Google chief legal officer Kent Walker. Photo By Alex Zea/Europa Press via Getty Images Judge James Donato is overseeing Epic v. Google, a case that could determine the future of the Android app store
Meta pins hopes on SCOTUS decision Meta filed its lawsuit two days after a US District Court ruling that went against the company. Judge Timothy Kelly denied Meta's motion to block the FTC proceedings
Sam Altman. OpenAI Sam Altman has been fired as CEO of OpenAI, the company announced on Friday. “Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was
Sam Altman speaks during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 6th, 2023. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Sam Altman will return as CEO of OpenAI, overcoming an attempted boardroom coup that sent
In March, we shared our vision of a new future of software development with Copilot X, where AI infuses every step of the developer lifecycle. Since then, we’ve been working to scale and mature the un
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Washington Post reported Friday that Reddit might cut off Google and force users to log in to Reddit itself to read anything, if it can’t reach deals with g
So you probably wake up every morning asking yourself three of life’s most pertinent questions- how do I build a streaming SQL engine, what even is a streaming SQL engine, and can our Lord drop tables
In April, NPR left Twitter after Elon Musk labeled the outlet as "U.S. state-affiliated media." Six months later, the effects have been negligible Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA via AP Images A lot of people t
A hacker is offering to sell records identifying names, locations and ethnicities of potentially millions of customers of genetic testing company 23andMe, beginning by touting a batch that would conta
By now, you may have heard about Elon Musk's handpicked CEO for X, Linda Yaccarino, and her disastrous interview with CNBC's Julia Boorstin at Vox Media's Code 2023 event. However, somewhat overlooked
Companies Openai LLC Microsoft Corp WARSAW, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A Polish watchdog is investigating Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O), opens new tab OpenAI over a complaint that its ChatGPT chatbot breaks Euro
“Happy to talk about it if this is interesting,” Marc Benioff, the founder of Salesforce, texted Elon Musk last spring. He continued, opaquely: “Twitter conversational OS—the townsquare for your digit
"Is Rust a great fit for this project?" I get this question quite frequently so I think it's time to write down my thoughts if it can avoid you some painful and costly mistakes. Short answer: no. Comi
Something happened to business software. You used to pay for it once, install it, and run it. Whether on someone’s computer, or a server for everyone, it felt like you owned it. And you did. Today, mo
The Federal Trade Commission has opened an expansive investigation into OpenAI, probing whether the maker of the popular ChatGPT bot has run afoul of consumer protection laws by putting personal reput
After multiple EU-based users complained about not being able to access Instagram’s Threads app through VPN, Meta confirmed that it is blocking such efforts. The company launched Threads last week, bu
June 29: Updated with statement from Facebook, from the author of the study, and from the editor of the academic journal that published the study. Facebook is the best human research lab ever. There’s
Advertisement Watch 6 July 2023 Technology reporters, BBC News BBC Thirty million users have signed up for Meta's newly launched Threads app on its first day, the company's chief Mark Zuckerberg says.
In an unexpected announcement today, Google Domains is “winding down following a transition period,” with Squarespace taking over the business and assets. Squarespace announced today that it “entered
Twitter has long been described, even by its most ardent users, as a hellsite. But under Elon Musk, Twitter has evolved into a platform that is indistinguishable from the wastelands of alternative soc
Hiding malicious programs in a computer’s UEFI firmware, the deep-seated code that tells a PC how to load its operating system, has become an insidious trick in the toolkit of stealthy hackers. But wh
Joshua Bergen is a very productive person. His secret is the workspace app Notion. Bergen, a product manager living in Vancouver, uses it to plan trips abroad in meticulous detail, with notes and time
Updated on December 29, 2022, at 12:10 p.m. The dramatic, multidimensional implosion of Meta; the nuclear train wreck of Elon Musk’s Twitter; the momentous labor uprising against Amazon—it wasn’t just
The City of Melbourne is investigating how much of a system for reporting graffiti, using QR codes, has been vandalised. Key points: Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp says a number of QR codes used to r
Credit...Tim Robinson Your Memories. Their Cloud. Google, Apple and Meta offer near-limitless digital basements in which to store photos, videos and important documents, but you should keep a copy of
Elon Musk has reduced the company to a bare-bones operation, and employees are under a “zero-based budgeting” mandate to justify any spending.
By Kate Conger, Ryan Mac and Mike Isaac
Kate Conger, Ryan Mac and Mike Isaac have reported on Elon Musk and Twitter since early this year.
Elon Musk’s orders…
Enlarge / Founder Eugen Rochko said Mastodon would not "turn into everything you hate about Twitter." NurPhoto via Getty Images Twitter rival Mastodon has rejected more than five investment offers fro
Musk’s cult-like fans haven’t entirely lost faith in their leader yet, but it’s getting a lot harder for him to keep up his image
I hate it when I have to do this but here goes: I was wrong. I was very, very wrong. Back in October, when Elon Musk’s $44bn (£36bn) acquisition of Twitter was finalized,…
Sasha Solomon, a software engineer, joined others in the media business who lost their jobs this year after publicly taking on their employers.
By Katherine Rosman
In the middle of a workday, Sasha Solomon, a 34-year-old software engineer in Portland, Ore., put her French bulldog, Bosworth, on a…
A recent incident at Radio City Music Hall involving the mother of a Girl Scout is shedding light on the growing controversy of facial recognition, as critics claim it is being used to target perceive
Image: puhhha/Shutterstock Almost three-quarters (74%) of developers are actively looking for new roles or are open to fresh opportunities, according to research. Younger developers are more likely to
Crypto is flowing out of Binance as users withdraw from the exchnage A long-running U.S. criminal investigation is a catalyst for withdrawals Binance is participating in misdirection and manipulation
Content Moderation from the do-I-sense-some-worry? dept Fri, Dec 16th 2022 09:17am - Look, I fucking warned Elon that this is exactly how it would go. It’s how it always goes. Remember Parler? They pr
Earlier tonight, Elon Musk suspended my Twitter account. I only had three tweets live on my account when it was banned. Two were promoting my social media profiles on other platforms (follow me on Tik
On Monday, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested by police in the Bahamas at the request of the U.S. government. Mario Duncanson/AFP via Getty Images Fallout from the catastrophic collapse of the
Enlarge Getty Images | NurPhoto A lawsuit says Twitter failed to pay a $1,092,000 invoice in a software contract that doesn't expire until late 2024, and that the Elon Musk-led company apparently inte
On a couple of occasions I have described my Grand Vision For How Social Media Ought To Be, which is roughly that there should be a bunch of different: publishing services, like Substack and Ghost rea
Update: After this article was published, Twitter banned half a dozen prominent journalists who had covered Musk and were critical of him on the platform. On Wednesday, Twitter chief Elon Musk banned
Elon Musk's Neuralink, a medical device company, is reportedly under federal investigation for potential animal welfare violations amid complaints from internal staff. The report says that internal do
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