Mark Zuckerberg now says Meta shouldn’t have complied with White House Covid censorship requests
Free speech and potential censorship are at the heart of two separate tech stories that are dominating headlines around the world as we kick off …
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France’s arrest of Telegram’s CEO feels like a warm-up for a much bigger target: Elon Musk
Reaction to France’s arrest this weekend of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has, no surprise, broken along mostly predictable lines — with one side, for example, …
Bad news for remote workers as structured hybrid rises in the US by 17%
By Kirstie McDermott When it comes to job opportunities in the U.S., it is getting harder to find fully remote roles, even within the traditionally …
The music industry is suing 2 hot AI startups. They’ve invoked Taylor Swift in their defense
When the buzzy music startup Suno first launched its AI-based music-creation tool a few months ago — one that allows users to turn simple text …
What the bombshell Google antitrust ruling means for Apple
Today’s ruling by a federal judge that Google is engaging in an illegal search engine monopoly reminds me of a quote from HBO’s The Wire. …
Samsung boss Lee Jae-yong is angry that Samsung is copying Apple again
All I needed was a minute with Samsung’s new products in Paris last month to realize how similar the Galaxy Buds 3, Galaxy Buds Pro, …
Delta CEO praises Apple after Microsoft Windows outage cost him $500 million
“When was the last time you heard of a big outage at Apple?” Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian asked in an interview with CNBC …
Apple posts Q3 earnings as revenue hits $85.8 billion
Apple today posted its earnings report for the recent June quarter. When all was said and done, the company posted $85.8 billion in revenue and …
Apple files motion to dismiss DOJ antitrust lawsuit
In March, the US Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit stating Apple has an iPhone monopoly with anticompetitive conduct that harm users. While the …
Are you suffering from Shiny Object Syndrome?
By Amanda Kavanagh Tech workers must constantly upskill, so it’s especially easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of new frameworks, technologies, and methodologies. …
This isn’t the first time CrowdStrike’s CEO has been involved with a worldwide computer outage
The faulty software update that led to massive outages around the world was so destructive, some cybersecurity experts marveled at how it took down a …
Apple Intelligence will lead to a massive iPhone and iPad supercycle, Morgan Stanley says
A new Morgan Stanley report seen by BGR suggests that Apple Intelligence could be responsible for dramatically boosting iPhone and iPad sales. The firm expects …
3 of the most successful US tech companies to work at right now
By Amanda Kavanagh It’s been a buzzy year for Big Tech in America. As the ongoing AI boom continues, large organizations are hurtling towards valuations …
This NYT article about Elon Musk’s politics hurting Tesla sales is so stupid
Let me preface what I’m about to write by noting that I don’t own a Tesla, and I’m not an Elon Musk fanboy. But it …
These are the top cities tech workers want to relocate to
By Amanda Kavanagh Over the last decade, one city has reigned supreme as the most attractive destination in a survey of 150,735 workers from 188 …
Netflix is considering a free version of the service – here’s who could get it
Netflix has experimented over the years with different pricing tiers, in addition to launching plans both with and without advertising. Meanwhile, in an effort to …
The Google of 2024 feels hopelessly broken in so many ways
2024 has finally crystallized for me that when it comes to Google, this bloated, broken, visionless internet giant is on a trajectory that’s no longer …
People love Netflix’s live pop-up experiences so much, they’ll soon be permanent in two cities
Netflix was founded almost 30 years ago now, but the company today looks almost nothing like it did back then. Just like streaming and original …
Apple is shutting down its Apple Pay Later service – good riddance
Apple Pay Later has only been around for a little more than a year, but the company is already shutting down its Buy Now, Pay …
996 debate reignited after videos glorifying overwork surface
By Amanda Kavanagh A top public relations executive for Baidu, China’s dominant search engine, has reportedly departed the company following a series of videos that …
Elon rages that Apple is endangering users by linking up with OpenAI
On one level, I don’t blame Elon Musk for popping off on X this afternoon, following Apple’s WWDC 2024 keynote in which the iPhone maker …
Apple reveals how its ChatGPT integration works on iPhone, iPad and Mac
Apple literally redefined AI during the keynote for its highly anticipated Worldwide Developers Conference today, repeatedly emphasizing that Apple Intelligence (as opposed to simply artificial …
iPadOS 18: Apple unveils a huge refresh to its tablet lineup at WWDC
Apple has revealed iPadOS 18, its latest refresh to the iPhone maker’s tablet lineup — including new features like something iPad owners like me have …
Welcome to Memphis, Elon – and I’m sorry for what you’re about to encounter here
If I was the richest man in the world, and I was looking to build the biggest supercomputer in the world, the city of Memphis …
Companies like Google and OpenAI are pillaging the internet and pretending it’s progress
The AI-powered search engine Perplexity has come a long way since it launched back in 2022, so much so that it’s now reportedly close to …
It’s not just Gen Z who care less about work, it’s an epidemic in America
By Amanda Kavanagh American attitudes to work are shifting, and many are laying fault or credit – depending on your outlook – on the pandemic, …
Ex-OpenAI board members have no regrets and still think Sam Altman needs to go
Anyone who’s followed the story of OpenAI for the past year or more would probably assume that the nonprofit’s board of directors was surely up …
StreamSaver: Comcast introduces $15 bundle of Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+
Comcast is about to fix one of the most annoying aspects of subscribing to multiple streaming providers. Following the recent announcement that a combined Disney+, …
Prepare to drop $22,000 off your paycheck if you want to stay working hybrid
By Kirstie McDermott Despite the promises made by many tech companies during the pandemic, a lot of job seekers, (particularly those in the $100k and …
Ex-Google product manager compares its AI obsession to the disastrous launch of Google+
Google’s obsession with AI looks a little familiar to Scott Jenson, an ex-Google product manager and 16-year veteran of the company who’s seen this movie …
