11 May 2026
Tehran
1 Apple pulled off a masterstroke, but it’s not the fruit company news everybody is talking about. Yes, Apple gained the rights for Formula 1, which used to be free on ESPN and... Free TV is going the way of the dodo. There’s just too much money in desirable product for streamers not to lay their money down. But there’s only so much desirable product out there, and the most desirable is sports.…
08 May 2026
Elizabeth Warren Wants Meta to Spill All on Stablecoin Plans Ahead of Clarity Act Votes
Elizabeth Warren urged Meta to fully disclose its stablecoin-related ambitions before the Senate votes on the Clarity Act, warning that Meta’s push into stablecoin payments could affect competition, privacy, and financial stability.
08 May 2026
Meta Has Entered Its Death Spiral
It’s hard to even imagine now, but immediately after it launched in 2004, there was nothing on the internet cooler than Facebook. It was initially available only to Harvard students, then gradually expanded to students at other elite colleges, giving it an aura of exclusivity that founder Mark Zuckerberg clearly coveted. By the time it opened up to public accounts in 2006, the hype was palpable,…
08 May 2026
Instagram switches off end-to-end encryption: What it means for users, how to download DMs and all other details
One of the world’s most popular social media platforms is walking away from its parent company’s biggest privacy promise. If you use Instagram to send private messages, something important changed on May 8, 2026, and the chances are you did not get a notification about it.
08 May 2026
Instagram privacy tech is turned off today- what does this mean for your DMs?
Instagram users will no longer be able to send ultra-private direct messages, as the feature is switched off globally.
07 May 2026
Elizabeth Warren seeks information on Meta’s latest stablecoin plans in letter to Mark Zuckerberg
Meta rolled out a stablecoin pilot on Facebook last week following years of false starts, and it didn’t take long before a familiar antagonist took notice. On Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) delivered a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg calling its “lack of transparency” surrounding its stablecoin plans “troubling” and seeking answers to a range of questions surrounding Meta’s…
06 May 2026
A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool
Meta is beefing up its age-verification mechanisms with an AI system that analyzes images and videos on Instagram and Facebook for “visual cues,” such as height and bone structure, to identify and delete accounts of users under the age of 13.
05 May 2026
Even Laying Off 100% of Its Workers Won't Recoup This Company's AI Costs
Meta Platforms (META) has been making headlines for the wrong reasons. Last month, news broke that the company is planning to lay off about 10% of its workers on May 20. And according to Reuters, additional Meta job cuts are possible during the second half of the year.
05 May 2026
AMD forecasts quarterly revenue above expectations, betting on resilient demand for AI chips
AMD forecasts quarterly revenue above expectations, betting on resilient demand for AI chips.
