10 things in tech you need to know today, November 15

Facebook
CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly asked if Facebook could ban
Trump.
Reuters

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this
Thursday.

1. 
   Sheryl Sandberg and other Facebook execs investigated if they
   could ban Donald Trump after Mark Zuckerberg was “appalled” by
   his call for a Muslim ban. In 2015, Facebook
   executives investigated whether Trump’s call for a ban on
   Muslim immigration broke the company’s rules, according to a
   blockbuster report from The New York Times.
2. 
   Mark Zuckerberg made his executives use Android phones after
   Tim Cook slammed Facebook’s approach to privacy.
   According to the Times report, Cook’s public criticism of the
   Cambridge Analytica scandal “infuriated” Zuckerberg.
3. 
   Facebook reportedly had its Republican-linked PR firm try to
   blame George Soros for the anti-Facebook movement.
   The firm sent a research document to reporters that accused
   Soros of backing the anti-Facebook groups behind the scenes,
   the Times reports.
4. 
   Employee morale at Facebook has plummeted following all the
   company’s scandals, according to an internal company
   survey. The Wall Street Journal obtained the
   results of the survey, which showed the percentage of employees
   who were “optimistic” about the company’s future dropped from
   84% to 52% in a year.
5. 
   Uber lost nearly $1 billion last quarter as the ride-hailing
   giant’s growth slows. Uber reported its
   third-quarter financials to select media outlets on Wednesday.
6. 
   Senator Chuck Schumer intervened on Facebook’s behalf this
   summer, telling a prominent Democratic critic of the company to
   back off. Schumer reportedly told Senator
   Mark Warner, one of the company’s most prominent congressional
   critics, to tone down his criticism.
7. 
   Google’s impressive “Night Sight” camera feature rolled out on
   Wednesday. The feature comes with its Pixel
   smartphone and is designed to take better photos in low-light
   conditions for both the rear and selfie cameras.
8. 
   The mayor of Nashville reportedly learned through Twitter that
   Amazon picked his city as a consolation prize in the HQ2
   race. Amazon announced Tuesday it would split its
   new HQ2 between two locations: New York City and northern
   Virginia, but also announced plans to build an “Operations
   Center of Excellence” in Nashville, Tennessee.
9. 
   Netflix is testing a mobile-only subscription plan that costs
   half the price. Netflix is testing the half-priced
   subscription plan in countries like Malaysia.
10. 
    Uber’s CEO said he is “anxious” for more details about the
    death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but says Saudi Arabia
    still deserves a board seat. Uber has taken $3.5
    billion from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, plus its
    biggest shareholder is SoftBank, whose Vision Fund is also
    backed by Saudi Arabia.

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