Category : General Tech News

Lifestyles of the Rich and Gullible: Theranos and Ozy Edition

Average investors were not able to get in on the last decade’s start-up boom in private markets. Once that seemed unfair. Now it looks lucky.

The Key Takeaways from Frances Haugen’s Facebook Testimony

Lawmakers in the hearing explored the role that Facebook’s algorithms play in amplifying problematic content.

Facebook Is Weaker Than We Knew

A trove of leaked documents, published by The Wall Street Journal, hints at a company whose best days are behind it.

Lawmakers See Path to Rein In Tech, but It Isn’t Smooth

If what faces Big Tech is anything like what happened to Big Tobacco, the road ahead is likely to be a yearslong battle over proposed rules and regulations.

Apple Appeals App Store Ruling in Fight With Epic Games

At the heart of the legal battle is the power Apple wields over its lucrative App Store.

On patrol with a real-life Robocop

Police are using a robot to fight crime in Los Angeles.

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Go Down Again for Some Users

All of Facebook’s main products — Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and the “big blue app” of Facebook — were inaccessible to at least some users around 3 p.m. Eastern time.

Facebook apologises as services including Instagram hit again

The brief outage comes just days after Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp went down for hours globally.

We’re Smarter About Facebook Now

With each Facebook crisis, we become savvier about the influence of tech companies on our lives.

Facebook’s Apps Went Down. The World Saw How Much It Runs on Them.

The outage disrupted the digital lives of small-business owners, politicians, aid workers and others. But for some, it was a welcome reprieve.

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Were Down: Here's What to Know

When apps used by billions of people worldwide blinked out, lives were disrupted, businesses were cut off from customers — and some Facebook employees were locked out of their offices.

How to Fix Facebook

This is a pivotal moment in Facebook’s history. Here are suggestions for how to improve the company.

China Fines Meituan $530 Million in Second Tech Antitrust Case

The $530 million fine is Beijing’s second major penalty this year against an internet company accused of monopolistic practices.

Facebook to act on illegal sale of Amazon rainforest

The social network changes its policy following a BBC investigation.

Google, YouTube ban ads on climate misinformation

The company says it will prohibit monetizing content which contradicts the science on climate change.