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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 to platform
Meta To Reinstate Donald Trump Facebook, Instagram Accounts
Donald Trump regains more social media accounts, after two year ban for inciting an insurrection at US Capitol
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 remaining
LastPass Owner GoTo Confirms Hackers Stole Customers’ Backups
It gets worse. Confirmation from LastPass owner GoTo that hackers stole encrypted backups and encryption key for portion of them
Microsoft Investigates Outage With Teams, Outlook
Thousands of users are reporting problems accessing Microsoft services on Wednesday, as firm says it is investigating
Spotify To Cut 6 Percent Of Staff
Music-streaming service Spotify to cut 6 percent of staff after chief executive admits being 'too ambitious' with spending during pandemic
Twitter Shuts Down Third-Party Clients In Policy Shift
Twitter officially changes developer policy following technical changes that abruptly shut down most third-party clients
Twitter Plans More Staff Layoffs – Report
Weeks after Elon Musk tells Twitter staff there will be no further layoffs, comes report of more redundancies
Donald Trump Petitions Meta To Restore Facebook Account
Lawyers for Donald Trump petition Meta Platforms to restore his Facebook account, after his ban for 2021 Capitol attack
Tech Executives Face Prison For Online Safety Breaches
UK Government reaches agreement with Conservative MPs who had sought to amend the controversial Online Safety Bill
Apple Postpones AR Glasses Launch – Report
Launch of Apple's long-rumoured augmented reality headset will still take place this year, but the AR glasses launch has been shelved
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 a year ago
Twitter Auctions Off Office Furniture, Fixtures And Fittings
Surplus to requirements or cost cutting? Elon Musk is selling office furniture, coffee machines, and even statue of famous bird logo
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
TikTok Banned On State Devices In Kentucky
Pressure grows on ByteDance, as Kentucky becomes latest US state to ban popular video app TikTok from governmental devices
Twitter Offers Free Adverts To Major Brands – Report
Elon Musk's plan to turn around collapse in Twitter ad revenues reportedly sees platform offering free ads to existing advertising brands
Twitter Says No Evidence Data Leak Originated From Its Servers
Data on 200 million Twitter users posted online by hacker did not come from a Twitter vulnerability, platform insists
Apple Maps Receives Big Update To Help Local Businesses
Notable update to Apple Maps allows for addition of detailed business listings, photos, buttons and promotions across Apple ecosystem
Amazon ‘Fully Committed’ To Alexa Despite Job Losses, Says Hardware Boss
Hardware boss insists Amazon is still committed to its Alexa voice assistant, despite major restructuring and job losses
Twitter Makes More Cuts To Trust, Safety Teams – Report
Is there anyone left to sack? Owner Elon Musk reportedly makes more layoffs to Twitter’s trust and safety teams
WhatsApp To Bypass Regime Internet Shutdowns
Iran, China blow? Internet shutdowns by authoritarian regimes will not prevent WhatsApp users from messaging, Meta confirms
Hacker Posts Twitter Emails Of 200 Million Users Online
Researcher claims hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted the data on hacking forum
Meta Blow As Irish Watchdog Confirms Hefty Fine
Facebook parent Meta may be prohibited from using personal data for advertising, after EU ruling and Irish fine
Twitter’s Last Pre-Musk Executives Resign
Katie Marcotte, a 10-year Twitter veteran and it's acting head of human resources, plus product engineering head Behnam Rezaei, have resigned
Twitter Eases Political Ad Restrictions Amid Falling Revenue
Free speech or needing the money? Elon Musk overturns Jack Dorsey's 2019 ban on all political advertising on the platform
Apple Market Value Drops Below $2 Trillion
Share price decline continues in 2023 as Apple's market value slips below $2 trillion, after it was the first to reach $3 trillion milestone
Amazon Begins ‘Prime Air’ Drone Deliveries In California, Texas
Drones for Amazon Prime Air began making Christmas deliveries for two communities in California and in Texas
Amazon Mulls Stand-Alone Sports Content App – Report
Sports on Amazon's Prime Video streaming service could potentially be hived off into a separate stand-alone app
Chinese Police Utilise Tracking Feature In Hikvision Software – Report
Surveillance of protests. Police can track protests in China by enabling ‘alarms’ on software from CCTV giant Hikvision