Mark Zuckerberg kept the circle of people who knew his thinking small. Last month, Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, tapped a handful of top policy and communications executives and others to discuss the company’s approach to online speech. He had decided to make sweeping changes after visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago … Read more
Meta would like to introduce its next fact-checker — the one who will spot falsehoods, pen convincing corrections and warn others about misleading content. It’s you. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, announced Tuesday that he was ending much of the company’s moderation efforts, like third-party fact-checking and content restrictions. Instead, he said, the company will … Read more
New York: Megacap technology stocks rallied through a global pandemic, fears of a bubble and rising regulatory scrutiny. But the bond market could be the hurdle that finally trips them up. Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Alphabet Inc. and Facebook Inc., the five largest U.S. companies, have delivered reliable outsized gains to shareholders for … Read more
Apple Inc. rallied to close at record high Wednesday amid optimism on its corporate growth outlook for the second half of the year. It gained 1.8% to close at $144.57, smashing its January peak as some on Wall Street forecast a stronger rally over the next six months with iPhone sales poised to climb. It … Read more
By Ryan Vlastelica Twitter Inc. shares climbed to a multi-year high on Wednesday, extending a recent advance after JPMorgan upgraded the social-media company to an overweight rating, citing a more bullish view toward online advertising in 2021. The firm also raised its price target to a Street-high view of $65 from $52. While growth should … Read more
CNN — Just because it’s on the internet doesn’t make it true. It seems so simple, but if everyone knew that, Facebook and Google wouldn’t have to pull bogus news sites from their advertising algorithms and people wouldn’t breathlessly share stories that claim Donald Trump is a secret lizard person or Hillary Clinton is an … Read more
Story highlights Virtual reality headsets range from inexpensive Cardboard to pricey PlayStation Here are your options if you want to dip your toe in or really swim with the VR big fish Thinking about treating your family to a little virtual reality this holiday? Have no idea where to start? Don’t worry. From Google’s inexpensive … Read more