in a good mood. but people are taking it into their own hands. this is an exa

entrepreneurs — elon musk, tesla, jeff bezos, amazon, bill gates, ex—microsoft, larry ellison, 0racle, mark zuckerbergrry page, google. joe biden has said he wants to look closely at competition around big tech, according to those close to him. i don't think he has a huge choice in the matter. within the business community, there is a growing chorus of voices who are realising that they're operating on a very unfair playing field. president biden is also reportedly considering hiring an antitrust tsar to look into monopolies in tech. other senior democrats have even called for companies like google and facebook to be split up. big tech has had a bumper year, but withjoe biden as president, they're likely to face more and more scrutiny. should so much power and wealth be concentrated in the hands ofjust a few companies on the west coast of america? james clayton, bbc news. it is just after 1:30am it isjust after 1:30am in it is just after 1:30am in the morning. now on bbc news, do black lives matter in brazil? in the first half of 2020, more people were killed by the police in rio dejaniero state than

. >> coming up, class of tech titans zuckerberg, tim cook head-to-head over privacy what it means forjackie: tech titans tensions between facebook apple rising a fast pace in months two giants have squared off on topics including privacy data and act trabing even future of the internet mark zuckerberg telling facebook team members they need to inflict pain against apple for treating facebook so badly, jon your take on this at times seems like they are united you look into it they want to kill each other. jon: the journal had a good story few days ago two issues at play one tim cook and mark zuckerberg don't really seem to like each other very much. but the bigger issue, is as you say, privacy, so facebook's business model built on getting personal data, and finding ways to monetize it. apple's business model is based on selling hardware convincing customers they protect people's personal data running into each other on issuesious of facebook naps on apple machines apple trying to protect data facebook looking for ways to have a more open system where it can unifies personal data to mo

this is happening at zuckerberg "general hospital" in san francisco. vaccinations start at 9:00 a.m., and go until 3:00 p.m. the walk-ins are open until tuesday. >>> annan effort to help clear up some of the confusion, nbc launched a new website called "plan your vaccine. it tense you how, where and whether to get your vaccine. there is an interactive map that shows you the closest vaccination spots to you. go to planyourvaccine.com. >>> now to a memorable bachelorette party to say the least. nine women from the bay area were trapped in austin during this week's winter storm. cheryl hurd spoke with the bride. >> we chose austin, texas. we heard nothing but amazing, fun things. >> reporter: bride-to-be amanda says her bachelorette party started out amazing but on tuesday it turned into an unexpected nightmare. >> we did see weather was a factor as far as storms. but we thought, oh, we'll bring a jacket and we'll be totally fine. as it turns out, it wasn't fine. austin, like most of texas, is in the middle of a weubgd storm. >> if you could see the roads

>>ucsf biochemistry professor jo durie c there's also co-president of the chan zuckerberg hub. he says half of those testing positive. also had no symptoms which means people must remain vigilant. so this variant doesn't spark a new surge. >>it highlights the need to accelerate our vaccination process. because the more chances of virus has to spread the more chances for mutations and so on and it's not time to let our guard down it's not time to like throw away the masks yet we're not there yet. >>in the meantime another ucsf study on the same west coast ferry. it finds having it increases the odds of being admitted to the icu and dying. the study suggests this period should be designated of areas of concern. oren ting urging follow-up investigation. >>and this west coast period is believed to be spreading across california but researchers agree more study is needed. at ucsf dan kerman kron 4 news. >>coming up on kron 4 news at 8 imagine getting this in the mail driver's license with a picture of your face covered by a mask. we're hearing from the california was surprised with