A new app can turn any parent into a coaching whiz
Have you ever been stared down by a group of 6-year olds, all waiting for you to tell them what they should be doing? I have and it’s…
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Twitter CFO says Trump’s ban is permanent, even if he runs for office again
Former President Donald Trump will not be permitted back on Twitter even if he runs again for office and wins, according to the company’s chief…
Continue ReadingThe man behind Fortnite is making the riskiest bet of his career. The payoff could be huge
Over the course of his career Tim Sweeney has been unafraid to take on tech industry giants. The CEO and founder of Epic Games has had a knack for…
Continue ReadingTwitter’s election policies cost it users but company says it was ‘well worth’ it
Twitter said Tuesday that its efforts to tackle misleading content around the US elections cost the platform some users. The company reported having…
Continue ReadingLyft still has long road ahead to a recovery
Lyft is making some progress on the long road to recovery from what the coronavirus pandemic’s done to its business. The ride-hail company…
Continue ReadingInstagram wants Reels to be more than a hub for ‘recycled’ TikToks
Instagram’s short-form video feature has been flooded with popular TikToks — and the Facebook-owned company seems to have noticed. On…
Continue ReadingTensions high at Amazon warehouse as milestone union vote gets underway
On their way to and from the sprawling warehouse facility in Bessemer, Alabama, Amazon workers see union representatives holding signs encouraging…
Continue ReadingAmazon’s plans for India take a hit as court battle swings in rival’s favor
Amazon is once again on the back foot in its legal battle over the vast Indian retail market. An Indian court on Monday overturned an order that…
Continue ReadingElon Musk’s love-in with China may be over as regulators go after Tesla
Elon Musk’s Tesla spent the last couple of years trying to win over China in a bid to conquer the world’s largest car market. Now the…
Continue ReadingFacebook vowed to crack down on Covid-19 vaccine misinformation but misleading posts remain easy to find
Nearly two months into the largest vaccine rollout in US history, Instagram continued to prominently feature anti-vaccination accounts in its search…
Continue ReadingFor a brief period, there was a platform for sensitive political debate in China. Then censors shut it down
It gave a brief and tantalizing glimpse into what a free Chinese internet might have looked like. But on Monday night, social media app Clubhouse…
Continue ReadingFacebook is trying to fix its anti-vaxxer problem. Again
After years of struggling to crack down on vaccine misinformation, Facebook is once again revising its policies to get tougher. On Monday, the…
Continue ReadingJack Ma is swapping drawings with his biggest fan
Two of Asia’s biggest names in tech, Masayoshi Son and Jack Ma, are keeping in touch through personal drawings. Son, the CEO of SoftBank,…
Continue ReadingHyundai and Kia say they are not talking to Apple about self-driving cars
Shares of Hyundai and Kia plunged on Monday after the South Korean automakers said they were not in talks with Apple to develop self-driving cars…
Continue ReadingOne of Apple’s more controversial tech features may be going away this year. Many won’t miss it
Apple may be doing away with one of its most divisive pieces of technology this year, and some fans aren’t sorry to see it go. While the…
Continue ReadingClubhouse blocked in China as censors shut rare space for sensitive political debate
Clubhouse appears to have been blocked in China just days after it became the go-to app for uncensored conversations on a host of sensitive issues…
Continue ReadingMyanmar blocks Twitter and Instagram
Myanmar further expanded its internet crackdown, ordering a block of Twitter and Instagram days after the country’s military seized power in a…
Continue ReadingAmazon loses attempt to delay milestone union vote at Alabama warehouse
Thousands of Amazon warehouse workers at an Alabama facility will be able to cast their votes on whether to unionize by mail-in ballots beginning…
Continue ReadingInstagram is realizing it’s not so easy to knock off TikTok
It took less than six months for Instagram’s Snapchat clone to catch up to its rival’s audience size and be credited with stunting…
Continue ReadingTwo Google employees quit over AI researcher Timnit Gebru’s exit
Two Google engineers have resigned from the tech giant, citing the departure late last year of prominent Black artificial intelligence researcher…
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