Canadian publishers see traffic and revenue plunge as Meta blocks news over pay mandate
Small and mid-size publishers across Canada are suffering sharp drops in traffic and revenue as Meta has been locked in …
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So much for Meta’s ‘Twitter killer’: Major brands shun Threads, traffic plunges 80%
Many of the nation’s top brands and celebrities have stopped posting on Meta’s new social network Threads — billed as …
Judge denies ex-Tesla worker’s bid for 3rd trial over race-bias lawsuit
A California federal judge on Wednesday declined to order a third trial in a race discrimination lawsuit against Elon Musk’s …
Apple releases software update to fix iPhone 15 overheating issues
Apple released an update to its iOS 17 software on Wednesday to resolve an overheating issue related to its latest iPhones. …
IBM chief won’t ‘get rid of’ a single programmer because of AI — he ‘will get more’
The head of IBM tempered fears about the havoc AI is expected to wreak in the workplace, saying he won’t …
Apple CEO Tim Cook rakes in $41M after dumping 511,000 shares
Apple CEO Tim Cook — who is making $49 million in salary this year — cashed in $41 million in …
Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son expects AI will surpass human intelligence within 10 years
Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son on Wednesday said he believes artificial intelligence will surpass human intelligence within a decade, urging Japanese …
FCC hits Dish Network with $150K fine in agency’s first-ever space debris penalty
Dish Network has been slapped with a historic $150,000 fine by the Federal Communications Commission for failing to properly deorbit …
Emergency test set to blast phones — and conspiracy theorists are on high alert
Is the test a test? Conspiracy theorists are flooding social networks ahead of the Federal Emergency Management Agency testing its …
Ex-CNN anchor Campbell Brown leaving Meta as tech giant shuns news
Veteran TV news anchor Campbell Brown will step down as Meta’s head of news partnerships, the company said Tuesday — …
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta cutting jobs in metaverse silicon unit: sources
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is planning to lay off employees on Wednesday in the unit of its metaverse-oriented Reality Labs division focused …
TikTok’s hiring top execs from China-based ByteDance probed by senators
Two US senators said they were investigating short video sharing app TikTok’s reported decision recently to hire several high-level executives …
Judge orders Elon Musk to face fraud lawsuit for late disclosure of Twitter stake
Elon Musk was ordered by a US judge to face most of a lawsuit claiming he defrauded former Twitter shareholders last year …
TikTok parent ByteDance’s torrid revenue growth has slowed sharply: report
TikTok parent ByteDance — the privately-held Chinese company behind the wildly popular short-form video app — saw its revenue growth …
Tech workers in San Francisco rent $700-a-month ‘sleeping pods’
Tech workers in the San Francisco Bay Area who can’t afford soaring rents have instead opted to stay in $700-a-month …
Google default search engine deals make user choice ‘completely bogus,’ Microsoft CEO Nadella says
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified Monday that Google’s multibillion-dollar default search engine deals have played a key role in obtaining …
Elon Musk’s X hit with trademark lawsuit from marketing agency
X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, was sued in federal court in Florida on Monday by a legal-marketing company that …
Church uses ChatGPT AI for ‘meaningful’ Sunday morning worship
Need to teach the holy trinity? Just use ChatGPT. A Methodist church in North Austin, Texas turned to such technology …
Elon Musk’s Tesla misses delivery estimates as delays halt production
Elon Musk’s Tesla missed market estimates for third-quarter deliveries on Monday as planned upgrades at its factories forced production halts. The electric-vehicle maker …
Sam Bankman-Fried paid Tom Brady $55M for a week of work, author says: ‘Tom adored him’
Tom Brady was paid $55 million for doing about a week’s worth of work total over a three-year period by …