Bluesky, the non-toxic alternative to X, has had a glow-up. But is the app here to stay?
Social media app that feels a lot like early Twitter has attracted millions of new users this month and, so far, is not annoying like Threads
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Surviving a shake-up: is restructuring ever good for staff?
As companies from Amazon to Citi overhaul management, experts warn that savings from job cuts can be overtaken by unintended consequences
Meta staff fired for misusing free food vouchers
Staff given daily meal allowances for breakfast, lunch and dinner as a perk common in Big Tech companies
Schools abuse report shows how the legal system hurts victims and must change
The system must be changed so victims don’t have to campaign for decades to get justice and redress and so those liable can be held to account
Can tech executives be held responsible for what happens on their platforms?
Indictment of Telegram founder Pavel Durov raises the stakes in evolving debate over responsibility for online content
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg says he was ‘pressured’ by Biden administration to pull Covid content
Mark Zuckerberg expresses ‘regret’ at parent company Meta’s handling of content moderation during pandemic
Meta unveils latest artificial intelligence models as it plans open-source future
Llama 3.1 is ‘state of the art’ Mark Zuckerberg says
Meta explores stake in Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica
Facebook owner considers multibillion investment in European eyewear group to expand smart glasses partnership
Four-day Mumbai wedding extravaganza to cost more than €550m
The marriage of the son of Asia’s richest businessman, Mukesh Ambani, takes place over the weekend with guests including Kim Kardashian, Tony Blair and Mark Zuckerberg
The 5am club: I tried it for a week and by day five found myself eating a salted caramel Magnum for breakfast
I tried it for a week in London and by day five found myself eating a salted caramel Magnum for breakfast
Investors unfazed by warnings about social media’s effects on adolescents
A high-profile call for tobacco-style warnings had no lasting effects on platforms’ shares
Markets may be peaking as Thiel, Bezos and Zuckerberg among insiders selling off tech stocks
Bosses sell hundreds of millions of dollars in company shares this quarter in sign that markets may be peaking
The Dropout review: Rise and fall of Silicon Valley darling Elizabeth Holmes told with riveting verve
Television: Amanda Seyfried is gripping as ill-fated Theranos founder, steering well clear of caricature
Mark Zuckerberg mixes business with pleasure as he drops in on wedding party thrown by Asia’s richest man
Planet Business: Willy’s Chocolate Experience turns bitter, Apple’s stalled electric car project and Kellogg’s boss offers budgetary advice
With Meta paying shareholders a first dividend, has Mark Zuckerberg run out of credible growth strategies?
Meta has just announced its first ever shareholder dividend, perhaps placating investors, but nevertheless the tech giant likely has a difficult time ahead
Bluesky chief wants users to take back control of social media
It started as an internal Twitter project, now it’s an alternative to Elon Musk’s X platform
The Irish Times view on 20 years of social media: power without accountability
In its early days, it offered an optimistic vision. But the picture soon darkened and disregard for potential harms has been a recurring feature
Things are looking up for Meta as shares climb after a year of job cuts
Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg apologises to families hurt by social media
Taylor Swift’s deepfake saga was a warning bell to women
Online harm is not an unintended consequence of social media. It’s baked into the design
Mark Zuckerberg’s apology was dramatic, but that alone won’t make children any safer online
Five big tech leaders appeared before the US Senate this week, but it remains to be seen whether anything of substance emerges
Facebook parent Meta announces first ever dividend
Earnings come in ahead of expectations as cost-cutting yields results
Twenty rollercoaster years of Facebook: what are the main takeaways?
Social network has outlasted all predictions of its demise and the site currently has more than three billion active users
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg issues dramatic apology at US Senate hearing on child safety
Social media CEOs testify before a committee examining ways to curb harms from online platforms
Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Toxic Secrets – A terrific, necessary read
A Wall Street Journal reporter gets the dystopian inside story on one of the world’s most powerful companies
Metaverse aside, Zuckerberg has had a surprisingly good year
Interest in virtual reality remains tepid — but his AI experiment proved more successful
Zuckerberg sells first Meta shares in two years after stock surge
Facebook co-founder’s trust as well as entities for his charitable and political giving unloaded shares worth almost €170 million
Meta Ireland chief Anne O’Leary: ‘We need to work together across the tech industry ... so we keep people safe online’
Tech boss discusses job losses at the company, its ‘constructive relationship’ with the Data Protection Commission, and tackling disinformation
Don’t let the Zuckerberg-Musk cagefight nonsense distract from the real issues
Media need to focus on what’s happening at Twitter and Meta, not a ludicrous fight that was never likely to happen
Banks and interest rates, RTE’s lost licence fee income, and Tesco’s health benefits for staff
Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk
Proposed cage fight now seems unlikely between giants of the tech world
Mark Zuckerberg has concluded the Tesla boss ‘isn’t serious’ about a fight
Mark Zuckerberg ‘moving on’ from rumoured cage fight with Elon Musk
Meta CEO says Tesla boss ‘isn’t serious’ about proposed brawl in post on Threads platform
Musk says X will pay legal bills of people ‘unfairly treated’ over posts on platform
Billionaire says mooted fight with Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg to be live streamed on his social media platform
Meta repeatedly lobbies Coalition over regulations and lay-offs
Meta president for global affairs Nick Clegg raised the issue of staffing at Coimisiún na Meán at least twice with the Taoiseach
Meta unfriends news media in growing rift with publishers
Facebook’s parent company downgrades current affairs on Threads app and refuses to engage with Canadian law designed to fund media groups
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