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Back to news homeBeReal tops 53M installs, but only 9% open the app daily, estimates claim
Gen Z social media app BeReal encourages its users to take a photo every day — a format designed to create a daily habit. But only a small number of […]
24 Hours in the Metaverse Version of Facebook Was Surprisingly Fun
Every hour of the day and night with the gamers, parents, insomniacs, preteens and aspiring comedians who are the earliest adopters of the immersive, three-dimensional internet that Mark Zuckerberg has […]
Judge Grants Elon Musk’s Request to Delay Trial With Twitter
Elon Musk’s surprise return to the bargaining table with Twitter this week may have merely been the opening salvo in the next stage of the protracted struggle over the future […]
Elon Musk Suggests Buying Twitter at His Original Price
Elon Musk proposed a deal with Twitter on Monday evening that could bring to an end the acrimonious legal fight between the billionaire and the social media company.The arrangement would […]
A New Refrain From Artists: We ‘Almost Gave Up on Instagram’
SAN FRANCISCO — Deb JJ Lee built a career in illustration on Instagram, one colorful comic at a time.Some of the comics that Mx. Lee, 26, posted on the photo-sharing […]
British Ruling Pins Blame on Social Media for Teenager’s Suicide
In January 2019, Mr. Russell went public with Molly’s story. Outraged that his young daughter could view such bleak content so easily and convinced that it had played a role […]
Dating Apps Thrive in China, but Not Just for Romance
When Qu Tongzhou, a photography assistant in Shanghai, set out on a long-awaited trip to western China in June, she found the cities she visited to be unwelcoming. As an […]
Meta Removes Chinese Effort to Influence U.S. Elections
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said on Tuesday that it had discovered and taken down what it described as the first targeted Chinese campaign to interfere in […]
A new Instagram test removes shopping tab from the home screen
Meta is making it harder to find the Shop tab on Instagram with its latest test. In the new test, the Shop tab has been removed from the app’s Home […]