Social media trolls are inspired by ‘likes’ — not hate: study
Haters gonna hate. When it comes to spreading toxicity online, trolls aren’t keen to just rest on their viral laurels, according to a study by Cornell University, which found that...
Meta slapped with $600M lawsuit from Spanish media outlets
A group representing more than 80 media outlets in Spain slapped Meta with a $600 million lawsuit Monday alleging the Facebook parent has broken European data privacy laws. The suit...
Amazon bypasses Jeff Bezos, asks Elon Musk’s SpaceX to help launch satellites
Amazon on Friday said it booked three Falcon 9 launches with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to help deploy the e-commerce giant’s Project Kuiper satellite network, tapping a rival in the satellite internet business for its multi-billion...
Elon Musk mocks Paris Hilton cookware ads after her company suspends X deal: ‘Wasn’t super convincing’
Embattled billionaire Elon Musk picked a fight with Paris Hilton on Sunday – days after the celebrity influencer’s company pulled an ad campaign from X amid an uproar over antisemitic...
Google delays launch of ‘Gemini’ AI bot until January: report
Google has delayed the public release of its hotly anticipated conversational artificial intelligence tool “Gemini” until next month due to concerns about its performance, according to a report Monday. The...
Inside America’s School Internet Censorship Machine
APS, which installed Blocksi in May, stopped using the filter on most of its devices in August due to its restrictiveness, Harris says, and returned to the GoGuardian filter it...
How to avoid these 5 popular gift card scams this holiday season
Gift cards are a very popular and convenient way to give a gift this holiday season to your friends or family, but they can also be a target for scammers who want...
OpenAI Committed to Buying $51 Million of AI Chips From a Startup Backed by CEO Sam Altman
Rain at one point has claimed to investors that it has held advanced talks to sell systems to Google, Oracle, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon. Microsoft declined to comment, and the...
Apple releases urgent iOS security update: ‘Recommended for all users’
Tech giant Apple has released another update for iOS, just weeks after dropping the landmark 17.1.1. iOS 17.1.2 was made available to the public on Nov. 30 and aims to patch...
Jewish tech executives met with TikTok CEO over pro-Palestinian bias concerns: reports
A group of 40 mostly Jewish tech leaders and business executives confronted TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew over their concerns about antisemitism and the allegedly disproportionate popularity of pro-Palestine videos...
Walmart pulls advertising on Elon Musk’s X
Walmart said Friday it is not advertising on social media platform X, one of the latest major companies to say it has dropped the Elon Musk-owned site. “We aren’t advertising on X...
Tesla’s Cybertruck ripped over ‘abusive pricing,’ ‘disappointing range’
The long-delayed reveal of Tesla’s Cybertruck left many critics fuming about the “disappointing range” and “abusive pricing” of Elon Musk’s strange-looking, electric-powered pickup. Tesla finally provided Cybertrucks to a handful...
Linda Yaccarino’s memo to X staff after Elon Musk’s fiery interview
Loyal X chief Linda Yaccarino sent a memo to staffers defending Elon Musk in the wake of his profanity-laced interview — where he told advertisers boycotting his platform to “go...
Instagram downplayed spread of self-harm images among teens: lawsuit
Meta drastically downplayed the degree to which teens were being shown alarming pictures and videos on Instagram that depicted self-harm – even as the tech giant’s own research showed the...
‘Authentic’ Is 2023’s Word of the Year. You Read That Right
At first it looked unbelievable, but Henry Kissinger had died. At 100 years old, news outlets—and the world—had been preparing for the passing of President Nixon’s secretary of state for...
