Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey testify before the Senate Tuesday — here's what they'll say
The hearing is expected to focus on the platforms' role in spreading and cracking down on messages related to this year's elections.
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TikTok’s latest safety update allows parents to control their kids’ accounts
TikTok has pushed new updates to its Family Pairing tool that allows parents to take more control of their teenager's accounts.
Airbnb's IPO filing shows it's navigating the pandemic better than travel industry peers
While Airbnb's revenue is down 18% from a year ago, the company looks to be rebounding from the pandemic more quickly than online travel agencies and hotels.
Twitter is rolling out competitors to Instagram, Snapchat and Clubhouse
Twitter on Tuesday launched Fleets, its competitor to Snapchat and Instagram's stories features, and announced a new audio feature.
Airbnb files to go public, turned a profit last quarter
Airbnb has released its prospectus to debut on public markets.
Airbnb says Google's competing travel sites push its listings down in search results
"We believe that our SEO results have been adversely affected by the launch of Google Travel and Google Vacation Rental Ads," Airbnb wrote in its S1 IPO filing.
Airbnb received a cloud contract extension this year as the pandemic raged
Airbnb now has a commitment to spend $1.2 billion over eight years instead of five years.
Obama says social media companies 'are making editorial choices, whether they've buried them in algorithms or not'
Obama's statement that social media platforms should be considered more like publishers than utilities would have significant implications on their regulation.
Jeff Bezos names first recipients of his $10 billion Earth Fund for combating climate change
Bezos said in an Instagram post Monday that the $791 million grants is "just the beginning" of the $10 billion Earth Fund.
Apple hit with two privacy complaints in Europe over its mobile tracking tool for advertisers
Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems' non-profit group Noyb alleges Apple's use of a tracking code on iPhones breaches European law.
How YouTube became an internet video giant
With more than 500 hours of video uploaded every minute and over one billion hours watched daily, Google’s YouTube is the world’s second-largest search engine
HBO Max is finally launching on Amazon Fire TV
WarnerMedia's HBO Max will begin rolling out Tuesday on Amazon Fire TV devices, roughly six months after its launch.
Microsoft looks beyond the console wars as it releases new Xboxes alongside Sony's PS5
It appears that Sony has a stronger game lineup and will sell more consoles than Microsoft this holiday. That isn't necessarily a problem for Microsoft.
The four latest contenders to Facebook's social media throne
In the last year, a number of apps, including Parler, TikTok, and OnlyFans, have started to gain ground in the social media landscape.
Deutsche Bank proposes a 5% tax for people still working from home after the pandemic
A research team at Deutsche Bank proposed that people pay a 5% tax for the "privilege" of working from home, if they continue to do so after the pandemic.
Unity and Palantir shares jump after their first earnings reports since going public
After their first quarterly earnings reports since their September market debuts, Unity's stock surged 13% on Friday and Palantir climbed over 8%.
DraftKings stock jumps after betting company reports third-quarter beat, surge in users
DraftKings said it had more than 1 million users in the third quarter.
TV advertising is making a comeback after pandemic slowdown
The TV ad market is on the mend after getting hit by a broader pandemic ad slowdown. Some networks are cautious about the coming quarters as Covid cases rise.
UK tribunal dismisses Facebook appeal in Giphy merger probe
Facebook's acquisition of animated picture platform Giphy can be probed by the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), a tribunal court ruled Friday.
Too little, too late? Britain introduces rules to protect tech firms from overseas takeovers
Following the sales of DeepMind and Arm, the U.K. government has rolled out new rules to protect Britain's innovative companies from being sold overseas.
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