Reddit rips higher after crushing Q1 earnings estimates and offering upbeat guidance
shares soared more than 18% in after-hours trading after the social media company blew past earnings expectations and offered an upbeat outlook for the current quarter. Earnings per share came in at $...
Bullish Snap analyst : “Will stabilize from here”
As endures a serious market beatdown Wednesday after posting earnings yesterday , bullish Deutsche Bank analysts maintained their “buy” rating on the stock, writing that they have confidence in the c...
Meta launches stand-alone AI app
If you want to use Meta AI today, you can find it tucked into a zillion weird places across all of Meta’s apps. Like when you’re searching on Facebook, making a post in Instagram, writing a message in...
Warner Bros. Discovery is getting real serious about Max passwords — and subscriber growth
streaming service Max is officially cracking down on password sharing, joining Netflix in the fight to convert freeloaders into paying viewers. This week, Max rolled out a new feature called Extra Mem...
More Americans than ever oppose the TikTok ban, as it’s pushed back once again
On Friday, President Trump granted a 75-day extension for TikTok’s divest-or-ban deadline, giving parent company ByteDance until mid-June to find a new owner in the US — the second delay since the Sup...
TikTok gets another lifeline as Trump delays the app’s divest-or-ban deadline — again
President Trump delayed TikTok’s breakup deadline for another 75 days on Friday, giving the viral video app over two months to split from Chinese parent ByteDance or get banned in the US. The app had ...
Meta partners with the UFC but gets pummeled anyway
CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who recently told Joe Rogan that corporate culture could benefit from “masculine energy,” seems to be putting his money where his mouth is. Yesterday, the social media company ann...
Zuckerberg meets with Trump again in bid to kill FTC Meta lawsuit
CEO Mark Zuckerberg made his third visit to the White House today since President Trump’s inauguration. According to The Wall Street Journal, Zuckerberg was lobbying Trump today to drop the FTC’s anti...
Amazon’s surprise bid for TikTok is far from a sure deal, because TikTok is far from just a social media app
surprise bid for TikTok isn’t just about snagging the world’s most viral app — it’s about teaming up with the leader of social commerce. TikTok has become a goldmine for businesses of all sizes, with ...
AppLovin is also bidding for TikTok: Report
Turns out the list of US tech companies that might be mulling a bid for TikTok isn’t limited to the megacap household names. CNBC’s Marc Faber reports that ad tech firm is making an offer for TikTok, ...
Amazon is reportedly making a last-minute play to buy TikTok as the ban deadline looms
Amazon has reportedly put in a bid to snatch up TikTok, which is set to be banned in the United States this weekend unless ByteDance divests the incredibly popular social media app. has appeared to ha...
Alphabet’s YouTube could be worth $550 billion, revenue might soon beat Disney’s
YouTube could be worth up to $550 billion or about 30% of the current valuation of its parent company, , according to a new note by MoffettNathanson analyst Michael Nathanson. As a stand-alone company...
Elon Musk’s xAI just bought X, formerly Twitter
In a surprise move, one of Elon Musk’s private companies, xAI, just bought another of his private companies, X, in an all-stock deal. Musk, who is also the CEO of and other private companies, announc...
Meta heads the Starbucks route
Once upon a time, Facebook was a place where people would catch up with their friends and family. Over time, its parent company, , began pushing a lot more content from strangers in a bid to get users...
Americans watched YouTube more than any other platform on TVs in February
When it first landed on Apple devices, the YouTube app icon was a little, beige, vintage-looking cartoon TV . It stuck with that for years before eventually distancing itself from the older, more fami...
A record 100 million Americans now pay for a music subscription — is streaming the final format for fans?
The music business is still very much Streaming ft. Everything Else. Just last week, announced that it paid the music industry $10 billion in royalties across 2024, in what the company said was the b...
X is worth somewhere between $32 billion and $44 billion, depending on which “people with knowledge” you ask
Yesterday, the Financial Times reported that Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, was valued at $44 billion, citing “people with knowledge of the matter.” Today, Bloomberg is reporting the social media si...
Report: Oracle is a leading contender to run TikTok in the US
In a turn of events that will shock some people even though it should shock absolutely no one , Oracle has emerged as a leading contender to help run TikTok as the app seeks to avoid being banned in t...
Soon, you’ll be able to moderate Meta content in exchange for $0
Meta just released new details on its Community Notes program, “The new way for people on Facebook, Instagram and Threads to decide when to add more context to posts that are potentially misleading or...
Reddit shares got absolutely smoked compared to social media rivals like Meta and Snap yesterday, dropping 20%
Yesterday, shares suffered their worst drop since going public just under a year ago, as the platform’s rocky start to 2025 continues. After a pretty remarkable 2024 , the stock is now down more than...