Welcome to the Tech Main Ride Home for Friday, August 19th, 2022.

I'm Brian McCullough today.

Looks like Evan Spiegel is retrenching in his dreams of making Snapped primarily a camera company.

Are we about to see the biggest Google search algorithm change in years?

Does TikTok effectively have a keystroke logger and will this lead to more calls to crack down on them and of course the weekend

long-range suggestions.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

Hmm I'm trying to make an analogy to Zuck having to give up his Metaverse dreams, but kind of doesn't fit.

Sources say Evan Spiegel told staff that Snap is stopping future development of its

pixie flying selfie camera as part of a broader re-priorityization of resources, quoting the journal.

Pixi is a small drone that takes off and lands in the user's hand.

It was introduced at the end of April during Snap's annual partner summit with a $230 starting price. When it launched, Mr.

Speiegel said it planned to sell a limited quantity of them.

Snap will continue to sell the current iteration of Pixie, according to a

person familiar with the matter, as of Thursday morning, it was available

for online purchase. Snaps, Step Back from Pixi, Echo's actions other tech companies have taken to

reallocate resources in recent weeks.

Facebook Parent Meta Platforms has moved to give priority

to efforts around the Creator Economy

and away from its Facebook News tab

and newsletter platform called Bulletin,

the Wall Street Journal reported last month.

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