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The Word of the Year Is ‘Uncertainty’
More than two years into Pandemic Times, technology is more popular, stronger and richer than it was before. Or is it? This year — and particularly the past few weeks — has complicated what was a fairly straightforward understanding of how most of the tech industry and America’s superstar digital companies were faring. Repeatedly over […]
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Instagram, Facing Criticism From Kylie Jenner and Others, Tries Explaining Itself
Instagram versus the Great Celebrity Gang-Up? The photo-sharing app, which is owned by Meta, found itself under fire this week over how it has changed over time. The pile-on started on Monday, when Kylie Jenner, the beauty mogul with 361 million Instagram followers, shared an image on the site that read: “Make Instagram Instagram again. […]
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Snap Reports User Growth But a Wider Loss in the Second Quarter
Snap, the maker of Snapchat, on Thursday reported its slowest-ever rate of quarterly growth and a wider financial loss, while declining to predict its future performance because of “uncertainties related to the operating environment.” Revenue was $1.11 billion for the second quarter, up 13 percent from a year earlier. Snap’s growth was lower than in […]
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Secret Service Director to Step Down and Join Maker of Snapchat
WASHINGTON — The director of the Secret Service announced on Thursday that he would retire at the end of the month after a 27-year career with the agency that is charged with protecting the president of the United States. The director, James M. Murray, has accepted a position with the social media company Snap, which […]
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Fentanyl Tainted Pills Cause Drug Fatalities Among Youth to Soar
Now, when Snapchat users search for “fenta,” “xanax” or other drug language, the results are blocked. They are redirected to an in-app video channel with content from nonprofit groups and the C.D.C. that addresses “fentapills” — the dangers of purported OxyContin, Percocet, Xanax and Adderall. According to Facebook’s latest community standards report, it took action […]
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Snap Unveils a Flying Drone Camera Called Pixy
Snap, the maker of the Snapchat messaging app, has long positioned itself as a camera company. On Thursday, it unveiled a flying one. Called Pixy, the drone camera can help people take selfies without the aid of a selfie stick. Users hold the pocket-size camera in their palm and select a flight mode via a […]
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How You’re Still Being Tracked on the Internet
While Meta adjusts, some small businesses have begun seeking other avenues for ads. Shawn Baker, the owner of Baker SoftWash, an exterior cleaning company in Mooresville, N.C., said it previously took about $6 of Facebook ads to identify a new customer. Now it costs $27 because the ads do not find the right people, he […]
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Meta Says Apple’s Privacy Changes Could Cost the Company $10 Billion
Snap, the maker of the Snapchat app and the augmented reality glasses Spectacles, said during its third-quarter earnings report in October that Apple’s privacy changes were having an unexpected impact on its business. But the company is adapting, Snap said in its fourth-quarter earnings report on Thursday, and the biggest impacts from Apple’s change may […]
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How the Copycats Came for Clubhouse
“More people getting into social audio is good for social audio,” Maya Watson, Clubhouse’s head of global marketing, said in an interview. “We’re not bothered by it, and, if anything, it makes us feel confident in where we’re going.” At the start of the year, Clubhouse was booming. In February, the app was downloaded 9.6 […]
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