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After a long period of testing, Amazon.com Inc. announced today that it’s launching its social audio app Amp. The company said for now it will only be available to a limited number of people in the U.S. as a beta version for …
To fight misinformation, Twitter expands crowdsourced fact-checking tool Birdwatch
Twitter Inc. said today that some of its users will start seeing notes under their posts telling them that they’ve been flagged by members of the public for sharing dubious information. The program started last year as part of a program called …
Amazon announces it’s closing 68 brick-and-mortar stores in US and UK
Amazon.com Inc. said today that it’s streamlining its physical stores, closing 68 Amazon Books, 4-Star and Pop Up stores in the U.S. and the U.K. That will lead to a large number of employees being left without a job, although Amazon said …
Joining rest of big tech, Apple halts all sales in Russia and limits services
Apple Inc. announced today that it’s halting all product sales in Russia, a move in line with various measures big technology companies have taken against the country since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The move comes about a week after Vice Prime Minister …
In line with sanctions, computer chip industry halts sales to Russia
President Joe Biden’s sanctions against Russia will soon hit the country with a shortage of computer chips, a move designed to paralyze Russia’s tech manufacturing industry. Last week, Biden announced an embargo that will include selling chips to Russia, something he said …
Reddit gets a makeover that should make using the platform less frustrating
Reddit Inc. today announced some major changes to its platform, including a new Discover Tab, that should make life easier for its users. In the past, users looked for communities, or so-called subreddits, by seeing what’s popular on the platform or by …
Twitter admits to accidentally taking down posts showing Russia-Ukraine conflict
Twitter Inc. said today that this week it had mistakenly removed content from its platform and suspended users who had been tracking the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Such users had been accessing satellite images that showed Russian movement along the Ukraine …
Meta launches TikTok lookalike ‘Facebook Reels’ in 150 countries
Meta Platforms Inc. today announced that it’s launching Facebook Reels around the world with a raft of features to enable people to make money. For some years now, the company has been talking about creating a competitor to ByteDance Ltd.-owned TikTok, and …
Donald Trump’s social media app Truth Social debuts today in rocky start
Former President Donald Trump’s social media app was made available today in Apple Inc.’s App Store, but it got off to a rocky start. Truth Social has been in the pipeline for some time now, ever since Trump (pictured) was kicked off Twitter …
YouTube looking for new ways to fight the spread of misinformation
Google LLC-owned YouTube said today that it’s in process of adopting new measures to tackle how misinformation spreads on the platform. Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan said in a blog post that there were three main issues that need to be attended …