[] In his second day on the stand of a landmark antitrust trial, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, said he bought Instagram and […]
Tag: Mobile Applications
What If Mark Zuckerberg Had Not Bought Instagram and WhatsApp?
[] In 2012, when Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg cut a $1 billion check to buy the photo-sharing app Instagram, most people thought he had […]
U.S. Argues Meta Built a Social Media Monopoly
[] The Federal Trade Commission on Monday accused Meta of creating a monopoly that squelched competition by buying start-ups that stood in its way, kicking […]
Opinion | The Trump Administration’s Data Purges Weaken America
Researchers logging onto the website Data.gov in January discovered a digital void where roughly 2,000 data sets were once cataloged. No warning, no explanation — […]
How TikTok’s Parent, ByteDance, Became an A.I. Powerhouse
The Chinese internet giant ByteDance has made some of the world’s most popular apps: TikTok and, in China, Douyin and Toutiao. In the United States, […]
How Trump’s TikTok Negotiations Were Upended by China and Tariffs
Last Wednesday, the Trump administration believed it had a plan to save TikTok. ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese owner, along with some of its U.S. investors, and […]
Can Using the Light Phone III Help Cure ‘Brain Rot’?
[] Dear readers, I have a confession: I am suffering from an ailment that the younger ones call “brain rot,” the inability to think deeply […]
Trump Extends TikTok Deal Deadline, Delaying a Potential Ban
President Trump on Friday granted TikTok another reprieve by announcing that he would extend the deadline for when the popular app had to make a […]
With TikTok Deadline Looming, Details of a Potential Deal Emerge
[] Two days before a deadline for TikTok to be sold to a non-Chinese company or otherwise face a ban in the United States, a […]
How Trump Could Make Larry Ellison the Next Media Mogul
[] For decades, Larry Ellison reveled in being the Silicon Valley executive who really knew how to have a good time. He spent as much […]