Internal documents show Instagram's aggressive campaign to win back teens, including by boosting teen-friendly influencers, adjusting its algorithm, and more
The company pursued a yearslong strategy to win teens back even after critics said it wasn't safe, records show. X: @robtornoe . Bluesky: @justinhendrix and @raaleh . Mastodon: @cbarbermd@med-mastodon...
An internal Google email said it received many complaints over Israeli government YouTube ads about food access in Gaza, but ruled the ads could remain online
An internal Google email said it received many complaints about Israeli government YouTube ads about food access in Gaza, but ruled they could remain online. Bluesky: @justinhendrix See also Mediagaze...
An analysis of 1,100 TikTok users' watch histories across six months in 2024 shows just how effective TikTok is at getting even its heaviest users to watch more
More than 800 U.S. TikTok users shared their data with The Washington Post. We used it to find out why some people become power users, spending hours per day scrolling.
Sources: Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi's MGX will be the main TikTok USA investors, with a ~45% stake; ByteDance will own 19.9% and ByteDance investors 35%
We may never know if the administration-brokered TikTok sale complies with the law … New York Times : Trump Clears Way for American-Owned TikTok Valued at $14 Billion Financial Times : TikTok US to be...
How the AI boom is reenergizing San Francisco, one of the slowest US cities to recover from the pandemic, with rising foot traffic and new commercial leases
The AI momentum isn't stopping and it's bringing workers, venture capital money and life back to San Francisco. X: @nathanramsey115 and @skupor . LinkedIn: David Blosser X: Nathan Ramsey / @nathanrams...
A comparison of GPT-4o, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Gemini 2.0 Flash, Llama 4, and Copilot: Claude won overall, having the most consistent answers and no hallucinations
We challenged AI helpers to decode legal contracts, simplify medical research, speed-read a novel and make sense of Trump speeches. Bluesky: @emilprotalinski . X: @kylebrussell , @ryp__ , and @eilperi...
Sources: China has quietly exempted from tariffs at least eight classifications of US-made microchips, as it seeks to exempt “irreplaceable” goods
duties paid are eligible for refunds Wency Chen / South China Morning Post : China said to waive retaliatory tariffs on some US chip imports in sign of trade war thaw Meaghan Tobin / New York Times : ...
Amazon sues Washington state to limit the release of public records to The Washington Post about Jeff Bezos' Amazon Project Kuiper satellite facility in Seattle
Amazon is suing Washington state to limit the release of public records to The Washington Post from a series of state Department of Labor and Industries investigations of an Amazon Project Kuiper sate...
A profile of Brian Krebs, who in the past 20 years has probed and outed some of the worst cybercriminals, including the alleged hackers of Snowflake clients
In the increasingly dangerous world of cybercrime, Brian Krebs faces threats, manipulation and the odd chess challenge Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange and @nixonnixoff@infosec.exchange . X: @ea...
Sources: in August, Andy Jassy called Donald Trump to outline Amazon's plans, and Trump said Amazon should cut him a large check for his presidential efforts
Executives at companies founded by the billionaire Post owner have sought contact with Trump. He argues he didn't end presidential endorsements out of self-interest. X: @drewharwell , @quinnypig , @m...