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Volatile stock swings make investors sceptic of Big Tech companies
Millions of ordinary investors rode Facebook on the way up, whether they realised it or...
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How sky-high valuations pose a new risk to billionaires' wealth
For the world’s richest people, there used to be three ways to quickly see a...
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Facebook shares plunge on weaker earnings and poor forecast
Shares of Facebook’s parent company Meta dropped by more than 20 per cent to $246.53...
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At up to $8,000/week, America's travel nurses keep COVID-slammed hospitals afloat
For Allyssa Findorff, the decision to hit the road on short-term nursing contracts was an...
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Meta unveils new supercomputer to perform most daunting tasks and boost metaverse
Facebook parent company Meta unveiled a new supercomputer capable of building next-generation artificial intelligence infrastructure...
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Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg gave consent to ad collusion deal, court filing says
Google chief executive Sundar Pichai and Facebook parent company Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg personally...
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Judge rejects Facebook bid to derail US antitrust suit
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that U.S. regulators' reworked anti-trust case against Facebook can...
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Japan one of only two countries where Twitter beats Facebook in social media market share
Social media has become an integral part of everyone’s life but not all platforms are...
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From Apple to Meta: Big Tech added more than $2.5tn in market valuation last year
Big-tech powered US stocks to a third straight winning year in 2021, as companies such...
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Bitcoin's electricity use eight times higher than Google's and Facebook's combined
The electricity being devoured annually to mine Bitcoin is now eight times more than that...
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The metaverse: where cryptocurrency, gaming and capitalism co-exist
To understand why Mark Zuckerberg thinks the metaverse is the next frontier, consider the case...
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Apple sues NSO Group
Tech company Apple announced on Tuesday it is suing Israel’s NSO Group.Apple said in a...
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News Corp's Murdoch makes rare comments on Google, Trump and Facebook
Rupert Murdoch renewed his attacks on Google and Facebook during News Corp’s annual shareholder meeting...
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'The Icelandverse': Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse mimicked in Iceland’s new tourism video
Known for its endless wilderness, geothermal lagoons and rugged beauty, Iceland also has something of...
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Peter Jackson sells special effects firm in $1.6 bil 'metaverse' deal
New Zealand film director Peter Jackson on Wednesday announced the sale of his Oscar-winning Weta...
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Whistle-blower claims Facebook amplified extremism
A Facebook whistle-blower has said the social media giant's practices amplified “extremism and polarisation”.Frances Haugen,...
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Facebook ‘knew what it was doing', former Google chief Eric Schmidt says
Facebook’s conduct, revealed in leaked documents, is “pretty concerning,” said former Google chief executive Eric...
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Meta acquires VR fitness app Supernatural
A day after Facebook's rebranding as Meta, the company announced that it is acquiring Within,...
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'Very... meta': Twitter cracks up over Facebook rebrand
Facebook's announcement Thursday that the company would henceforth be called Meta unleashed a torrent of...
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Meta to launch Apple Watch competitor, leaked photo shows
Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, is developing a smartwatch with a front-facing...
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Facebook plans rebrand with new name
Facebook Inc, under fire from regulators and lawmakers over its business practices, is planning to...
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Banned on Twitter and Facebook, Trump announces new platform called Truth Social
Former US president Donald Trump said on Wednesday he is launching a new social platform...
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Digital technology: Friend or foe against climate change?
From the energy that goes into making smartphones to the fact that even emails create...
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Lessons that Cyclone Shaheen and social media shutdown could teach businesses
I was in Oman when Cyclone Shaheen hit last week. I knew that preparation was...
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Mark Zuckerberg’s former adviser hails Facebook whistleblower
Roger McNamee, an early Facebook investor and former adviser to Mark Zuckerberg, has praised whistleblower...