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What a future without browser cookies looks like
As Google and others plan to eliminate third-party search and website trackers, other ways of identifying users and discovering their habits will replace them.
Spanish media's $600M suit against Meta is based on GDPR noncompliance
An association representing 83 Spanish media outlets accuses the company of having a competitive advantage based on violations of EU data-protection regulations and could set a precedent for future cases.
Meta and ByteDance dispute gatekeeper status of platforms under EU’s DMA
After the EU named Facebook Messenger and Marketplace, and TikTok gatekeeper platforms under its Digital Markets Act, both parents companies have decided to launch legal challenges against the designation.
Meta to lay off staffers at its Facebook Agile Silicon Team: Report
After releasing a mixed-reality headset last month, the company is firing staffers from its metaverse silicon unit, according to a news report.
Meta challenges ChatGPT with chatbot, OpenAI fires back with new features
Meta this week unveiled a new chatbot connected to the Bing search engine that can have a conversation with a user and create images based on textual inputs.
Apple was right not to run a social network
I’m glad Apple at least put some priority on privacy at a time when no one else in Big Tech chose to.
The metaverse: Not dead yet
Two years ago, the metaverse was hyped as the Next Big Thing in tech. Nowadays, Generative AI has grabbed all the headlines. But don’t count out the concept of interconnected virtual worlds just yet.
Meta hit with $413 million fine in EU for breaking GDPR rules
Regulatory wrangling results in a huge new fine over Facebook and Instagram data handling, even as Meta vows to appeal and EU data protection groups prepare for a court battle.
The Great Resignation isn’t over yet
With employees feeling burned out and uncertainty around the job market in general, nearly half of all workers in a recent survey indicated they're actively looking for a new job for the new year.
How will Meta handle a dose of Apple Reality?
Apple is preparing to introduce its first-generation mixed-reality device following years of development. Meta is upset and is trying to score a few punches before its competitor enters the ring.
Facebook agrees to settle class action lawsuit related to Cambridge Analytica data breach
The four-year-old lawsuit claimed Facebook allowed the British political consulting firm access to private data of over 80 million users.
What you need to know about the metaverse office of the future
Yes, the vast array of technologies that fall under the “metaverse” umbrella will come to the workplace. But, no, we will not work in the metaverse.
Tech hiring enters the Big Freeze
A growing number of tech companies are starting to put the brakes on hiring, but is now the time for them to be stepping back from investing in talent?
Real Messenger: The birth of an industry-centric social network?
One of the problems with social networks is that they tend to be broad and unfocused, which isn't ideal for business. That's why Real Messenger might be onto something.
Cookie conundrum: The loss of third-party trackers could diminish your privacy
Web giants who have been advocating for an end to a nearly 30-year-old technology that follows you around the internet may be motivated more by profit than altruism.
Google, others adding office space in anticipation of the great return
In an about-face from early in the pandemic, companies are buying and leasing more office space in anticipation of workers returning to their desks — at least on some days. But these spaces could look dramatically different than the...
For Gen Z, bank accounts and cash are out, mobile wallets are in
Even as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is saying a digital dollar could become as trusted as cash, surveys of Gen Z and Millennials show they're already well on their way to accepting crypto for purchases and investments. The shift...
