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Facebook Employees Are Outraged At Mark Zuckerberg’s Explanations Of How It Handled The Kenosha Violence
tech Following days of violence and civil unrest, Facebook employees wonder if their company is doing enough to stifle militia and QAnon groups stoking violence on the social network. By Ryan Mac Reporting From San Francisco, California Ryan Mac BuzzFeed News Reporter Reporting From San Francisco, California Last updated on…
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Microsoft and Walmart could turn TikTok into an e-commerce platform for creators null
With the deadline for TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to sell the social media app to a US business quickly approaching on September 15, there have been some major developments related to a potential deal. First off, TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer, who joined the company just over three months ago, has…
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Elon Musk trots out pigs in demo of Neuralink brain implants
Elon Musk’s brain-machine interface company Neuralink showcased a pig with the company’s device at an event livestreamed on YouTube. One pig, Gertrude, had a device recording signals from an area of the brain linked to her snout. She’d had the implant for two months at the time of the demonstration.…
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Elon Musk unveils V2 of the Neuralink brain-machine interface surgery bot
Just over a year since their last major announcement, Elon Musk’s Neuralink is finally ready to show off the fruits of its labor: a revolutionary brain-machine interface that could blur the lines between humanity and technology, as well as give our f… Source
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Mark Zuckerberg Said Apple Is Charging “Monopoly Rents” With Its “Stranglehold” On iPhones
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a swing at Apple on Thursday, calling the iPhone maker’s app store monopolistic and harmful to customers during a companywide meeting. “[Apple has] this unique stranglehold as a gatekeeper on what gets on phones,” Zuckerberg said to more than 50,000 employees via webcast. He added…
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A new $20 billion bid for TikTok could see it purchased by rival Triller (and a giant investment firm)
TikTok-rival Triller and Centricus (a London-based global investment firm) are the latest suitors looking to buy TikTok’s US business with a $20 billion bid, joining Oracle and a recently combined Microsoft / Walmart effort to acquire the popular short-form video application, according to a report from Bloomberg. The Triller/Centricus offer…
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