Substack Is Totally Borked on Twitter
Like a voodoo doll that’s been poked and prodded by an overly-enthusiastic amateur magician, Elon Musk’s Twitter has started to come apart at the seams. Now it’s an open question…
IT Firm Blames Rogue Ex-Employee for Whites Only Job Ad
A tech company is under fire for seemingly posting a job listing asking for white candidates only with a note saying not to publish that information. Arthur Grand Technologies reportedly…
Twitter’s Recommendation Algorithm Is Now Open Source
Today is the day: In an effort to boost transparency between the public and the social media platform, CEO Elon Musk has made Twitter’s recommendation algorithm open source…for some reason.…
Jack Dorsey’s Block Rebuffs Cash App Fraud Allegations With Data Disclosure
Block, the Jack Dorsey-owned parent company of Cash App, is contesting accusations of fraud and rampant fake accounts with a new data disclosure. In a Thursday memo to investors, the…
Twitter Details How Much Money API Access Will Cost Now
Twitter previously announced that free access to its API would close on February 9. Image: Primakov (Shutterstock) In a poorly thought out plan to make Twitter as profitable as possible,…
Should Anyone Believe Elon Is Killing Legacy Blue Checks on April Fools’ Day?
If you got your blue Twitter verification checkmark the old-fashioned way—you know, by not paying for it—then I have bad news for you. The Tesla CEO turned Twitter CEO reiterated…
Underage Posters Get a Legal Bedtime as Utah Bans Social Media After 10:30 PM
Utah passed a pair of laws on Thursday laying out groundbreaking rules for children and social media. The laws require social media companies to verify users’ ages, obtain parental consent…
Clever Hack Uses YouTube to Back Up Your Data in Google’s Cloud for Free
Although the convenience of having your digital documents backed up to the cloud and available everywhere was once a pricey privilege, Google will now enable your digital hoarding for the…
Listing Jobs but Not Hiring: Indeed Cuts 15% of Staff
Lots of tech company workers have found themselves unemployed recently. And with the likes of Amazon and Meta confirming new rounds of layoffs just this month—even more former employees of…
Chinese Dating App Does the Swiping for Singles to Find Love
China’s new state-sponsored dating app, Palm Guixi, is something right out of the dystopia fiction handbook and is receiving mixed responses. The app was reportedly created to streamline the dating…