Meta Doubles Down on Threats to Block News on Facebook and Instagram in Canada
Facebook and Instagram could soon be news-free for our neighbors to the north. Meta has once again said it would rather scrap news links on its platforms in Canada than…
Musk Says Twitter Will Purge Inactive Accounts
It’s time to say goodbye to inactive Twitter accounts, CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet on Monday, in yet another apparent attempt to bring users back to the platform.…
Texas Massacre Images Posted on Twitter Spark Outrage
Twitter is on the receiving end of both criticism and controversy for not properly moderating images of the Allen, Texas massacre that have surfaced online. Gruesome images showing the victim’s…
22 Unhinged (but Fake) App Features
Image: Soren Iverson At the tail end of 2022, screenshots of bizarre app features started going viral on Twitter. They rested just on the line between plausible and absurd. Google…
TikTok Tracked a Cat’s Account to Spy on a Journalist
A handful of ByteDance employees in the US and China tracked a cat’s TikTok account in order to find the IP address of its owner, a reporter covering the company.…
NYC Subway Resumes Twitter Alerts
Public transit shouldn’t be a roller coaster ride but, if you follow New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority on Twitter, the past week may have felt like one. The MTA,…
Waymo Doubles Range of Its Self-Driving Taxi Service in Phoenix
The robot takeover may not be as exciting as promised, but it is expanding to a wider array of city streets. Waymo’s driverless taxis are coming to more parts of…
The FTC Is Trying to Ban Meta From Using Kids’ Data
The Federal Trade Commission proposed a “blanket prohibition” that would ban Meta from monetizing children’s data Wednesday. The FTC says Meta—the company formerly known as Facebook—failed to comply with an…
Whoops! YouTube Shares Profits With Climate Liars Two Years After It Promised to Stop
People like to tell lies about climate change on YouTube. That’s bad enough, but worse is the fact that Google makes money by running ads for major brands against those…
Microsoft Broke a Chrome Feature to Promote Its Edge Browser
Microsoft issued a Windows update that broke a Chrome feature, making it harder to change your default browser and annoying Chrome users with popups, Gizmodo has learned. Video Chat –…