Mark Zuckerberg has bet his company's future on an ambitious long-term vision of people carrying out greater portions of their lives in virtual spaces through digital alter egos. But an image Zuckerberg recently posted to his Facebook page served as a reality check of sorts for virtual reality, at least in its current form.
Twitter's executives defended the company, and themselves, in a meeting with employees on Wednesday, one day after news broke that a former executive had blown the whistle on the company.
Elon Musk's lawyers repeatedly referenced claims from a Twitter whistleblower in court on Wednesday, in an early preview of how the billionaire's side might use the new allegations in his legal battle with the social media company over their $44 billion acquisition agreement.
Twitter's former head of security, who filed a whistleblower disclosure about the company, will testify in a Senate hearing next month, the same day that Twitter shareholders are set to vote on whether to approve Elon Musk's takeover deal.
The Federal Trade Commission has agreed to remove Mark Zuckerberg from a lawsuit the agency filed last month to stop Facebook-parent Meta from acquiring a virtual reality technology company, Within Unlimited.
Twitter's former head of security is blowing the whistle on company practices that he says have jeopardized US national security and misled investors and regulators. With a nearly 200-page disclosure to the US government, Peiter "Mudge" Zatko has become the latest whistleblower to come forward from the tech industry.
Nearly 25 years ago, a young computer programmer named Peiter "Mudge" Zatko told Congress that the internet was woefully insecure. A big part of the issue, Zatko told a Senate panel, was that software and e-commerce companies "want to ignore problems as long as possible. It's cheaper for them."
ExpressJet Airlines, which calls itself a "reboot" of the company formerly flying as Delta Connection and United Express, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday in Delaware and ceased operations, according to the company website.
Yelp on Tuesday said it is introducing a new label to more clearly identify crisis pregnancy centers, which do not perform abortions and typically attempt to persuade people from terminating pregnancies, in the latest example of tech companies adapting their policies in the wake of the demise of Roe v. Wade.
Over the years, Facebook has used Instagram to compete with rivals like Snapchat and TikTok by cloning their signature features. Now, a newer, fast-growing service appears to have caught the company's attention: BeReal.
Twitter is exceptionally vulnerable to exploitation by foreign governments in ways that threaten US national security, and may even have foreign spies currently active on its payroll, according to Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, the whistleblower at the center of a massive public disclosure effort reported Tuesday by CNN and The Washington Post.
Elon Musk's monthslong effort to buy — and then to get out of buying — Twitter has been marked by a range of unexpected twists. Now, a stunning whistleblower disclosure from the company's former security lead Peiter Zatko is almost certain to become the latest complication.
Meta Platforms Inc reached a $37.5 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing the parent of Facebook of violating users' privacy by tracking their movements through their smartphones without permission.
Twitter has major security problems that pose a threat to its own users' personal information, to company shareholders, to national security, and to democracy, according to an explosive whistleblower disclosure obtained exclusively by CNN and The Washington Post.
Twitter is warning employees that their bonuses might be half of what was originally expected at the start of the year, in the latest sign of belt tightening at the company amid uncertainty with its pending acquisition and a souring economy.
Elon Musk has subpoenaed former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of his effort to fight a lawsuit from the company attempting to force the billionaire to move forward with their $44 billion acquisition deal.
After losing her construction job early in the pandemic, Kaitlin Tokar decided to try selling some of her vintage furniture and housewares collection on Instagram.
In the 1960s, an unprecedented computer program called Eliza attempted to simulate the experience of speaking to a therapist. In one exchange, captured in a research paper at the time, a person revealed that her boyfriend had described her as "depressed much of the time." Eliza's response: "I am sorry to hear you are depressed."
