Big Tech
#RIPTwitter: Elon Musk Is Buying Twitter For $44 Billion
The announcement marks a new phase for the world’s most frustrating social media company.
Elon Musk Said He Wants To Buy Twitter For The "Future Of Civilization"
The Tesla CEO spoke at the TED Live conference hours after he made a formal offer to buy Twitter for $43 billion.
Elon Musk, Twitter’s Biggest Troll, Won’t Join The Company’s Board After All
The Tesla CEO has declined the company’s offer and will remain its largest shareholder without the responsibility — or fiduciary duty — of a board member.
Elon Musk Bought 9.2% Of Twitter And Now Is On Its Board
This comes just after Musk bought a 9.2% share in the company.
TikTok’s Parent, ByteDance, Made Fake Accounts With Content Scraped From Instagram And Snapchat, Former Employees Say
The China-based company scraped public accounts and then duplicated them on Flipagram, a predecessor to TikTok, according to four former employees and documents viewed by BuzzFeed News.
Etsy Sellers Are Protesting New Fees On The Platform
Thousands of Etsy sellers and customers have signed an online petition demanding the company reverse its plans to raise transaction fees.
Russia Has Banned Facebook And Instagram After Labeling Meta's Activities “Extremist"
Individuals won’t be held liable for using the two social media networks, but paying for ads can be regarded as financing an “extremist” group.
Inside Project Texas, TikTok’s Big Answer To US Lawmakers’ China Fears
TikTok is rebuilding its systems to keep US user data in the US and putting a new US-based team in control. But for now, that team reports to executives in China.
Apple's New Budget iPhone And iPad Are Coming Next Week
At its annual spring event, the company refreshed the iPhone SE and the iPad Air and unveiled a diminutive Mac Studio running a powerful new chip.
Facebook And Twitter Have Been Blocked In Russia
Russia’s communications regulator said it blocked Facebook because of “discrimination against Russian media and information resources." Twitter was blocked shortly after.
Apple Halted All Product Sales In Russia And Disabled Maps Features In Ukraine
"Last week, we stopped all exports into our sales channel in the country. Apple Pay and other services have been limited. RT News and Sputnik News are no longer available for download from the App Store outside Russia."
Meta Wouldn’t Tell Us How It Enforces Its Rules In VR, So We Ran A Test To Find Out
Facebook’s parent company declined to answer our questions about how it moderates content in VR, so we created a test Horizon World filled with content banned from Facebook and Instagram. Content moderators said the world was fine — until we told Meta’s PR team about it.
Swiping Right As Much As You Want On Tinder Costs Users Wildly Different Amounts, A Study Found
The company denied discriminatory practices, but declined to explain its opaque pricing structure for Tinder Plus.
Facebook Parent Meta's Stock Has Collapsed, One Of The Largest Drops In History
CEO Mark Zuckerberg is betting the company on a "metaverse" that isn't here yet. In the meantime, people around the world are sick of the big blue app.
Apple Has Swapped In A Company Veteran As Its New Head Of PR
Kristin Huguet Quayle will replace Stella Low, who has served as Apple's head of worldwide corporate communications since May 2021.
Mark Zuckerberg And Sundar Pichai Allegedly Signed Off On Illegal Facebook–Google Ad Deal
Newly unredacted claims from a 2020 antitrust lawsuit say that Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai personally approved an allegedly illegal 2018 advertising deal.
Facebook’s Spanish-Language Moderators Are Calling Their Work A “Nightmare”
Contractors who moderate Spanish-language content on Facebook said they’ve been forced to come to the office during COVID surges.
Operation Tulip: Inside Facebook’s Secretive Push To Build Holland’s Biggest Data Center
In a wild twist, Facebook demanded that its data center be designated a project of “national importance.”
Facebook Moderators Have Been Told They Can Work From Home After Employee Protests
Hundreds of Facebook moderators at the company's Mountain View campus can now work from home after their employer Accenture reversed an unpopular return-to-work mandate.
Jack Dorsey Has Stepped Down As Twitter CEO
Twitter's board has unanimously appointed Parag Agrawal as CEO.
YouTube Will Hide Dislike Counts On Videos To Combat Harassment
The Google-owned video platform has had problems with “dislike mobs” harassing people by deliberately downvoting videos.
Why Facebook Shutting Down Its Old Facial Recognition System Doesn’t Matter
Facebook just made a big deal of shutting down its original facial recognition system. But the company’s pivot to the metaverse means collecting more personal information than ever before.
Facebook's New Name Is Meta
CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is now metaverse first, not Facebook first.
Apple’s New AirPods Are Pandemic-Proof
Improved sound and battery life are nice, but the shorter stems are what make AirPods 3 great.
What Should The New Name For Facebook Be?
Facebook wants to rebrand itself. We're here to help.
Apple Launches New MacBook Pros (with A Notch) And New AirPods
The new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips give a ton of power to new 14- and 16-inch laptops.
Facebook, Instagram, And WhatsApp Are Back Online After A Long Outage
Facebook's apps were down for more than six hours.
An iPhone 13 Pro Review For Piglets
You don't even have to try is an incredible feature in a smartphone camera.
Facebook Is “Pausing” Instagram For Kids
“We believe building 'Instagram Kids' is the right thing to do, but we're pausing the work,” Instagram’s head wrote on the company blog.
Do NOT Say Mark Zuckerberg Was Riding An Electric Surfboard
“I mean, it is defamation.”