Social media overtakes TV as main source of news in US, analysis finds Global study shows 54% of Americans receive news from social media, while the UK has highest proportion of news avoiders at 46% The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2025
The Global Auto Industry Is Drowning in Overcapacity Today on Critical Materials: auto industry has a InsideEVs · Jun 10, 2025
‘I Wake Up and Fight People’: Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg Does 2 Hours of Jiu Jitsu Every Morning To Cope With the Stress of Work In a recent podcast appearance, Mark Zuckerberg revealed his unique, disciplined morning routine - which includes waking at 7 a.m. to practice jiu jitsu for two hours instead of relying on stimulants like coffee. Barchart · May 27, 2025
Friday essay: Trump’s reign fits Curtis Yarvin’s blueprint of a CEO-led American monarchy. What is technological fascism? The plan was simple. It started by retiring all government employees by offering them incentives to leave and never return. To avoid anarchy and keep authority, the police and military would be retained. The Conversation · May 15, 2025
Major social media platforms fail to protect LGBTQ users, advocacy group GLAAD says Major social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and X have failed to protect LGBTQ+ users from hate and harassment, in part, because they intentionally rolled back previous safety practices, the advocacy group GLAAD said Tuesday in its annual Social Media Safety Index The Independent UK · May 13, 2025
The US government is coming for Google and Meta – but what will happen next? Google suffered another defeat last week in its clash with the justice department, while Meta hasn’t been able to wriggle its way out of antitrust cases either The Guardian - US · Apr 22, 2025
OpenAI could be launching a social media platform to compete with Elon Musk’s X - reports The platform would be based on ChatGPT’s image-generation feature, which caused a trend in reproducing Studio Ghibli alikes, reports citing company insiders say. Euronews · Apr 17, 2025
Elon Musk's X just revealed a dramatic revenue drop in U.K. after $44 billion takeover X’s U.K. arm saw a 66.3% drop in revenue in the year following Musk’s takeover, falling from £205.3 million in 2022 to £69.1 million in 2023. Fortune · Apr 16, 2025
OpenAI reportedly creating its own social network to take on X OpenAI might be building its own social network — and yes, it could be powered by ChatGPT, according to reports. Tom’s Guide · Apr 15, 2025
Elon Musk’s X launches crackdown on ‘parody’ accounts after he axed tools that stopped them Impersonation accounts have been a long-running problem for site since it was bought The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2025
EU to Reportedly Give Elon Musk's X $1B in Fines, Other Penalties for DSA Violations Elon Musk's social media is set to face a massive $1 billion fine in the EU and other penalties for its alleged violations against the DSA. International Business Times · Apr 5, 2025
UK issues travel warnings over growing Turkey unrest after Erdogan brands protests ‘evil’ Turkey’s main opposition party calls for boycott of ‘pro-Erdogan’ media, brands, and stores The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2025
Digital imperialism: How US social media firms are using American law to challenge global tech regulation Social media platforms tend not to be that bothered by national boundaries. The Conversation · Mar 21, 2025
Morning Mail: ex-defence chief questions US alliance, supermarket reform urged, protests in Israel Chris Barrie says White House ‘vandals’ wrecking US alliance; thousands take to streets to call for ceasefire and hostage return The Guardian - AU · Mar 20, 2025
The Guardian - AU · Mar 20, 2025 Trump urged to target ‘coercive and discriminatory’ Australian media laws by Musk’s X, Apple, Google and Meta The Computer and Communications Industry Association named Australia’s news media bargaining incentive in its submission
Fortune · Mar 12, 2025 Senate poised to advance landmark crypto bill, Warren warns of Elon Musk 'controlling' financial system The Senate is expected to mark up a stablecoin bill on Thursday.
Salon · Mar 8, 2025 The legacy news media is shaking apart Broadcast news anchors are leaving and critics like Joy Reid have been fired. Can the news as we know it survive?
TechRadar · Feb 23, 2025 xAI could sign a $5 billion deal with Dell for thousands of servers with Nvidia's GB200 Blackwell AI GPU accelerators Reports claim Dell is about to secure a $5 billion deal to supply Elon Musk's xAI with yet more AI servers.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 23, 2025 Telegram fined nearly $1m by Australian watchdog for delay in reporting about terrorism and child abuse material Telegram took 160 days to provide information, with the delay obstructing online safety scrutineer from doing its job, commissioner says
The Guardian - US · Feb 22, 2025 Crypto and big tech’s backing pays off as Trump makes tech-friendly moves Flurry of directives relaxes regulations and drops lawsuit – and billionaires who donated to Trump are ready to benefit
The Guardian - US · Feb 16, 2025 Parents are desperate to protect kids on social media. Why did the US let a safety bill die? The Kids Online Safety act passed the Senate 91-to-3 but died in the House. Advocates on both sides say they won’t give up
Fortune · Feb 15, 2025 From legal settlements to business ventures, mega corporations are making deals with President Donald Trump and the Trump family Companies have reportedly doled out $80 million to the Trump family and his presidential library, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Latin Times · Feb 13, 2025 Trump Settles Lawsuit Against Musk's X for $10 Million After Being Removed From the Platform Amid the Capitol Riots: Report Trump settled his $10 million lawsuit against Elon Musk's X after being banned from the platform for instigating the January 6th Capitol attack.
International Business Times UK · Feb 6, 2025 Wall Street Sells £4.41B of X Loans as Investors Bet on Strong Financials, Advertisers Returning to Musk's Firm X's improving 2024 EBITDA, major advertisers like Apple mulling a comeback to the platform, and Amazon ramping ad spending led investors to buy £4.41B of 2022 debt used by Musk to take over the social networking platform.
Barchart · Jan 28, 2025 Meta Stock Q4: 5 Key Things to Watch When Meta Reports Earnings Meta Platforms will release its Q4 earnings on Jan. 29. Here are the key metrics that investors should watch.