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John Carmack, a pioneer of virtual reality technology, is leaving Meta after more than eight years at the company, according to an internal post reviewed by The New York Times. The New York Times reported that in the post, which was written by Mr. Carmack, the technologist criticized his employer. He said Meta, which is in the midst of transitioning
Elon Musk apologized and launched a poll asking whether he should step down as head of Twitter on Sunday night after the company launched a new policy that would suspend accounts linking to certain other platforms, a move that ignited massive backlash from individuals including some of Musk’s own supporters, The Washington Post reported. According to The Washington Post, Musk
Twitter Inc. said it would no longer allow “free promotion of certain social media platforms” on its sites, the latest change to its content-moderation rules under billionaire Elon Musk, The Wall Street Journal reported. “Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms:
It might be the season to be jolly but it also seems to be the season for new stores. Following on from Nothing's new bricks'n'mortar shop in London last weekend, Xiaomi are opening a new place in Birmingham, England. Xiaomi's latest pad is at 23 New Street, only a few minutes walk from the train station and Birmingham's famous Bull
The United Nations is “very disturbed” by Twitter’s abrupt suspension of a group of US journalists, a spokesperson has said, warning that the move sets a “dangerous precedent” - as the EU said the social media platform could fall foul of forthcoming digital regulations, The Guardian reported. According to The Guardian, Stéphane Dujarric said on Friday the UN was “very
Several high-profile journalists who were suspended from Twitter on Thursday evening were reinstated early Saturday, NBC News reported. According to NBC News, Twitter users voted in a poll posted by Musk to reinstate the accounts, which were cut off without warning. The social media platform’s new owner has recently used Twitter polls for several high-profile decisions including reinstatement of former
Twitter has apparently pulled its Spaces group audio feature, at least temporarily, after Elon Musk joined a group conversation that included journalists that had been banned from the platform, TechCrunch reported. This happened after Twitter suspended several prominent journalists who had covered an earlier story about the Elon Jet Twitter account that was banned for using publicly-available data to track
Instagram (which is owned by parent company Meta) announced that they are committed to fostering a safe and supportive community for everyone who uses Instagram. There are some easy things you can do to help keep your account safe, like making sure you have a strong password and enabling two-factor authentication. Instagram has highlighted several new features designed to help
Twitter apparently suspended its open source competitor Mastodon from the service on Thursday afternoon. Just prior to its suspension, Mastodon (@joinmastodon) tweeted a link to the jet tracking account on its own service, according to archives, TechCrunch reported. TechCrunch also reported that many links to Mastodon no longer work on Twitter, which flags them as “potentially harmful.” Tweeted links to
Twitter suspended several high-profile journalists Thursday evening who have been covering the company and Elon Musk, NBC News reported. Some messages said the accounts were “permanently suspended,” though Musk indicated the suspensions would last seven days. According to NBC News, the suspensions come a day after Twitter changed its policies around accounts that track private jets, including the one owned
A new bill from a bipartisan group of lawmakers, if passed, would ban TikTok in the U.S. after years of broad concern across the Trump and Biden administrations about potential Chinese government influence on the company, CNBC reported. TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, has raised fears in the U.S. that Chinese government officials could gain access to U.S. user