Women in Tech: iPhone video powered a forward-thinking video commerce platform
With COVID creating a livestream shopping boom and rapid shifts in consumer behaviour and buying patterns, we decided to look at new innovations that are reshaping how people purchase and…
Meta to cut 10,000 jobs in second round of layoffs
By Katie Paul and Nivedita Balu (Reuters) – Facebook-parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it would cut 10,000 jobs this year, making it the first Big Tech company to announce…
U.S. mulling a probe of deceptive advertising on social media
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is expected to vote next week on whether to send demands for information about deceptive advertising to eight social…
The time for free social media is over
$11.99 a month to get a blue tick on Instagram and Facebook. But also a fast track to customer support and protection against clone accounts. In the experiment on verified accounts…
ChatGPT launches boom in AI-written e-books on Amazon
By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Until recently, Brett Schickler never imagined he could be a published author, though he had dreamed about it. But after learning about the…
YouTube CEO Wojcicki, one of the first Google employees, steps down
By Yuvraj Malik and Nivedita Balu (Reuters) – YouTube Chief Executive and one of the first Google employees, Susan Wojcicki, is stepping down from her role at the tech giant…
Twitter becomes first social media platform to allow cannabis ads in U.S
By Mrinalika Roy (Reuters) – Twitter on Wednesday became the first social media platform to allow cannabis companies to market their brands and products in the United States. The company…
Welcome Artifact, a social media for the news
In beta stage and available to a few users, it aims to be “like TikTok but for the news” Providing personalized, reliable, and truthful information. This is what Instagram founders…
Oracle to invest $1.5 billion in Saudi Arabia, open data centre in Riyadh
By Supantha Mukherjee and Aziz El Yaakoubi (Reuters) – Oracle Corp plans to invest $1.5 billion in Saudi Arabia in the coming years as it builds up its cloud footprint…
Google accused of monopoly in online advertising by the US Department of Justice
While companies like Google have seen countless antitrust cases brought against them by the EU, the US Department of Justice has been much more lenient. After years of leniency, however,…