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What is Bluesky, the online platform welcoming users leaving Elon Musk's X?

Bluesky reported one million new users after President-elect Trump tapped X owner Musk for his next administration.

After Trump’s Win, Bluesky User Numbers Surge as Musk Foes Leave X

As Elon Musk’s social platform becomes swamped with political posts and partisan aggression, Bluesky reported 1 million new members in the week after the election.

Business - Inc. - November 13

Why X's new terms of service are driving some users to leave Elon Musk's platform

Elon Musk's X implemented new terms of service that are driving some users off the microblogging platform.

Business - CNBC - Yesterday

Meta misses on user growth, warns of 2025 jump in AI spending

Meta reported weaker-than-expected user numbers and warned of a significant acceleration in its infrastructure expenses in 2025 in its third-quarter earnings.

Business - CNBC - October 30

Addicted to love: how dating apps ‘exploit’ their users

Online services that promise to find people romantic matches have been likened to gambling products designed to keep customers hooked. “Designed to be deleted” is the tagline of one of the UK’s ...

World - The Guardian - November 3

AirTag users will soon be able to share location with airlines

Ever use an AirTag to locate lost luggage? Soon airlines will be able to see your bag's AirTag location, too.

X users jump to Bluesky - but what is it and who owns it?

Bluesky is picking up one million new users every day at its current rate.

Instagram will let users reset recommendations that powers their feeds

Instagram users will soon be able to manually reset the recommendation algorithm that determines what they see in their feeds.

Google AI chatbot asks user to ‘please die’

Google’s AI chatbot Gemini gave a threatening response to a Michigan college student, telling him to “please die.” The artificial intelligence program and the student, Vidhay Reddy, were engaging ...

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

Reddit Back After Tens of Thousands of Users Report a Second Outage

Reddit users reported having problems with the site two days in a row.

Business - The New York Times - Yesterday

Meta AI to Use Reuters Content to Answer User Questions in Real Time

Meta AI didn’t share whether it would use Reuters content to train its large-language model.

Business - Inc. - October 27

X Algorithm Feeds Users Political Content---Whether They Want It or Not

A WSJ experiment found that accounts supporting Trump and Harris dominate feeds of new X users who wanted cooking and crafts.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 29

Meta Fined $15 Million in South Korea for Illegal User Data Collection

The country’s privacy watchdog said Meta amassed sensitive information by analyzing users’ likes and the ads they opened.

Business - Inc. - November 5

Steam Game Recording Is Now Live For All PC And Steam Deck Users

Valve has announced that Steam Game Recording has been released for all PC and Steam Deck users. The new built-in system for game recording offers a variety of tools for users, allowing them to ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 6

Here’s Why You Need to Be Your Product’s Biggest User

Eliot Horowitz, founder and CEO of Viam, talks about the evolution of his company on the latest episode of ‘For Starters.’

Business - Inc. - November 6

Facebook and Instagram users in Europe can opt for less personalized ads

Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will get the option to see less personalized ads if they don’t want to pay for an ad-free subscription

Tech - ABC News - November 12

Bluesky Adds One Million New Users After Election

With one million new accounts added since the U.S. elections, Bluesky has solidified itself as an option for people looking to change their social media service.

Business - The New York Times - November 14

X sees largest user exodus since Musk takeover

Users are exploring alternatives like Bluesky and Threads.

X rival Bluesky gains 1.25 million users following U.S. election

Bluesky has gained over 1.25 million new users in the past week, indicating some social media users are changing their habits following the U.S. election.

Business - CNBC - November 14

What 23andMe business troubles could mean for users' genetic data

The company is laying off 40% of its workforce and discontinuing its therapeutics division.

Australia will require social media platforms to act to prevent online harm to users

Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content

Tech - ABC News - November 14

How Sema4.ai is empowering business users to deploy AI agents in minutes

Many early AI agents tend to be singularly-purposed or IT-driven. Sema4.ai says it is the differentiator for diverse horizontal use cases.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 14

A criticized Airbnb deal will let users play gladiator in Rome's Colosseum

The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights for the first time in two millennia under a $1.5 million sponsorship deal with Airbnb

World - ABC News - November 14

What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users?

Disgruntled X users are once again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022

Tech - ABC News - November 15

Cloudflare’s CTO Thinks Too Many Websites Hate Their Users

Those annoying puzzles websites make you solve are one of the worst things about the internet.

Business - Inc. - 5 days ago

Elon Musk Asked People to Upload Their Health Data. X Users Obliged

Privacy experts cringed when people started feeding their medical images to the A.I. tool Grok.

Top stories - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Microsoft introduces PC that has one job: connect users to their computers in the cloud

Microsoft's latest stripped-down device is designed for corporate use and includes a new operating system.

Business - CNBC - 4 days ago

Reddit is down for many users, reports say. Here's what to know.

Reddit says it's investigating after users on Wednesday reported problems connecting to the online forum.

What do the calls for Google to sell Chrome mean for the company, users?

The Justice Department formally submitted a proposal to break up Google, calling for it to sell the Chrome web browser. Lawyers argue that the tech giant has too much power in the online search ...

Meta loses ground to Bluesky as users abandon Elon Musk’s X

Social media giant’s Threads app makes changes as smaller competitor to X surges

Business - Financial Times - 6 hours ago

Jonathan Lemire leaving Politico

Journalist Jonathan Lemire is leaving Politico, the outlet confirmed Friday. Lemire had been serving as Politico's White House bureau chief and has risen to prominence in the Washington press corps ...

Politics - The Hill - November 1

Where Does This Leave Democrats?

The coalition the Democratic Party built in the Obama years has crumbled. But Democrats can choose how to respond.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 7

Chris Wallace leaving CNN

Chris Wallace, the veteran newscaster who left Fox News after decades to join CNN's short-lived streaming service, will depart the network this fall. News of Wallace's departure was first reported ...

Politics - The Hill - November 12

PSU's Franklin apologizes for leaving reporters

Speaking after Penn State's 28-13 victory over Wisconsin on Saturday, Nittany Lions coach James Franklin apologized for walking away from the microphone Wednesday when asked about two former ...

Sports - ESPN - October 27

Qatar Pauses Efforts to Mediate Stalled Gaza Cease-Fire

The Gulf state’s move reflects frustration with the lack of progress by Hamas and Israel.

World - The Wall Street Journal - November 9

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