Meta is expanding Threads ads to all users globally

Threads has grown enough for Meta to fully integrate it into its advertising machine. On Wednesday, the company said that, with the platform now hosting 400 million monthly active users, ads are expan [...]

Meta wants to block data about social media use, mental health in child safety trial

Company is pulling out all the stops to protect itself in advance of New Mexico trial. [...]

Huge data leak of 149 million credentials exposed without any protection – 98GB of unique usernames and passwords from financial services, social media accounts and dating apps

98GB cloud storage container left exposed online and remained exposed for almost a month after discovery. [...]

A TikTok US power outage caused a 'cascading systems failure' leading to multiple bugs

If your TikTok feed has felt a little off lately, it's not just you. TikTok says is still working to fix its service in the US following a power outage at one of its data centers that's caus [...]

California will investigate TikTok's alleged censorship of anti-Trump posts

California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that his office is investigating whether TikTok is truly censoring content critical of Trump, days after ByteDance finalized a deal to spin off its busin [...]

Meta is facing $1.4 trillion in state lawsuits over social media addiction

Meta is facing a massive lawsuit from four US states over the addictive designs of its platforms. [...]

The Nex Playground is everything Xbox Kinect wanted to be

It's the year 2026 and the hottest game in my living room is Fruit Ninja. No, I'm not in the midst of an ill-advised retro mobile gaming kick. Instead, my family and I have been jumping arou [...]

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI are reportedly holding merger talks

Two Elon Musk companies are reportedly planning to merge. On Thursday, Reuters reported that SpaceX and xAI are holding merger talks ahead of a planned IPO. Part of their plan is to launch AI data cen [...]

Australia's social media ban for under-16s has had limited impact so far

Nearly 22 percent of children are on Pinterest while there was "no statistically significant change" in AI chatbot use. [...]