2+ hour, 54+ min ago   (423+ words) News websites around the world are getting far fewer visitors from Google searches than they did a year ago, new numbers show. A company called Chartbeat looked at traffic numbers from 2,756 news websites worldwide, including 797 in the United States. The…...

21+ hour, 26+ min ago   (427+ words) In a move to light a fire under content creators and improve active users, Elon Musk's X announced a massive $1 million bounty program. The million-dollar contest follows Threads announcing an increase in its active monthly users, which surpassed that of…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (354+ words) Google is appealing the court's decision that it monopolized its online search and advertising businesses. In the meantime, the firm has also filed a notice to postpone the court order requiring it to share its data with rival firms as…...

2+ day, 35+ min ago   (578+ words) Meta's popular messenger WhatsApp will be completely blocked in Russia this year, a high-ranking member of its legislature reveled. The move makes sense, according to the lawmaker, as the Russian Federation prepares to hold parliamentary elections, he noted. Meanwhile, Moscow…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (536+ words) Meta Platform's messaging services app, WhatsApp, is reportedly still enabling AI providers access to users with Brazilian numbers as the country ordered the firm to halt implementing restrictions imposed under its new policy. Brazil's regulatory authorities asked WhatsApp to suspend…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (539+ words) More than half a million Australian children have lost access to their Facebook and Instagram accounts after Meta took action to follow the country's new law banning social media use for anyone under 16. The company reported taking down accounts belonging…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (482+ words) 17.5 million Instagram users have reportedly had their usernames, house and email addresses, phone number as well as other personal information put up for sale on underground websites, according to Malwarebytes." Users have reported receiving multiple password reset request emails following…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (401+ words) In a daring move that puts it in direct rivalry with businesses like SpaceX's Starlink for control of internet access from space, China has submitted papers to the International Telecommunication Union requesting space for over 200,000 satellites. Shanghai Securities News reports…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (525+ words) The Federal Communications Commission has granted SpaceX permission to launch an additional 7,500 second-generation Starlink satellites, bringing the total number of the company's authorized satellites to 15,000 units. Only half of SpaceX's proposed 30,000 satellites were approved for deployment by the Federal Communications…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (276+ words) A major step forward in the nation's efforts to regulate how internet businesses handle personal data was taken on Saturday when Chinese officials unveiled draft legislation that would require mobile applications to obtain express consent before collecting user data. China's…...