July 23, 2021 Twitter posted higher-than-expected revenue growth on Thursday as the social media platform introduced improvements in ad targeting to help brands reach potential customers. Twitter shares rose 5% to $73 in after-market trading, with advertising revenue more...
July 22, 2021 Live audio app, Clubhouse on Wednesday removed its invite system, so anyone can participate. Until now, the invitation system required people to be invited by an existing user or request to join a waitlist before more...
July 22, 2021 Facebook and YouTube remain the most popular social media platforms in the U.S., with penetration rates of 69% and 81% respectively for adults, but Instagram has a growing young audience, according to data from the more...
July 19, 2021 Facebook is fighting back against President Joe Biden's comment accusing Facebook of "killing people" with COVID-19 misinformation. In a blog post from the company's vice president of integrity Guy Rosen, Rosen countered the comments, saying more...
July 15, 2021 In their new book An Ugly Truth, Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang write that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg tends to believe that free speech will drown out bad speech. He believes that fake news on more...
July 8, 2021 Former President of the United States, Donald Trump, recently announced that he would sue Twitter, Facebook and YouTube over the suspension of his account, which took place after his supporters invaded the Capitol on January more...
June 24, 2021 Viola AI Artist, an app that turns users into a Pixar-worthy cartoon avatar by harnessing users' faces and transforming them into three different cartoon styles from which users can choose with complete shading, is gaining more...
June 23, 2021 Blaston, the first on-board game developer to test Facebook's plan to integrate advertising into Oculus VR games, made a U-turn after a backlash from players. It comes just days after Facebook announced plans to place more...
June 22, 2021 On Wednesday, Facebook researchers Xi Yin and Tal Hassner revealed they have developed artificial intelligence that can identify so-called "deepfakes" and trace their origins through reverse engineering. While the work was done in collaboration with more...
June 22, 2021 Snapchat deletes a feature that shows how fast a user is on the move when they take a photo or video. Parent company Snap justified this by saying that the speed filter would be removed more...
