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Elon Musk thanks Apple and Disney for advertising on Twitter
In the weeks after Elon Musk acquired Twitter, many advertisers paused spending on the platform, wary of the changes the multi-billionaire…
Elon Musk says Apple has ‘fully resumed’ advertising on Twitter
Elon Musk during a Twitter Spaces conversation on Saturday said that Apple has “fully resumed” advertising on Twitter, adding that Apple is…
President Trump snubs Twitter after Musk announces account reactivation
In a poll posted to Twitter on November 18th, new owner Elon Musk asked users if the platform should reactivate President Donald Trump’s …
Apple employee’s job in jeopardy over viral TikTok video
A TikTok video may lead to disciplinary action for the Apple engineer who told people not to unlock stolen iPhones for the thieves…
SPAC linked to President Trump’s ‘Truth Social’ venture is the best performing SPAC stock ever
Shares of the SPAC that agreed to merge with former U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Truth Social” venture have outperformed all other SPACs…
Former U.S. President Trump to launch new social media platform ‘TRUTH Social’
Former U.S. President Trump has announced plans to launch new social media platform called “TRUTH Social.” The website, which states…
Apple’s next iPhones aimed at social media creators and influencers
Apple is focusing feature enhancements for its new models toward a key constituency: social media creators and influencers…
Social media app Parler flickers back to life on ‘independent technology’
Social media service Parler relaunched on Monday, although the service is spotty and users report getting hung up at the login page…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg tells staff to ‘inflict pain’ on Apple as privacy battle escalates
Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg told staffers that company needs to “inflict pain” on Apple due to their privacy efforts…
Apple CEO Cook to make a ‘big announcement’ Wed., calls for accountability over storming of Capitol Building
Gayle King spoke with the Apple CEO about what he thinks needs to happen next. She also teased a “big announcement” coming Wednesday morning…
U.S. states plan to sue Facebook over antitrust violations next week
A group of U.S. states is investigating Facebook for possible antitrust violations and plans to file a lawsuit against the social media giant…
Apple’s iPhone 12 live event stream was noticeably missing from Chinese social media
Apple’s live “Hi, Speed” event stream of the iPhone 12 unveiling last Tuesday wasn’t carried by China’s top social media and video platforms…
Here’s where President Trump and Joe Biden stand on antitrust, social media, and other tech issues
Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat candidate Joe Biden don’t agree on many issues, but they do share a wariness toward Big Tech …
Parler CEO invited to U.S. House’s antitrust investigation into Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google
U.S. representatives Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and James Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) asked the head of upstart social media service Parler to weigh in ahead of…
Apple-backed tech group’s lawsuit says President Trump’s social media order is unconstitutional
An advocacy group backed by Apple filed a lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday over his executive order that would remove or change…
How to potentially profit from President Trump’s battle with Twitter and Facebook
The escalation in the battle between President Trump and social media companies such as Twitter and Facebook could dent the investment theses on each…
US government using cellphones to track Americans’ movements during coronavirus pandemic
US government officials are using location data from cellphones to track American’s movements during the coronavirus pandemic and how they may be…
How governments could track social media posts to enforce COVID-19 lockdowns
The prospect of governments tracking social media posts to enforce COVID-19 lockdowns is a real possibility. Government actions that would be considered…
Sonos stops updates for older speakers, upsetting customers
As Sonos stops updates for older speakers, a social media storm is enveloping the company. Sonos recently announced that, starting in May 2020…
Instagram begins hiding ‘like’ counts in the U.S. as test expands
The testing in the US will include a limited amount of users as it rolls out…
Why the Facebook News tab shouldn’t be trusted
Are we really doing this again? After the pivot to video. After Instant Articles. After news was deleted from the News Feed…
Apple’s iOS 13 privacy pop-ups to shine spotlight on creepy Facebook’s data grabs
Apple’s iOS 13, which will be generally released later this week, has already been spotted catching Facebook’s app trying to use Bluetooth to track nearby users…
Hundreds of millions of phone numbers from Facebook accounts leaked online
Hundreds of millions of phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts have been found online…
Senate Democrat: Mark Zuckerberg should face ‘the possibility of a prison term’
I think he ought to be held personally accountable, which is everything from financial fines to — and let me underline this — the possibility of a prison term…
Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system
A technology-enabled, surveillance-based nationwide program designed to nudge citizens toward better behavior…
Socials social media companies vow to police ‘truth’
For years, Facebook and other social media companies have erred on the side of lenience in policing their sites…
Trump administration is drafting an executive order to take on alleged anti-conservative bias at social-media companies
President Trump vowed to study “all regulatory and legislative solutions” to combat the anti-conservative bias that he argues runs rampant on platforms such as Twitter and Facebook…
“Delete Facebook,” urges Woz
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak thinks most of us should hurry up and find a way to delete Facebook…
Laptop Mag’s Tech Support Showdown: Apple No.1
Apple’s got a history of agents answering issues accurately with a polite, friendly manner…
Linus Torvalds blasts social media as ‘a disease’
Linux don Linus Torvalds has spoken of his dislike of social media in an interview…
Pew Research survey: Majority of Americans believe social media platforms censor political views
In the midst of an ongoing debate over the power of digital technology companies and the way they do business,…
Facebook’s surveillance machine
Facebook’s business model involves having people go to the site for social interaction, only to be quietly subjected to an enormous level of surveillance…
Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg AWOL from Facebook’s damage control session
Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg declined to face his employees on Tuesday to explain…
U.S. FTC reportedly probing Facebook’s abuse of personal data as UK summons Zuckerberg for questioning
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether the use of personal data from 50 million Facebook users…
Yet another Facebook debacle means it’s time for an Apple social network
The emerging Cambridge Analytica/Facebook affair…
The problem isn’t Cambridge Analytica: It’s Facebook
Cambridge Analytica garnered headlines across the world on Friday as Facebook formally suspended the company…
Delete your Facebook: The only way to win the social game is not to play
Facebook has been caught allowing the personal data of fifty million users — 50,000,000 — get siphoned off by political data company Cambrige Analytica…
Companies scour social media for clues to your physical and mental health
Your digital footprint — how often you post on social media, how quickly you scroll through your contacts…
Stocks turn negative after U.S. special counsel Mueller indicts Russians for alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election
U.S. stocks erased earlier gains on Friday after news broke that special counsel Robert Mueller indicted…
President Trump’s iPhone has only one third-party app: Twitter
Top White House officials tell me the key to forcing a more disciplined President Trump…
Report: People are spending much less time on social media apps
People are spending less time on social media apps, in some cases substantially less…
