Krafton gets approval to resume battle-royale game in India
South Korea's Krafton Inc, a company backed by China's Tencent, on Friday said it received approval from Indian
2023-05-19 13:58
TikTok Ban in Montana Draws Suit From Ranch Mom, Marine, Student
A diverse group of Montana TikTok creators with hundreds of thousands of followers sued to challenge the first
2023-05-19 12:55
Musk’s Lawyer Sends Letter to Microsoft on Twitter Data Misuse
Elon Musk’s top outside attorney sent Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella a letter Thursday, saying Microsoft
2023-05-19 11:50
Embarrassing Facebook glitch exposes users ‘stalking’ strangers
Meta has apologised for a glitch in which Facebook sent friend requests to every profile that a user had viewed — leaving a number of users embarrassed and rushing to delete the requests, or, in some cases, their entire accounts. “We fixed a bug related to a recent app update that caused some Facebook friend requests to be sent mistakenly,” a spokesperson for Meta told The Daily Beast. “We’ve stopped this from happening and we apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.” According to accounts on other social media platforms like Twitter, it caused plenty of inconvenience. “As someone with a severe nosiness problem, this Facebook auto friend request glitch is very spooky and uncool with me,” one Twitter user with the username Lucy wrote. Last Friday, following a Facebook app update, users began sending out a stream of warnings on other social media platforms about the dangers of using the platform when their “nosiness” could be exposed to the very people whose profiles they’d been viewing. The Daily Mail quoted one social media user as writing that the glitch amounted to the “end of stalking.” Now that Meta has fixed the glitch, there is presumably less need to worry. For some, however, the damage may be done. “Facebook update s*cks!” another Twitter user wrote. “It automatically sent a friend request to account you stalked, lmao Imagine you stalked your ex or your enemy and they received a friend request notification.” There was some question over whether the glitch affected Apple phone users in the same way that it did Android users, but the glitch likely is not good news for a platform that has struggled to maintain the attention and affection of younger social media users who have migrated to platforms like Snapchat and TikTok in recent years.
2023-05-19 07:19
TikTok Montana Ban Sows Chaos for Creators Who Vow to Quit
Isaac, a Montana-based TikTok influencer who usually posts window-cleaning videos, told his 456,300 followers that he has to
2023-05-19 06:23
Frontier Carbon Removal Fund Just Inked a $53 Million Deal
An effort to pull planet-warming pollution from the atmosphere backed by Stripe, Google and other prominent companies has
2023-05-19 05:57
Explainer-How Montana could enforce a TikTok ban
Montana took the unusual step on Wednesday of banning Chinese-owned short video app TikTok, with lawmakers of the
2023-05-19 05:52
TikTok creators sue Montana over app ban
A group of TikTok users has sued to overturn Montana's new statewide ban blocking the app, alleging that the law signed this week by Gov. Greg Gianforte violates the First Amendment.
2023-05-19 05:51
OpenAI launches a free ChatGPT app for iOS
OpenAI is making it even easier for many to access ChatGPT.
2023-05-19 04:58
Applied Materials Sees Sales Drop as Chipmakers Pull Back Spending
Applied Materials Inc., the biggest maker of semiconductor-making machinery, expects sales to decline in the current quarter, though
2023-05-19 04:52
The Supreme Court Just Handed Google and Twitter a New Line of Defense
The US Supreme Court handed social media companies a new line of defense as they face an increasing
2023-05-19 04:48
Why the Supreme Court tiptoeing past a key social media shield helps Big Tech
Google, Twitter, Facebook and other tech companies fueled by social media have dodged a legal threat that could have blown a huge hole in their business models
2023-05-19 03:20