Big Tech
Apple Card Has A Savings Account Now, And The Interest Rate Is Better Than Most Banks'
The new account offers a 4.15% APY, a rate well beyond what you can get at most banks.
Pranav Dixit
News Outlets Struggle To Decide: Do We Pay For Journalists’ Twitter Blue?
BuzzFeed isn’t ponying up, but for other outlets, paying might make sense.
Katie Notopoulos
Get Ready For A Twitter Feed Of Assholes Only
Starting April 15, only Twitter Blue subscribers will appear in the For You feed.
Katie Notopoulos
TikTok’s CEO Got Blasted By Both Sides During An Intense Congressional Hearing
Shou Zi Chew was forced to defend the Chinese-owned app, which some US lawmakers want to ban.
Ellie Hall
Congress Wanted Me To Turn Over A Document About TikTok’s Links To China. Here’s Why I Refused.
I don’t have high hopes for Thursday’s congressional hearing about the app.
Chris Stokel-Walker
The Battle For AI Supremacy Got Super Intense This Week, Risks Be Damned
“‘Move fast and break things’ seems to suddenly be in vogue again.”
Pranav Dixit
This Black Mom Invented Skin Tone Emojis, But Her Patent Attempts Have Been Shot Down Repeatedly
Now, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee are trying to help her and other inventors from underrepresented backgrounds.
Pranav Dixit
The Search Engine Bing Will Start Using A Souped-Up Version Of ChatGPT’s AI
“Can you suggest a 3-course menu with a chocolate dessert?”
Katie Notopoulos
RIP To The Best Bots On Twitter
“I’m not paying a dime to Elon lol.”
Katie Notopoulos
Twitter Is Shedding Users, Most Of Them Democrats, A New Survey Shows
Trust in the platform has dropped among Democrats and risen among Republicans.
Katie Notopoulos
The Facebook Portal Died. This Is How It Almost Lived.
Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth told BuzzFeed News how a deal to keep the Portal software going almost happened.
Katie Notopoulos
Congrats To The Biggest Loser
Elon Musk has lost an estimated $182 billion, taking the Guinness World Record for “largest loss of personal fortune.”
Katie Notopoulos
2022 Was The Year Tech Did A 180
From crypto’s implosion to Twitter’s meltdown, it’s been a wild ride of a year.
Katie Notopoulos
Elon Musk Ran A Twitter Poll On Whether He Should Step Down As The Platform's CEO. The Resounding Answer: Yes.
The billionaire had said he would abide by the results.
Tom Warren
Your iPhone And iPad Have An Awesome New Security Feature. Here's Why You Need To Turn It On Now.
Just do it.
Pranav Dixit
Elon Musk Is Not The Richest Person Alive Anymore
Bernard Arnault, the CEO of Louis Vuitton’s company LVMH, has seized the number one spot.
Katie Notopoulos
Apple Finally Will Let You Encrypt iCloud Backups. Here’s Why That’s Important.
Opting in will keep your iCloud backups safe from hackers, law enforcement, and Apple itself.
Pranav Dixit
They Worked In Big Tech And Lived The American Dream. Now They Might Be Forced To Leave The Country.
Some former tech employees on work visas in the US are experiencing an existential crisis: “Is it worth staying here for a job and country that doesn’t care about you?”
Pranav Dixit
Kanye West And The Conservative App Parler Are Ending Their Plans For A Deal
The news comes the same day Ye praised Hitler on Alex Jones’s Infowars.
Katie Notopoulos
Elon Musk Just Let Donald Trump Back On Twitter
The decision was based on a Twitter poll.
Katie Notopoulos
Here’s All The Latest On The Drama At Twitter
We’ll keep updating this post until the chaos ends, one way or another.
Katie Notopoulos
Verified Twitter Users Are Stuck With Joke Names Like “Spicy Chicken Sandwich” And “Giant Penis”
Elon Musk's move to prevent account impersonation has left many users' display names frozen in time.
Chris Stokel-Walker
Mass Layoffs Are Happening At Amazon
About 10,000 people could lose their jobs.
Pranav Dixit
Poll: When Do You Think Twitter Will Go Down?
Let's place our bets.
Katie Notopoulos
What A Year This Week Has Been On Twitter. Let Us Help You Catch Up On All The Chaos So Far.
“Bankruptcy isn’t out of the question,” CEO Elon Musk reportedly told staff.
Tom Warren
Do You Know What The Hell Happened On Twitter This Week?
A quiz about all the mess that has gone down at Elon Musk's company.
Katie Notopoulos
“It’s Scary And Stressful”: Some OnlyFans Creators Are Complaining About Two-Month Payment Delays
In a statement to BuzzFeed News, the platform blamed the issue on “technical difficulties.”
Ellie Hall
No, Elon Musk, Your $8 Twitter Plan Won’t Stop Hate Speech
It might stymie bot armies, but people will be awful under their real names.
Katie Notopoulos
Meta Has Cut More Than 11,000 Workers In Its First-Ever Mass Layoffs
Facebook's parent company is letting go of about 13% of its staff, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced.
Pranav Dixit
If You Were Laid Off From A Tech Company And Are On A US Work Visa, We Want To Hear Your Story
We’ll never share your name or other personal details without your permission.
Pranav Dixit
