Social media
Elon Musk’s social platform X is down for some users
Elon Musk’s social media platform X experienced several outages on Monday morning, leaving some users unable to load the site. Nearly 40,000 users reported problems with the platform around 10 a.m. ET, according to the analytics platform Downdetector, which gathers data from users who spot glitches and report them to the service. Around 28,000 people […]
Read More
So long, Trump bump: Tech stocks wipe out last of post-election gains
Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attend the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. Julia Demaree Nikhinson | Getty Images So […]
Read More
Why automakers including Honda and Toyota are pouring millions into rockets and satellites
In January, Toyota said its mobility software subsidiary “Woven by Toyota” was investing $44 million into Japanese rocket maker Interstellar Technologies. Rival Honda has been developing a proprietary reusable rocket since 2019 to launch low-earth orbit satellites to space. Chinese automaker Geely Holding Group, a Tesla competitor, has invested $326 million to manufacture its own […]
Read More
Nvidia’s unofficial exports to China face scrutiny after arrest of silicon smugglers in Singapore
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gives a keynote address at CES 2025, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Jan. 6, 2025. Steve Marcus | Reuters Alarm bells went off in 2024 when Singapore unexpectedly emerged as Nvidia’s second-largest revenue source. The disclosure fueled widespread speculation that Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chips were […]
Read More
House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Alphabet, Meta, other tech giants over ‘foreign censorship’ of speech
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is interviewed by FOX and Friends at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sent subpoenas to eight technology companies asking for more information about their communications with foreign governments over concerns that they seek to “censor […]
Read More
Meta plans to release standalone Meta AI app in effort to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms Inc., arrives for the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta AI will soon become one of the social media company’s standalone apps, joining Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, CNBC has learned. The company intends to debut […]
Read More
Meta announces experimental Aria Gen 2 research smart glasses
At the Meta Connect developer conference, Mark Zuckerberg, head of the Facebook group Meta, shows the prototype of computer glasses that can display digital objects in transparent lenses. Andrej Sokolow | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Meta on Thursday revealed the latest version of its experimental smart glasses intended to help bolster research into artificial […]
Read More
Stripe’s valuation climbs to $91.5 billion in secondary stock offer
Stripe announced a tender offer for employees and shareholders on Thursday that values the payments startup at $91.5 billion, the closest the company has been to its peak valuation of $95 billion in 2021. “We very much care about providing good liquidity for employees and existing shareholders,” Stripe co-founder and President John Collison told CNBC’s […]
Read More
Reddit co-founder says Meta’s end to third-party fact-checking is ‘very pragmatic’
Reddit‘s co-founder says Meta‘s decision to end third-party fact-checking on its platforms was a “pragmatic” one, characterizing the move as a reversal of an unviable program. In January, just days before Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. president for the second time, Meta announced it would end third-party fact-checking on its platforms, a program […]
Read More
Meta apologizes after Instagram users flag flood of graphic and violent content
Instagram has installed a new privacy setting which will default all new and existing underage accounts to an automatic private mode. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Meta apologized on Thursday for a mistake that resulted in some Instagram users reporting a flood of violent and graphic content recommended on their personal “Reels” page. “We are […]
Read More