Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets
A nonprofit organization that researches links between social media, hate and extremism has been threatened with a lawsuit by X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter
2023-07-31 23:49
Kimberly Palmer: How to stay safe from financial scams
While there’s no way to guarantee you’ll completely avoid financial scams, there are steps you can take to reduce your chances of falling for one
2023-07-31 23:21
Amazon, Apple Earnings to Provide Look at Consumer Habits
Consumer habits will come to the fore again in this week’s earnings deluge, as Amazon.com Inc., Shopify Inc.
2023-07-31 18:47
Exxon Profit Misses Estimates as Natural Gas, Refining Falter
Exxon Mobil Corp. fell short of analysts’ expectations with a third straight drop in profit — the longest
2023-07-28 18:57
Deep dive into Meta's algorithms shows that America's political polarization has no easy fix
A team of some of the world's leading social media researchers has published four studies looking at the relationship between the algorithms used by Facebook and Instagram and America's widening political divide
2023-07-28 02:17
Microsoft Teams Faces EU Antitrust Probe in Salesforce Clash
Microsoft Corp. faces a European Union probe over concerns it’s driving out competition by unfairly bundling its Teams
2023-07-27 18:17
EU opens antitrust investigation against Microsoft over Office and videoconferencing Teams bundling
The European Union is opeing a formal antitrust investigation targeting Microsoft into the software company’s Teams messaging and videoconferencing app over concerns that its bundling with its Office productivity sofware suite gives it an unfair edge over competitors
2023-07-27 18:16
Pushing back on bias: Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In launches girls leadership program
Ten years after publishing her book “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead,” Sheryl Sandberg will launch a girls leadership program Thursday through her foundation to respond to what she calls stubborn gender inequities
2023-07-27 17:15
Chinese Smartphone Market May Remain Weak Through 2023, IDC Says
Chinese smartphone shipments fell 2.1% in the second quarter, extending a market decline that may persist throughout 2023,
2023-07-27 15:56
Elon Musk wants to turn tweets into 'X's'. But changing language is not quite so simple
Elon Musk may want to send “tweet” back to the birds, but the ubiquitous term for posting on the site he now calls X is here to stay — at least for now
2023-07-27 13:25
Facebook parent Meta posts higher profit, revenue for Q2 as advertising rebounds
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms posted stronger-than-expected results for the second quarter on Wednesday, buoyed by a rebound in online advertising after a post-pandemic slump
2023-07-27 04:45
Are you a Facebook user? You have one month left to apply for a share of this $725M settlement
U.S. Facebook users have one more month to apply for their share of a $725 million privacy settlement that parent company Meta agreed to pay late last year
2023-07-27 03:45