User banner image
User avatar
  • Mike Isaac

Posts

Focused Cuts and Fewer Layers: Tech Layoffs Enter a New Phase

Amazon, Google, Microsoft and other tech companies have been on a layoff spree this month, with the latest cuts differing from last year’s mass reductions.

Meta Plans to Add Encryption to Messenger, Stoking a Privacy Debate

The move is part of an effort to make the app more like WhatsApp and iMessage. Law enforcement authorities say the privacy makes it harder...

Meta to Require Political Advertisers to Disclose Use of A.I.

The social networking giant, which has long had a contentious relationship with political ads, is reckoning with a wave of generative A.I. tools.

Mark Zuckerberg Taps the Strengths of WhatsApp

The messaging app, which Meta bought nearly a decade ago, was an asset that Mr. Zuckerberg largely left alone for a while. No longer.

Mark Zuckerberg Taps the Strengths of WhatsApp

The messaging app, which Meta bought nearly a decade ago, was an asset that Mr. Zuckerberg largely left alone for a while. No longer.

Meta Posts 23% Growth as Ads Rebound, With Profit More Than Doubling

The internet company’s cost cuts also helped lift its financial performance in the most recent quarter.

Social Media Users Accuse Facebook, Instagram of Suppressing Pro-Palestinian Posts

Meta has cautioned that some content might be temporarily suppressed or suspended as it sifts through millions of posts spreading across its platforms.

The Armed Is One of Punk’s Biggest Mysteries. That’s Changing.

For around 14 years, the Detroit hardcore collective has kept its members’ identities secret. For “Perfect Saviors,” it’s breaking with its longtime sound — and...

Why the Early Success of Threads May Crash Into Reality

Mark Zuckerberg has used Meta’s might to push Threads to a fast start — but that may only work up to a point.

Threads Becomes Most Rapidly Downloaded App, Raising Twitter’s Ire

Instagram’s new app was downloaded more than 30 million times in 16 hours. Twitter threatened legal action against its rival.