Why people are flirting on LinkedIn — and job hunting on Tinder
The internet has solved a lot of information problems, with a simple online search offering advice on everything from how to do laundry or change a tire, to how to file taxes and use credit cards. But...
Spotify increases its US subscription prices for the third time in 3 years
The cost to stream music and podcasts ad-free on is going up again in the US next month, marking the third price hike by the company since 2023. The monthly cost of individual premium plans will incr...
X says it’s stopping Grok from putting real people in bikinis on X
After public and government uproar over sexualized deepfakes of women and children, X’s Safety account posted Wednesday evening that it is no longer allowing the Grok account on X to generate “images ...
Roblox surges as a new brainrot game climbs the engagement charts
A game that has players grab “brainrots” like “Aura Farma” and “Rainbow 67” and run away with Tsunamis is climbing the engagement charts and getting the attention of Wall Street analysts. Morgan Stan...
What’s the most followed TikToker worth?
, whose website bills it as a Hong Kong-based financial printing and corporate services provider, enjoyed a wild ride on Monday after saying that it had completed an acquisition of a company tied to t...
Grok has been climbing Apple and Google’s app store rankings amid calls to remove it for sexualized images
As uproar has grown around sexualized deepfakes of women and children through Grok’s image generation tools, so has the xAI chatbot’s popularity. The issue became popularized in late December , as use...
Comcast sinks as it completes the spin-off of most of its cable channels
Shares of cable juggernaut and Peacock parent sank more than 6% in premarket trading on Monday. Driving the move was the completion of a separation of most of its cable channels into a separate entit...
Rather than fully cracking down on scam ads, Meta worked to make them harder to find
In its latest piece on scam ads, Reuters found that the social media giant didn’t just remove fraudulent ads from its platforms — it also worked to make them harder for governments and journalists to...
Oracle soars after TikTok signs agreement to sell its US operations to consortium that includes the cloud computing giant
soared in after-hours trading on Thursday on news that TikTok owner ByteDance signed contracts with the three major investors who are leading a joint venture to take over the short-form video app’s US...
Netflix and Disney+ probably only added ad-tier subscribers this year, says Morgan Stanley
A mass digital migration is taking place, with streaming subscribers leaving their original ad-free tiers as prices climb. Those subscribers appear to be leaving for greener, louder, more sponsored pa...
Roblox willing to make changes to have its ban lifted in Russia, one of its biggest markets
Gaming platform on Wednesday said it is willing to make certain changes in order to have its ban lifted in Russia. Russia banned Roblox earlier this month, alleging that the platform hosted “extremis...
Instagram Reels is coming to a TV near you
Move over, . is bringing Instagram Reels to a TV near you. The company on Tuesday unveiled its first dedicated TV app, letting users watch its short-form, user-generated videos on bigger screens. Th...
Nearly 20% of Meta’s Chinese ad revenue came from scams and other banned content: Report
found that 19% of its $18 billion in ad sales in China last year came from ads for scams, illegal gambling, pornography, and other banned content, according a new report from Reuters that examined the...
Teens banned from social media might just turn to AI chatbots instead
This week is a dark one for web-obsessed teens living Down Under (or at least they might think so) after Australia’s social media ban for children under 16 came into effect on Wednesday. The new natio...
Google’s YouTube to launch cheaper streaming packages that could potentially compete with Netflix
YouTube announced today that it will launch 10 genre-specific packages early next year that will cost less than its existing $82.99-per-month YouTube TV.
Nextdoor soars after Eric Jackson, architect of Opendoor rally, lays out bullish thesis
rose by more than 30% in premarket trading after hedge fund manager Eric Jackson, the architect behind the rally in earlier this year, said he is long on the neighborhood social media platform. In a ...
Forget fatigue — we’re now in the age of “subscription captivity,” per the WSJ
For many of us, monthly charges for services that let us enjoy free delivery from our favorite retailers, watch thousands of movies and shows, listen to millions of songs (and then get told how old ou...
How much could Netflix charge if a subscription included HBO Max?
has agreed to buy studio and streaming businesses in one of the biggest acquisitions of the year — one that could shake up the entertainment industry and also greatly affect regular customers. Pendin...
Netflix is acquiring Warner Bros. and HBO assets for less than it’s spent to add content since the pandemic started
What would you, as a viewer, rather watch: Every new piece of content that’s appeared on Netflix since the pandemic started, or all the original series ever produced by HBO as well as the 100-year-plu...
Meta reignites on-again, off-again relationship with news organizations with multiple AI content licensing deals
has a long and tumultuous relationship with news organizations: first flooding them with traffic, then cutting it off; declaring news a priority, then deprioritizing it in people’s feeds; even hiring ...