U.S. Regulators Want to Treat Apple, PayPal Like Banks
The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed to hold big tech accountable to the same regulations that banks are, in a filing Tuesday. If Apple and PayPal offer financial services…
Elon ‘Back to the Office’ Musk Called in Remotely to First X All-Hands
There is very little surprising about Elon Musk’s methods of running X, the social media platform known as Twitter, seemingly into the ground. A year after Musk officially took over…
Biography Claims Elon Musk Killed Starlink Access to Prevent Ukrainian Attack on Russian Forces
Starlink CEO Elon Musk reportedly worried about his role in the Ukraine War, prompting him to shut down the satellite communications network near Crimea last year, according to an excerpt…
Elon Musk’s X is Testing User Verification That Requires Government ID
X (the social media site formerly known as Twitter) is in the process of launching a new identity verification feature that could prove controversial. The feature, which is currently only…
Twitter’s CEO Makes New Excuses for Musk’s Dumb ‘X’ Rebranding
Linda Yaccarino, right, said Elon Musk, left, and her half clearly established rolls at the company. Photo: Mark Thompson / D Dipasupil (Getty Images) Twitter—the site that owner Elon Musk…
PayPal Dives Into Crypto Madness With Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin
PayPal is diving into the messy world of crypto with a new stablecoin pegged to the US dollar, aptly and uninventively named PayPal USD. The company’s entrance into the industry…
Elon Really Wants to Turn Twitter Into Wall Street
What’s the point of an app if you can’t make money on it? Such is the thought process of Twitter owner Elon Musk, as the first part of his grand…
Why is Twitter called X now?
Twitter is now called X, and it’s causing some commotion. Since launching 17 years ago (nearly to the date at the time of writing), Twitter has been adorned with a…
Lawyers Who Argued Supreme Court Cases Paid a Clarence Thomas Aide Via Venmo
Image: Erin Schaff-Pool (Getty Images) While the rest of us were Venmo-ing our friends for the dinner check, an aide to conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was apparently receiving…
Tech Companies Sue Arkansas Over Parental Consent Law for Social Media Access
After Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law that requires teens and kids to get parental consent before signing up for social media, that law is now in the…