Mentions of the “metaverse” were relatively few and far between in Meta’s quarterly earnings call this week — we counted a mere seven mentions compared to 23 for “AI” — […]
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Back to news home‘Keep Lex filthy’: Users react to queer dating app’s new direction
Lex, the hookup and social app that launched in 2019 with a nod to lesbian personal ads from the ’80s, is changing. Only, precisely how much will change is still […]
A Vine mess: The choice between rebooting and reviving old software
Marcus Merrell Contributor In October 2022, after completing the acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk asked his team to work toward bringing Vine back to market. The team is likely now […]
Three months ago, he was laid off from Twitter. Now, his competing app Spill is funded.
“I can’t explain it. It’s weird,” Alphonzo “Phonz” Terrell said. After losing his job at Twitter when Elon Musk took over, the former global head of Social & Editorial didn’t […]
Meta is killing Move, another experimental social app from its in-house incubator NPE Team
Meta is killing off yet another project from its in-house R&D group, the NPE Team, following the company’s sizable layoffs announced in November, impacting 13% of its workforce. The latest […]
Stripe eyes an exit, Dell bets on the cloud, and Shutterstock embraces generative AI
Hey, party people, it’s Kyle, continuing to step in for Greg to write Week in Review as he spends time with his newborn. Dunno about y’all, but it’s been a […]
Elon Musk’s Twitter hit with holocaust denial hate speech lawsuit in Germany
Twitter owner and self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist“, Elon Musk, is facing a legal challenge in Germany over how the platform handles antisemitic hate speech. The lawsuit, which was filed yesterday […]
Messenger ramps up testing of default end-to-end encryption
Meta announced today that it has started gradually expanding testing default end-to-end encryption for Messenger. The messaging service is also bringing some of its standard features to end-to-end encrypted chats, […]
Microsoft is sunsetting social VR pioneer AltspaceVR
AltspaceVR has had a few close calls over the years, but the company that built virtual social spaces well before “metaverse” was a household word is shuttering for good this […]
Alphabet makes cuts, Twitter bans third-party clients, and Netflix’s Reed Hastings steps down
Howdy, folks! Happy Friday. While our fearless Week in Review leader Greg enjoys parental leave, I’m filling in, curating the latest on the tech news front. It was a roller […]