Category: Computers and the Internet

Amazon Posts 11% Rise in Revenue as Growth Improves

The retailer also swung to a profit in the second quarter.
Apple Revenue Drops 1% but Tops Wall Street Expectations

The iPhone maker’s recent quarter benefited from strong sales in its App Store and other services businesses.
When A.I. Lies About You, There’s Little Recourse

People have little protection or recourse when the technology creates and spreads falsehoods about them.
So What Do We Call Twitter Now Anyway?

With Elon Musk’s rebranding of the app, is Twitter’s name really retired? What about tweets? We unravel the terminology puzzle.
Tired of Dating Apps, Some Turn to Google Docs

Writers of so-called Date-Me Docs, which can read like 1,000-word versions of the personal ads of yore, hope for a more meaningful connection than a swipe might allow.
Uber Posts 14% Rise in Revenue as Growth Slows

The company’s growth decelerated as the rebound from the pandemic normalized and its freight business declined. It also swung to a profit.
Twitter Threatens to Sue Center for Countering Digital Hate Over Research

The Center for Countering Digital Hate said it had received a letter from X, Twitter’s parent company, accusing it of trying to hurt the social platform with its research.
An Internet Veteran’s Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology

Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, writes for an influential audience of lawmakers, C.E.O.s and activists. Somehow, he’s still an optimist about the promise of technology.
Judge Rejects Hong Kong’s Bid to Ban Pro-Democracy Song From Internet

The authorities sought a court injunction that could have pressured Google and other tech firms to remove “Glory to Hong Kong.”
Facebook’s Algorithm Is ‘Influential’ but Doesn’t Necessarily Change Beliefs, Researchers Say

In four new studies, researchers found complicated results from experiments on Facebook’s and Instagram’s algorithms, suggesting there was no silver bullet to fixing the platforms.
Elon Musk’s Quixotic Quest to Turn X Into an ‘Everything App’

Mr. Musk, the owner of Twitter, is the latest Silicon Valley mogul to pursue an all-in-one app, the kind that has thrived in Asia but not elsewhere.
What Happened When 15 of Twitter’s Top Celebrities Joined Threads

We examined the daily activity of Ellen DeGeneres, Wiz Khalifa, Selena Gomez and others among Twitter’s most-followed to deduce if Threads has staying power.