Over 100 Reddit groups ban X links in protest at Musk arm gesture
[ad_1] X has not commented but Reddit has stressed there is no sitewide ban on X links, telling the BBC in a statement it “has a longstanding commitment to freedom of speech and freedom of association”. However the platform relies heavily on community moderation, where unpaid individuals known as Redditors decide what is – and […]
Netflix to raise prices as Squid Game 2 and sport fuel subscribers
[ad_1] In the US, prices will increase across almost all plans including the standard subscription with no adverts which will now cost $17.99 (£14.60) a month, up from $15.49. Its membership with adverts will also rise, by one dollar to $7.99. The last time Netflix raised prices in the US was October 2023, when it […]
Stargate: Tech giants announce AI plan worth up to $500bn
[ad_1] The venture is a partnership between OpenAI, Oracle, Japan’s Softbank – led by Masayoshi Son – and MGX, a tech investment arm of the United Arab Emirates government. The companies said the new venture, which was in the works before Trump took office, had $100bn in funding available immediately, with the rest to come […]
TikTokers offered $5,000 to join Facebook and Instagram
[ad_1] This is not the first move by Meta to go after ByteDance’s users. On Sunday, the firm announced Edits, an app strikingly similar to ByteDance’s CapCut – a video editing app which went offline when the ByteDance ban took effect that same day. And two days earlier, Meta posted a video in which two […]
President Trump signs executive order delaying TikTok ban
[ad_1] When asked by a reporter why he’s had a change of heart since trying to ban TikTok in 2020, Trump responded: “Because I got to use it.” He floated the possibility of a joint venture running the company, saying he was seeking a 50-50 partnership between “the United States” and its Chinese owner ByteDance. […]
Instagram hides search results for ‘Democrats’
[ad_1] Meta says its working urgently to fix a problem with Instagram which results in a “results hidden” message when users search for the terms “Democrat” or “Democrats”. Some social media users have accused the company of political bias, pointing out the issue has been occurring after President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, which was […]
TikTok restoring services in US after Trump pledge
[ad_1] An executive order that goes against the law could be fought in court. Several states have also sued the platform, opening up the possibility to TikTok being banned by local jurisdictions, even if it is available nationally. Although the platform went live again on Sunday for existing users, the question of whether third-parties – […]
Melania Trump launches cryptocurrency on eve of inauguration
[ad_1] Disclaimers on the websites of both the $Trump and $Melania coins said they were “not intended to be, or the subject of” an investment opportunity or a security. According to the CoinMarketCap website, $Trump has a total market valuation of about $12bn (£9.8bn), while $Melania’s stands at around $1.7bn. Trump had previously called crypto […]
TikTok goes offline in the US hours before ban comes in
[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the law, passed in April last year, banning the app in the US unless its China-based parent company, ByteDance, sold the platform by Sunday, which it has not done. TikTok has argued that the law violates free speech protections for its 170 million users in the country. After […]
BT scraps EV charging point scheme having only installed one
[ad_1] “It’s disappointing that it’s not going to proceed,” Stuart Masson from automotive website The Car Expert told BBC News. “The good news that we are seeing in the industry is that the overall rollout of electric charging points is accelerating faster than had been predicted a couple of years ago,” he added. However, he […]