February 25, 2021 Coming soon to Twitter: Tweets you have to pay for Twitter “Super Follows” feature was announced at an investor event. | Screenshot for Twitter’s Analyst Day Presentation Twitter, a notoriously public platform, is building…
February 23, 2021 Inside the new $65 million push from progressives to compete with conservative media Progressives are enraged with Facebook and trying to fight back. | Saqib Majeed/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images It’s called the Project for Good Information, and it…
February 23, 2021 App trackers secretly sell your location data to the government. App stores won’t stop them. Your app may be sending location data to a company that sells your data to another company that sells your data to the government….
February 23, 2021 Google is a tech giant now, but it’s been a survivalist since it started A view of the Google building in Dublin, Ireland. | Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images The story of Toolbar, Chrome, and Android — three…
February 22, 2021 Why Spotify wants to work with Joe Rogan, Barack Obama, and … you Joe Rogan in 2013. | Vivian Zink/Syfy/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images The service is paying big money to big stars. But people who…
February 20, 2021 Facebook’s news ban in Australia is draconian. But it might not be wrong. An activist dressed as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Belgium, which also has a few fans in favor of government regulations on Big Tech….
February 19, 2021 Why people like Apple’s new privacy labels, despite their flaws Apple’s App Store privacy labels are here — but do they help? | Apple They’re not perfect, but App Store users still get something…
February 18, 2021 NASA’s new Mars rover is equipped with the first aircraft to fly on another planet The Perseverance rover is the size of a small car and more technologically sophisticated than anything you’ve ever seen. | NASA / JPL Some…
February 18, 2021 Democratic donor Laurene Powell Jobs is expanding her political operation with Joe Kennedy Joe Kennedy offers a new bridge for Laurene Powell Jobs to Washington, DC. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The grandson of Robert F. Kennedy lost…
February 18, 2021 Why Facebook banned news in Australia Facebook is blocking Australians from sharing news links in response to a proposed law that would force the company to pay for news. |…