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July 08, 2023

Tech

Meta’s Threads upends social media in less than 48 hours

Mark Zuckerberg’s rival social network is first serious threat to Twitter since Elon Musk takeover

By Editors Desk

Rivals Elon Musk, left, and Mark Zuckerberg. Twitter has threatened to sue Meta, claiming its Threads app violates intellectual property rights. Photograph: Saurabh Sirohiya/Zuma/Shutterstock

July 07, 2023

Tech

Download. Scroll. Post. Repeat. New social media apps are exhausting us.

Intas Pharmaceuticals in India made a widely used cancer drug in the U.S. An inspection exposed problems — and the fragility of the U.S. generic-drug supply.

By Editors Desk

Twitter’s tumultuous experience under new management has breathed life into competitors such as Threads. (Etienne Laurent/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

July 07, 2023

Tech

Threads review: Twitter without the rough edges or news

Site has potential to suck the remaining life – and advertising revenue – out of Musk’s struggling network

By Editors Desk

Threads feels substantially less confrontational, less aggressive, and less based around shouting at strangers with different political views than Twitter. Photograph: Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

July 07, 2023

Tech

Meta’s Threads App Sees Early Success, Drawing Ad Interest and Twitter’s Ire

In less than 24 hours, the app has signed up more than 30 million users, surged to the top of download charts and become a trending topic on Twitter.

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Meta’s Threads App Sees Early Success, Drawing Ad Interest and Twitter’s Ire

July 04, 2023

Politics

Federal Judge Limits Biden Officials’ Contacts With Social Media Sites

The order came in a lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, who claim the administration is trying to silence its critics.

By Editors Desk

The lawsuit named as defendants President Biden and dozens of federal officials.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times

June 17, 2023

Tech

Mark Zuckerberg Was Early in AI. Now Meta Is Trying to Catch Up.

The company’s CEO has invested for more than a decade in academic discoveries about AI, even making them open for others to view and use. Now Meta is behind in making consumer products like ChatGPT.

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Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook parent Meta, has taken over more control over the company’s AI efforts. GEORGE FREY/BLOOMBERG NEWS

June 09, 2023

Tech

Meta Reveals Twitter Competitor It Plans to Launch as Stand-Alone App

Zuckerberg criticizes Apple’s Vision Pro headset, saying Meta has tried to make products affordable

By Editors Desk

The app from Meta is code-named Project 92. PHOTO: JEFF CHIU/ASSOCIATED PRESS

May 22, 2023

Tech

Meta Fined $1.3 Billion Over Data Transfers to U.S.

Decision places pressure on Washington to implement surveillance changes for Europe to allow Meta to keep the data spigot open

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Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg. PHOTO: YVES HERMAN/REUTERS

April 27, 2023

Media & TV

Jada Pinkett Smith's 'Red Table Talk' canceled as Meta shutters Facebook Watch originals

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April 20, 2023

Business

Instagram to move majority of staff from London to New York

Decision comes less than eight months after social media platform’s head Adam Mosseri relocated to UK

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Adam Mosseri’s ambitions for London were crushed by Meta’s cost-cutting, according to two people with knowledge of the operation © FT montage/Bloomberg/Getty Images for WIRED

April 19, 2023

Tech

Meta is about to start its next round of layoffs

The company plans to lay off employees on Wednesday, according to sources.

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Mark Zuckerberg leaving a federal courthouse in San Jose in February 2022. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

April 09, 2023

Web

The blue check thumbs-up process is changing. Here's how social media users may be affected

Trading money for identity, fraud protection online makes for uneven playing field, says marketer

By Editors Desk

Facebook and Instagram are changing the way they verify users, as Twitter has already done, with a move to having them pay for the blue check. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)

March 17, 2023

Tech

Facebook, Instagram Users in U.S. Can Pay for a Verified Blue Check Mark

‘Meta Verified’ subscription service also offers direct access to customer support

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‘Meta Verified’ subscribers can get a blue check mark on Facebook or Instagram for a monthly fee if they provide government identification. PHOTO: DAVID PAUL MORRIS/BLOOMBERG

March 12, 2023

Tech

Meta to block access to news on Facebook, Instagram if Online News Act adopted as-is

Google executives clashed with MPs over the digital policy bill this week

By Editors Desk

Meta, Facebook's parent company, says it will restrict access to news on its platforms if online news legislation proposed by the government passes in its current form. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)

March 10, 2023

Tech

Meta confirms decentralized Twitter competitor in the works

Facebook’s parent company has gone back to the drawing board after its Metaverse failed to attract public interest

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February 20, 2023

Tech

Facebook Parent Launching ‘Meta Verified’ Subscription Service

Meta Platforms plans to test program starting at $11.99 a month in Australia and New Zealand

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Meta’s headquarters in California. The new subscription service is aimed at increasing security across the company’s services. PHOTO: DAVID PAUL MORRIS/BLOOMBERG NEWS

January 25, 2023

Politics

Meta to allow Donald Trump back on Facebook, Instagram

Meta Platforms Inc META.O said on Wednesday it will restore former U.S. President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks, following a two-year suspension after the deadly Capitol Hill riot on January 6, 2021.

By Editors Desk