World History Encyclopedia, the second most visited history site, says its traffic fell 25% in Nov. 2024 after AI search tools began presenting its information
World History Encyclopedia CEO Jan van der Crabben saw his site show up in Google's AI Overviews and ChatGPT. Then traffic dropped 25%. Bluesky: @xsalty1 , @olicommish , @kantrowitz , @bcmerchant , a...
How Shein and Temu, which are spending billions on digital ads and offering steep discounts or free products, have become big threats to Amazon in the US
In the fall of 2020, Amazon looked unstoppable. The pandemic lockdowns had supercharged its e-commerce business … X: @joshuaogundu , @kantrowitz , @lmatsakis , and @kantrowitz X: Josh / @joshuaogundu...
Apple Vision Pro will take at least five years to supplant the iPhone, reflected by Tim Cook not wearing one; the spatial computing UI is what's most impressive
Hey everyone, it's Mark. Apple introduced the Vision Pro on Monday at WWDC, looking to an era beyond the iPhone, iPad and Mac. Tweets: @markgurman , @kocienda , @kantrowitz , @smashdawg , @markgurman...
Sources say concerns over Mark Zuckerberg's efficiency drive, layoffs, Meta's absentee leadership, and focus on the metaverse have devastated employee morale
Workers at Facebook's parent have been increasingly alarmed by job cuts and the company's direction. Mastodon: @profcarroll@federate.social . Tweets: @om , @chrismichel , @shiraovide , @matthewstoller...
Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons proposes offering customers a free hot drink and baked good as a settlement for collecting their location data for over a year
Joseph Cox / VICE : Tweets: @journeydan , @loopemma , @counternotions , @drewfitzgerald , @taylor_owen , @kantrowitz , @robaeprice , @rahulmehrotraa , @thekenyeung , @martinsfp , @jason_koebler , @ke...
Sources: following Haugen's leaks, Meta sought to divide lawmakers along partisan lines to forestall regulation, as Zuckerberg told employees not to apologize
Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg drove response to disclosures about company's influence; sending deputies to testify in Congress Tweets: @mrjohnflowers , @samidh , @startupljackson , @eliotwb , @kantr...
Sen. Marsha Blackburn says WSJ's Facebook Files whistleblower has turned over documents and plans to reveal their identity “at some point down the line”
Happy Thursday and welcome to The Technology 202! Below: Meet “Help Desk,” a new initiative our colleagues are launching … Tweets: @donie , @nicoleperlroth , @talkopan , @kantrowitz , @viacristiano ,...
Investigation details how safeguards for Facebook's Marketplace, which has 1B MAUs, can fail to protect buyers and sells from scams, fake accounts, and more
ProPublica : Tweets: @craigsilverman , @craigsilverman , @craigsilverman , @kantrowitz , @alanmillernlp , @bandler_james , @craigsilverman , @ericuman , @dicktofel , and @propublica Tweets: Craig Sil...
Some tech workers who quit the Bay Area during the pandemic are trickling back, as Twitter reopens its SF HQ and, along with Google, plans to expand in the area
Critics said the pandemic would make the industry flee San Francisco and its southern neighbor, Silicon Valley. Tweets: @jaycueanimal , @nytimes , @eliotwb , @coryweinberg , @nytimes , @kateconger , @...
Tile said Apple holds third-party products hostage by restricting their use of Find My; Apple lawyer confirmed Tile can't disclose Find My agreement under NDA
Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac : Tweets: @jacknicas , @kantrowitz , @rachelbovard , @parkerortolani , @jacknicas , @laurengoode , @appfairness , @laurengoode , @brittanyagibson , and @karissabe Tweets: Jac...