10 things in tech you need to know today

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1. Facebook's Oversight Board will meet with whistleblower Frances Haugen. Haugen tweeted that Facebook has lied to the board "repeatedly," adding that she'd be joining the board for a meeting and "sharing the truth with them." Here's what we know so far.

2. Netflix suspended three employees but says it wasn't due to their criticism of Dave Chappelle's comedy special. The Verge reported that Netflix suspended the employees, including a trans staffer who recently criticized the comedian's "The Closer", for crashing an executive meeting. Get the latest on the tension within Netflix.

3. AI startup Whisper is becoming the "Tesla of hearing aids." Whisper, which uses software updates to improve over time, is led by an all-star team of Big Tech incumbents - and is now funded by Sequoia Capital. See how it's trying to provide the best hearing money can buy.

4. Amazon has abandoned its return-to-office plan. In a major reversal of its previous plans, CEO Andy Jassy told employees the company would let directors set remote-work policies for individual teams (you can read some leaked FAQs about the policy here). More on Amazon's major return-to-office shift.

5. Facebook banned a developer for helping users delete their news feeds. Developer Louis Barclay said he was served a cease-and-desist letter after creating a browser extension called Unfollow Everything, which - you guessed it - lets users unfollow all their friends and pages. Barclay told us about his experience being barred from Facebook.