Tag: Media & Big Tech

Survey Finds Young People Follow News, but Without Much Joy

NEW YORK—Young people are following the news but aren’t too happy with what they’re seeing. Broadly speaking, that’s the conclusion of a study released Wednesday showing 79 percent of young Americans say they get news daily. The survey of young people ages 16 to 40—the older of which are known as millennials and the younger…


Amazon, Google Criticizes Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Changes

BRUSSELS—Amazon and Alphabet unit Google criticized Microsoft’s cloud computing changes on Tuesday, saying they limit competition and discourage customers from switching to rival cloud service providers. The U.S. software giant on Monday announced amended licensing deals and other changes that will take effect on Oct. 1 and which they say will make it easier for…


Google Faces Criticism for Not Making Trump’s Truth Social App Available

Google is drawing criticism for refusing to make former President Donald Trump’s social media app Truth Social available in its app store. The app’s absence in the Google Play Store is a huge issue considering that Android phones make up about 44 percent of the U.S. smartphone market. Truth Social is available on Apple App…


Wall Street Opens Higher as Tech Stocks Rebound, Oil Drops

U.S. stock indexes opened higher on Wednesday as technology and growth stocks rebounded, while weaker-than-expected private payrolls data and a slide in oil prices helped ease some worries about inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 36.28 points, or 0.11 percent, at the open to 31,827.15. The S&P 500 opened higher by 14.51 points, or…


Australia Orders Tech Giants Apple, Microsoft, Snap and Meta to Step Up Actions Against Child Abuse Material

Australian authorities have ordered global tech giants to report on the actions they have taken to stop the spread of child sexual exploitation materials on their platforms and will impose penalties on non-compliant companies. Among the companies receiving legal notices (pdf) from the eSafety Commissioner are Apple, Microsoft, Snap, Omegle and Meta, which owns WhatsApp,…


Senators Make Demand After Mark Zuckerberg’s FBI-Hunter Biden Admission

Two senators on Monday demanded all communications about Hunter Biden’s laptop between the FBI and Facebook following a bombshell admission from Facebook and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that FBI officials told him in late 2020 that there would be reports that were actually Russian disinformation. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Monday…


Senators Make Demands After Mark Zuckerberg’s FBI-Hunter Biden Admission

Two senators on Monday demanded all communications about Hunter Biden’s laptop between the FBI and Facebook following a bombshell admission from Facebook and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that FBI officials told him in late 2020 that there would be reports that were actually Russian disinformation. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Monday…


‘Exhibit Q’: Elon Musk Cranks Up Effort to Scrap Twitter Deal With Explosive New Claims

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has dialed up his efforts to back out buying Twitter by filing a new termination notice underpinned by “Exhibit Q,” a document that references bombshell claims made by Twitter’s former security chief-turned-whistleblower and accuses Twitter of “far-reaching misconduct” that is likely to have “severe consequences” for its business. Musk said in…


Alex Jones’s Company to Face Second Defamation Trial in Connecticut

The parent company of InfoWars on Monday agreed to face a second defamation trial linked to the false claims of the program’s host, Alex Jones, that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax. Attorneys for Free Speech Systems (FSS) told a U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas that the company wouldn’t…


Elon Musk Says Self-Driving Teslas May Be Released in US, Europe by End of Year

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed plans for the wide release of self-driving electric vehicles by the end of the year, pending regulator approval. Musk made the comments at an energy conference in Norway on Monday, where he noted that he is currently focusing his attention more on his SpaceX Starship spacecraft and self-driving Tesla electric cars….