Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Meta‘s social media platforms Instagram, Facebook and Threads are down for many users across the globe Tuesday morning. Facebook and Threads seem to be particularly impacted. Neither app was loading as of 10 a.m. ET, when reports of the outage started to surface on DownDetector.com. Instagram feeds aren’t refreshing … Read more
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Former Twitter executives including CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, Head of Legal, Vijaya Gadde, and General Counsel Sean Edgett filed a new lawsuit against Elon Musk and X Corp. in a federal court arguing that they are owed $128 million in unpaid severance. In their complaint, lawyers … Read more
15-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air with M3 Apple Apple on Monday announced new versions of its 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air laptops with its latest M3 chip. The M3 chip first launched in October, when Apple launched versions of the chip for its iMac desktop computer and more powerful versions of the processor for its … Read more
Washington: Coined by the World Health Organization to denote a hypothetical future pandemic, “Disease X” is at the center of a blizzard of misinformation that American conspiracy theorists are amplifying — and profiting from. The falsehoods, including that the unknown pathogen indicates an elitist plot to depopulate the earth, appeared to originate in the United … Read more
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) vetoed legislation Friday that would have banned children under 16 years old from holding social media accounts in the Sunshine State. DeSantis, who had previously voiced concerns about the legislation, said in a statement that Florida lawmakers were “about to produce a different, superior bill.” “Protecting children from harms associated … Read more
In this photo illustration, the Reddit logo is displayed on a cell phone and computer monitor on February 13, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Reddit is seeking a valuation of up to $6.5 billion in its upcoming IPO, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company plans to … Read more
Soon after Elon Musk took control of Twitter, now called X, the platform faced a massive problem: Advertisers were fleeing. But that, the company alleges, was someone else’s fault. On Thursday that argument went before a federal judge, who seemed skeptical of the company’s allegations that a nonprofit’s research tracking hate speech on X had … Read more
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg plans to visit South Korea, scheduling key meetings during the trip, according to a statement by Meta on Wednesday, which did not provide further details. Reportedly, Zuckerberg is anticipated to meet with Samsung Electronics chairman Jay Y. Lee later this month to discuss AI chip supply and other generative AI issues, as … Read more
Rapper Fat Joe has received backlash on social media after announcing that he owns a pair of golden high-tops from former President Donald Trump’s panned sneaker brand. The Bronx, New York, native showed off one of the shoes in an Instagram Live video that was later posted to his account Monday. The “Lean Back” rapper … Read more
Donald Trump (R) and producer Andy Litinsky (L) attend the Comedy Central Roast Of Donald Trump at the Hammerstein Ballroom on March 9, 2011 in New York City. Michael Kovac | Wireimage | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump was accused in a lawsuit Wednesday of trying to “drastically dilute” the value of stock shares … Read more
