Shopify President Harley Finkelstein says the company’s Audiences marketing tool, which uploads customer data to Meta and Google’s ad platforms, is a key focus (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:Shopify President Harley Finkelstein says the company’s Audiences marketing tool, which uploads customer data to Meta and Google’s ad platforms, is a key focus  —  Canadian ecommerce group touts new tool that allows retailers to pool customer data and better target ads

A profile of Matrix, an open-source, decentralized protocol for messaging interoperability that saw its network’s users double in 2022 to at least 80.3M (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:A profile of Matrix, an open-source, decentralized protocol for messaging interoperability that saw its network’s users double in 2022 to at least 80.3M  —  After years of walled gardens, cross-pollination could be in sight  —  Interoperability and decentralization have been major themes in tech this year …

Employment in tech occupations grew 12% YoY to a record 6.39M in November 2022, as workers eye banking, retail, health care, and manufacturing amid tech layoffs (New York Times)

New York Times:Employment in tech occupations grew 12% YoY to a record 6.39M in November 2022, as workers eye banking, retail, health care, and manufacturing amid tech layoffs  —  Most tech jobs are now in mainstream industries like health care, banking and retail, which are increasingly in need of workers […]