What Will Become of TikTok? After Bitter Congressional Hearing, App’s Future Is ‘Shakier Than Ever’

billboard.com As the U.S. government considers banning social media app TikTok, the U.S. music industry faces a few scenarios regarding the platform that’s become a lifeline for…

"Little Blessing" :Mark Zuckerberg And Wife Priscilla Chan Welcome Third Child

ndtv.com Facebook's Co-founder and Meta's Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr Priscilla Chan welcomed their third baby together. Mr Zuckerberg took to Instagram…

Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan welcome their third baby girl

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Where TikTok users may go if the app gets banned

cnn.com On the eve of a high-profile TikTok hearing this week, the company shared that it now has more than 150 million US monthly active users. But after the heated, hours-long…

Salesforce, Meta looking to sublease downtown office space

chicagotribune.com Salesforce and Meta are looking to sublease significant portions of their downtown office space, spokespeople for both companies confirmed. Both tech companies announced…

Watch: AI robot tries to make cats happy in unique feline "utopia" trial

newsweek.com Video footage shows a unique experiment in which an AI-powered robotic arm has been tasked with trying to make a group of cats happy in a feline "utopia." From March 22…

Mark Zuckerberg announces birth of 3rd child, a baby girl, with wife Priscilla Chan

goodmorningamerica.com Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan are officially parents of three daughters! A representative from META confirmed the exciting news to “Good Morning America” on…

Larry Magid: Is artificial intelligence the next search engine?

bostonherald.com I still remember the impact of Google, back around 1998, which fundamentally changed the way we search for information. Even though I still use it multiple times a day, that…

Is TikTok A Threat? Why Congress Is Freaking Out Over Alleged Data Collection

benzinga.com Elected officials from both sides of the aisle have grown concerned with social media app TikTok and the amount of user data it collects. "TikTok collects nearly every data…

The ex-Meta recruiter who got $190K a year ‘to do nothing’ speaks out

sfgate.com Maddie Machado, an ex-employee of Meta, wanted to set the facts straight about the tech industry and its opaque hiring practices. So, as one does, she posted some thoughts…

The low-hanging fruit for newsletter publishers

substack.com Welcome! I'm Simon Owens and this is my media industry newsletter. If you've received it, then you either subscribed or someone forwarded it to you. If you fit into the…

Meta sued by San Mateo County Board of Education over social media addiction

siliconvalley.com By Joel Rosenblatt | Bloomberg Meta Platforms Inc. was sued by the school board in the company’s home county for allegedly addicting students to its social media platforms…

7 Ways Dating Apps Are Lying To You

marketbeat.com Dating apps have undoubtedly revolutionized how people find love and connect with others. 3 in 10 US adults say they have used an online dating service (website or app). The…

This Startup Is Using Plants to Capture Carbon Emissions

marketbeat.com A Minneapolis startup company wants to become a leader in the emerging carbon capture and storage market. → My No. 1 dividend stock for a LIFETIME of income. (From Oxford…

Stocks Drop On Renewed Banking Fears As Deutsche Bank Dives

investors.com The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly dropped 300 points Friday on renewed banking fears. U.S. shares of Germany's Deutsche Bank (DB) plunged more than 10% after…

Accenture puts 19,000 staffers' heads on the chopping block

theregister.com Accenture is erasing the jobs of 19,000 employees - with in-house IT workers confirmed on the front line - after it trimmed revenue projections for the rest of its current…

Wall Street analysts' top stock calls on Friday

cnbc.com Here are Friday's biggest calls on Wall Street: UBS reiterates Tesla as buy UBS said it's recent survey checks show Tesla is "best positioned" to win the EV race. "Despite a…

We're revising price targets on 5 Club stocks, adding a U.S. retailer to the bullpen and sticking with a key bank

cnbc.com The Club on Friday is updating five price targets for stocks in the portfolio to reflect recent developments at the companies and broader macroeconomic trends. We're also…

Tim Cook called remote work 'the mother of all experiments.' Now Apple is cracking down on employees who don’t come in 3 days a week, report says

fortune.com In June 2022, Apple CEO Tim Cook sounded pretty philosophical about remote work. “We’re running the mother of all experiments,” he said at the TIME 100 symposium in New…

Utah's new social media law means children will need approval from parents

npr.org Utah's new social media law means children will need approval from parents SALT LAKE CITY — Utah became the first state to enact laws limiting how children can use social…

Stock Market Split As Fed Hikes Rates, Banks Keep Tumbling; Nvidia, On Holding In Focus: Weekly Review

investors.com The stock market rally showed volatile, divergent action. The Federal Reserve raised rates on Wednesday and signaled one more hike, noting banking woes. The Nasdaq, buoyed…

With Congress closer to banning TikTok, app's future is murky

cbsnews.com TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew's testimony before Congress on Thursday appears to have done little to allay Washington's concerns about whether the social media platform poses a…

Apple Joins Tech, Entertainment Rivals Ramping Up Demands for In-Office Work

thewrap.com Apple is the latest company to begin hounding its staffers to get back to the office. The Cupertino, California-based tech giant is tracking employee attendance at the…

Social Media Reacts to Jim Cramer's TikTok Scorn

thestreet.com It's almost as if he owns stock in a competing company. Jim Cramer is at it again, using his Twitter feed to drop his hot take on the Congressional hearing featuring TikTok…

Meta Stock Strives For Recovery In Its 'Year Of Efficiency'

investors.com Facebook parent Meta Platforms (META) is in the process of reorganizing and slashing 21,000 jobs to achieve what Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg calls a "year of…

TikTok’s C.E.O. Struggles to Make his Case in Washington

nytimes.com Lawmakers interrogated Shou Chew over the video app’s ties to the Chinese government in a hearing that suggests the company’s problems are far from over. The C.E.O. of…

A TikTok ban is inevitable and that spells trouble for US stocks, Gene Munster says

businessinsider.com You can see who views your TikTok profile, but others can see you too. SOPA Images/Getty Images A TikTok ban is bound to happen eventually, according to Deepwater's Gene…

Companies Planning the Biggest Mass Layoffs This Year

247wallst.com If 2022 was a year of mass resignations, towards the end of the year conditions changed, and companies began announcing mass layoffs – and this continued in 2023, perhaps in…

Wall Street Breakfast: TikTok Goes The Clock

seekingalpha.com The U.S. government's moves against TikTok - the runaway-success short-form video social app owned by China's ByteDance (BDNCE) - have entered a new phase after a House…

Utah just passed a bill that will force children to get parental consent before joining social media platforms

businessinsider.com Utah's governor Spencer Cox introduced a bill requiring social media companies to have a curfew for minors. Matt Cardy/Getty Images Utah's governor Spencer Cox passed…

Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Friday: Bank mess, stocks slide, Activision deal

cnbc.com My top 10 things to watch Friday, March 24 1. The Dow , the S & P 500 and the Nasdaq are set to open sharply lower Friday after a slide in Deutsche Bank (DB) shares raises…

NBCUniversal and Aptos Labs team up on Web3 game for Nicolas Cage's 'Renfield'

fortune.com Even the centuries-old Dracula can learn about newfangled tech. Aptos Labs, the developer behind the Aptos blockchain, announced on Friday that it has partnered with…

Nic Cage vampire flick ‘Renfield’ gets web3 game on Aptos blockchain

theblock.co Universal Pictures is scratching its blockchain itch again with the new Dracula movie “Renfield” that stars Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage. Utilizing the Aptos blockchain,…

Everyone in Washington is talking about a TikTok ban. But is it really a national security threat?

cnn.com After TikTok CEO Shou Chew testified for more than five hours on Thursday before a Congressional committee, one thing was clear: US lawmakers remain convinced that TikTok is…

Beijing Slams US for TikTok CEO’s ‘Hostile’ Congress Hearing

asiafinancial.com China’s foreign ministry on Friday slammed a Congressional hearing which saw TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew being hammered by US lawmakers over potential Chinese influence over the…

Elon Musk Provides Update On Who Will Keep Blue Tick

forbes.com Twitter owner Elon Musk on Friday gave further details on which users would keep their blue checkmarks once the platform begins revoking legacy verified badges in April, a…

UK’s top online publishers in February 2023: Guardian and Future drop out of top 20 as Tiktok enters

pressgazette.co.uk Six news publishers were among the top 20 biggest online organisations in the UK in February, according to the latest data from Ipsos iris. The top of the list was dominated…

The Fed gave stocks a reprieve, but the all-clear is a ways off: Morning Brief

yahoo.com This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Today's newsletter is…

Nvidia Stock, Related ETFs Jump on AI Partnership

yahoo.com Nvidia Corp. stock surged, boosting a host of exchange-traded funds Wednesday and today, after the tech giant juggernaut unveiled new cloud services aimed at helping…

TikTok attacked for China ties as US lawmakers push for ban

investing.com U.S. lawmakers on Thursday battered TikTok's CEO about potential Chinese influence over the platform and said its short videos were damaging children's mental health,…

These tech giants are still making money, but layoffs are coming hard and fast

cnbc.com From the U.S. to Europe and Asia, global tech giants from Microsoft and Google, to Amazon, SAP and more have laid off thousands of employees since the start of the year.…

TikTok Rivals Thrive As Washington Turns Up Heat Over Safety Concerns

investors.com TikTok's Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew was brought before U.S. lawmakers Thursday to testify about consumer privacy, child safety and data security practices on the…

Short-form video needs better monetization, creator funds aren’t the way to do it

digiday.com Creator funds seemed like a pat on the back from social media platforms to creators; a way for them to say “well done for your great content, here’s your reward, we’ve got…

Kids to require parental consent to access social media apps under new Utah law

cbsnews.com Children and teenagers in Utah are to lose access to social media apps such as TikTok if they don't have parental consent and would face other restrictions under a…

MarketWatch First Take: Instead of banning TikTok, Congress should do their actual job

marketwatch.com As lawmakers spent nearly five hours grilling TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew on Thursday, you could be forgiven for having a serious case of déjà vu. Congressional…

Utah's sweeping social media laws for kids open door to punish platforms

newsweek.com Utah Republican Governor Spencer Cox signed two bills into law Thursday, as his state becomes the first in the nation to restrict minors' usage of social media. Senate Bill…

Meta VR goggles teardown shows chips mostly made by U.S. companies

nikkei.com TOKYO -- Facebook owner Meta's latest virtual reality device uses chips made by U.S. companies as core components, according to a Nikkei Asia teardown. Nikkei Asia…

Winners & Losers From Congress' TikTok Hearings

vox.com The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s much-hyped hearing on TikTok, featuring CEO Shou Chew, took place Thursday without many fireworks. But over the course of five…

The upside of the mass tech layoffs

tker.co Despite months of mass layoffs at big tech firms — just in the past 10 days, Meta announced 10,000 more cuts and Amazon announced 9,000 additional cuts — unemployment in the…

How To Invest: Nvidia, Tesla Reveal 3-Step Routine For Bull And Bear Markets

investors.com As last year's traumatic action showed and recent volatility proves once again, investors need a strategy for handling both bull markets and bear markets. One key to…

Tiny Modulo Capital Returns Huge FTX Investment to Debtors

pymnts.com It’s been a busy week for John J. Ray III and his team. The man who unwound the Enron disaster, and is now responsible for overseeing the restructuring of the bankrupt…

Twitter Will Begin Removing ‘Legacy’ Blue Checkmarks from Next Week

socialmediatoday.com Get ready for the next phase of Twitter 2.0’s subscription revenue push, with the platform announcing today that ‘legacy’ blue checkmarks will begin being revoked as of next…

US jobless claims inch down as labour market remains tight

indiatimes.com WASHINGTON: The labour market continues to defy Federal Reserve attempts to cool hiring, with US applications for unemployment benefits down again last week and remaining at…