You can’t hide from Facebook

Facebook earnings are out, and one our listeners is looking for a little clarity in how exactly the company keeps beating expectations and bringing in tens of billions every quarter. We’ll get into the nuances of ad targeting, locking down your profile and how we create our own filter bubbles. Plus, more answers to your questions about the Congressional Budget Office, Navy planes and unemployment benefits.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• “Did hiring pick up after states ended extra federal unemployment benefits?” from “Marketplace”
• “States that dropped $300 weekly unemployment benefits didn’t see hiring boost” from “Marketplace Morning Report”
• “This is how Facebook uses your data for ad targeting” from Recode
• “Facebook beats earnings expectations, but warns of significant growth slowdown” from CNBC
• Kai’s 2017 interview with then-CBO head Keith Hall
• “An Evaluation of CBO’s Past Revenue Projections” from the CBO
• “Americans are heading back to gyms as interest in at-home workouts wanes, Jefferies says” from CNBC
• “Peloton reveals the cost of its treadmill recall. Short answer: A lot” from Fortune

Read the transcript here.

Our show needs your voice! Tell us what you think of the show or ask a question for our hosts to answer! Send a voice memo or give us a call at 508-82-SMART (508-827-6278).

Join us on YouTube Fridays at 3:30 p.m. Pacific/6:30 p.m. Eastern for our live happy hour episode! Subscribe to our channel and sign up for notifications so you don’t miss it.

Stories You Might Like

Giving out COVID vaccines is complicated, even within a single company

Americans are being shortchanged on unemployment benefits, report finds

The end of pandemic unemployment benefits

A slow news day in Australia … for those reading it on Facebook

Caught in the unemployment benefits gap

Expected hiring “boom” fizzles out for states that stopped extra unemployment benefits