Meta straps a smart TV to your face
Zuck’s Horizon TV chases couch potatoes in VR
Meta has built the telly Mark Zuckerberg once teased, only this one lives inside a headset and is dubbed Horizon TV.
YouTube gives $24.5 million to Trump
Final Big Tech holdout forks over cash after Capitol riot ban
YouTube has become the last of the Big Tech giants to pay off Donald Trump after booting him off the platform following the Capitol riot.
Apple sues Youtuber over leaked iOS 26 renders
Freedom of the Press, they have heard of it
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has gone legal over leaked iOS 26 designs, dragging YouTuber Jon Prosser and his mate Michael Ramacciotti into court for allegedly nicking trade secrets.
Social media giants still flouting GDPR
Fines fly but kid's data keeps getting mishandled
Seven years into GDPR, half of the world’s biggest social media platforms are still being slapped with fines like they never read the memo.
YouTube crowned new media monarch
Threatens Hollywood's old guard
MoffettNathanson has dubbed YouTube the “New King of All Media,” a title once reserved for broadcast giants and film studios.
Social notworking sites pledge to crack down on hate speech
At least in the EU
While social notworking sites are frantically trying to reassure Trump’s government that they will be allowing a return to the good old days where fake news and bullying were allowed, they are doing the opposite in the EU.
App developers sue over removals
Google and Apple in court
App developers Musi and Sarafan Mobile have sued Apple and Google in California federal court over unjustified app removals based on legal issues with the big tech companies.
YouTube is causing Firefox to lag
But Google says it is ruining everyone’s experience - not just Firefox
Firefox users across the internet are complaining that they are encountering an "artificial" five-second load time when they try to watch YouTube videos.
Social media will allow fake news during the elections
Not even worth trying
Big Tech is rolling back all the censorship and policies to curb misinformation ahead of the 2024 election cycle.
Europeans put 19 big tech outfits on notice
New online content regulations
The European Commission will require 19 large online platforms and search engines to comply with new online content regulations starting on August 25, European officials said.