The Greatest App of All Time Day 25: WhatsApp vs. Google Maps
Welcome back to Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and we’re officially down to our Elite Eight! Calculator took Uber to school in…
How to Pin Important Messages in WhatsApp Chats
You can now pin up to three important messages in WhatsApp chats. Zuckerberg announced this update yesterday on his WhatsApp channel, along with a screenshot showing a pinned image at…
TikTok Finds a New Defender: Elon Musk
Elon Musk spoke out against the United States’ potential ban on TikTok, owned by China-based ByteDance, in a tweet on Tuesday, saying the law is all about “censorship and government…
Zuckerberg Just Had the Most Humiliating Day of His Life, But His Hair Looked Great
In 2018, Mark Zuckerberg waltzed into the halls of Congress for the most high-profile moment of his career. He was pale and glass-eyed, his tie wrapped loosely around his neck,…
Instagram’s Adding a Chronological Feed for Stories and Reels in Europe
Meta announced it is implementing new “transparency measures” on Instagram and Facebook on Tuesday in response to the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) which requires Meta to comply by…
If You Want to Delete Threads, You’ll Need to Delete Your Entire Instagram Account
With Meta, there’s always a catch. Sure, you can sign up for the company’s newest Twitter clone Threads. You can use your Instagram account to get a unique badge to…
How to Download Threads, Zuckerberg’s New Twitter Competitor
Screenshot: Meta Facebook owner Meta is set to release Threads on Thursday, a long-awaited Twitter copy-cat app poised to cause major problems for Elon Musk. Threads is scheduled to be…
Tech CEOs to testify before Congress. Yes, again.
Tech CEOs are appearing (remotely) before congress again, and the question is still whether the event will be more spectacle or substance. The House Energy & Commerce Committee announced Thursday…
Big Tech CEOs’ showdown with Congress: The antitrust hearing that wasn’t
Members of Congress lacked any focus in their lines of inquiry
Here are the (many) companies pulling their ads from Facebook
Facebook has been a platform with wobbly ethics and questionable rules for some time — and now it’s facing consequences where they hurt the social media network most. As many…