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Musk Names Linda Yaccarino As Twitter Chief

Former NBCUniversal advertising chief to take helm at Twitter under ownership of Elon Musk as company seeks to bring back…

2 years ago

Microsoft Opens Up AI-Featured Bing Search Engine To All Users

Anyone with a Microsoft account can now use the new version of its Bing search engine, featuring the OpenAI chatbot

2 years ago

Twitter To Let Publishers Charge To Read Articles

Elon Musk latest change at Twitter will see platform allow publishers to charge users on a per-article basis

2 years ago

Meta Pleases Investors After Sales Rise, As Profits Dive

Plunge in profits at Facebook parent, but Meta pleases Wall Street after sales rose for first time after three quarters…

2 years ago

Spotify Surpasses Half-Billion Monthly Users

Music service Spotify surpasses half a billion monthly active users for first time, but misses revenue targets due to slower…

2 years ago

Microsoft To Remove Twitter From Advertising Platform, Musk Threatens Lawsuit

Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft after it announced plan to remove Twitter from its corporate advertising platform

2 years ago

Meta Lays Off Technical Staffers, In Another Workforce Blow

Second tranche of layoffs begin at Meta Platforms, as engineers and other technical staff are made redundant

2 years ago

Elon Musk Axed 80 Percent Of Staff, Admits Painful Tenure

Musk tells BBC Twitter is now roughly breaking even and advertisers are returning, but admits running platform is “quite painful”

2 years ago

Judge Rules Google Deleted Chats In Antitrust Case

US federal judge rules Google intentionally sought to “hide the ball” in high profile antitrust case by automatically deleting evidence

2 years ago

OpenAI Fixes Bug With ChatGPT That Exposed User Chats

Chief executive of OpenAI admits “significant issue” in ChatGPT has now been fixed, after user chat titles were exposed

2 years ago

Meta To Layoff Another 10,000 Staff

Mark Zuckerberg's 'year of efficiency' continues after he makes “difficult decision” to axe 10,000 jobs, on top of November's 11,000…

2 years ago

Meta Considering Twitter-Like Social Network

Facebook parent Meta considering launching Twitter-style stand-alone text-based social network amidst chaos at Elon Musk-owned platform

2 years ago

Elon Musk Admits “Massive Decline” In Ad Revenue

Elon Musk says Twitter may be cash flow-positive next quarter, which may not surprise observers after all his cost-cutting

2 years ago

Meta Planning Thousands More Job Cuts – Report

Zuckerberg's promise of “year of efficiency” at Meta likely to entail more job losses, according to media report

2 years ago

DoJ Alleges Google Deleted Evidence In Antitrust Case

Serious allegation of misconduct made against Google by US Department of Justice, in its antitrust case against the firm

2 years ago

Microsoft ‘Testing Ads’ In Bing Search AI Chat

Microsoft reportedly in early conversations with ad agencies about inserting paid links in Bing search AI chat results

2 years ago

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Steps Down

One of the first Google employees, YouTube's CEO Susan Wojcicki, has confirmed she is stepping down after 25 years

2 years ago

Twitter Revenues From Top Advertisers Plummets – Report

More than half of Twitter's top 1,000 advertisers were no longer spending on the platform in early January, new data…

2 years ago

Yahoo To Lay Off 20 Percent Of Workforce

Job losses to begin at Yahoo with 1,600 staff set to lose their positions, in latest tranche of layoffs impacting…

2 years ago

Netflix Expands Password Sharing Crackdown

Streaming giant Netflix password says sharing by 100 million households is impacting its ability to invest in new TV and…

2 years ago

Alphabet Earnings Miss Expectations, As YouTube Declines

Google parent Alphabet has felt the impact of reduced advertising spending, after its latest financials mostly missed Wall Street expectations

2 years ago

Meta Pleases Investors With ‘Year Of Efficiency’ Pledge

After heavy Metaverse spending in 2022, Mark Zuckerberg points to cost savings in 2023 after big drop in profits in…

2 years ago

Twitter Partners With Ad Verification Firms To Appease Advertisers

Twitter says it will team up with two digital ad verification companies, in a further attempt to attract advertisers back…

2 years ago

Twitter Ad Spending Fell Over 70 Percent In December – Report

New data suggests advertisers continue to shun Elon Musk's Twitter, as another report states there are now just 550 engineers…

2 years ago

US DoJ Sues Google Over Online Ad Domination

US DoJ, plus eight US states, sue Alphabet's Google for its dominance in online advertising market, amid calls for it…

2 years ago

Twitter Plans More Staff Layoffs – Report

Weeks after Elon Musk tells Twitter staff there will be no further layoffs, comes report of more redundancies

2 years ago

Twitter Revenue Down 40 Percent, As 500 Advertisers Pause Spending

Report that more than 500 advertisers have paused spending with Twitter, and it's daily revenue is 40 percent down from…

2 years ago

YouTube Tests Free Ad-Supported Streaming Channels

Alphabet's YouTube is reportedly testing free ad-supported TV channels to challenge the likes of Roku and others

2 years ago