Social networking as we know it is likely on its way out

Social networking, as we’ve come to know it, is probably on the way out. It was once a big draw for all kinds of people, and at the same time an amazing way to harvest personal data that could be used to target ads.

But everything is temporary on the internet. TikTok created an app that’s more addictive than anything else before it. For many people it’s the funnest thing you can do on a smartphone. And Meta, whose apps have topped the app store charts for years, kn

An aerospace expert explains the tech behind a Russian satellite-blinding laser

Russia is building a new ground-based laser facility for interfering with satellites orbiting overhead, according to a recent report in The Space Review. The basic idea would be to dazzle the optical sensors of other nations’ spy satellites by flooding them with laser light.

Laser technology has evolved to the point where this type of anti-satellite defense is

Shopify joins growing list of tech layoffs as pandemic bet ‘didn’t pay off’

Shopify is tightening its belt in the face of slowing sales growth as consumers return to their old shopping habits and decrease their reliance on e-commerce.

The e-commerce company announced Tuesday it was laying off about 10% of its workforce. The move will impact roughly 1,000 employees, with the bulk of the cuts in recruiting, support and sales roles.

The company sai

Big Tech earnings will decide the fate of the stock market this week

With the economy in questionable shape, all eyes are on earnings this week to try and get a sense of how well some of America’s corporate giants are faring in an increasingly tough economic environment. That includes a smattering of tech giants: Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, and Amazon.

We got an early preview last week when

Sonos CEO on the lessons from the rise and fall of BlackBerry

Complacency can be a company’s downfall, says Sonos CEO Patrick Spence. “There are some people who are explorers, versus those who are builders, who incrementally make the products better and better—and you need to have both in your organization,” he says. “You need to protect the exploration efforts. I spend a lot of time protecting those innovation efforts at Sonos.”

On this week’s Most Innovative Companies podcast, Sp

Satisfaction with Twitter surges as other social media sites stumble

While some critics have accused Twitter of censoring free speech over the past year, the site’s users have been much happier with the social media giant’s product than they were 1

Streaming video sites are opening a whole new world of virtual product placement

In the first episode of The Kardashians on Hulu, Kim Kardashian asks the waiter, “Is that from the fountain? Like, the Diet Coke?” gesturing to the soda just brought to the table. “I love a good fountain soda, so.” It’s difficult to determine whether moments like this are a product placement, given there

Why Around.co is the best alternative to Zoom out there

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Around is the best tool for remote team meetings. Zoom and Google Meet are fine, but Around has a range of features that make it a bet

T-Mobile might owe you money: Here’s what to know about the data breach lawsuit settlement

Payday could come by the end of the year for people impacted in T-Mobile’s 2021 data breach.  

Last August, the company started investigating a cybersecurity attack that compromised social sec

Abortion surveillance tech could create an American refugee crisis

The term “internally-displaced people” is often used to describe people from Ukraine, Syria, and countless other conflict zones around the globe. They are refugees within their own borders, forced to flee home to find safety.  We usually think of this happening a world away from America, but the alarming truth is that the term may soon become a part of life here, and the unlikely cause is


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