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Russia is leaving the International Space Station. Not with a dramatic walkout or a geopolitical ultimatum, but through something far more mundane and arguably more dangerous...

Elon Musk Blinks: How a Creator Revolt Forced X to Retreat on Its Revenue-Sharing Overhaul

Elon Musk reversed course. After a wave of fury from the very creators who keep his social media platform alive, X paused sweeping changes to its revenue-sharing program that...

Meta Faces a Jury for the First Time Over Claims It Knowingly Harmed Children

For years, Meta Platforms Inc. has fought lawsuits over children's safety behind closed doors, deploying armies of lawyers to quash claims, shift blame, and keep the most dam...

Snapchat’s 2 Trillion Snaps Signal a Platform That Refuses to Fade — And Wall Street Should Pay Attention

Nearly two trillion Snaps. That's the staggering volume of messages Snapchat users sent in 2025 alone, a figure the company disclosed as part of its annual year-in-review dat...

The Password You Never Type: How Biometric Login Is Quietly Reshaping What Companies Know About You

When Steve Huffman, Reddit's chief executive, sat down recently to discuss the evolving relationship between users and platform security, he made an observation that most peo...

Instagram’s Encryption Retreat: How Meta’s Quiet Reversal Could Reshape Digital Privacy for Billions

For years, Meta promised its users a future where every message, every photo, every fleeting confession shared across its platforms would be shielded by end-to-end encryption...

Reddit Wants to Scan Your Face — Not to Know Who You Are, but to Prove You’re Real

Reddit is testing a feature that would use the iPhone's TrueDepth camera — the same hardware that powers Face ID — to verify that a real human being is scrolling through its...

Pinterest’s CEO Wants to Ban Kids Under 16 From Social Media. He’s Not Alone — and Washington May Finally Be Listening.

Bill Ready, the chief executive of Pinterest, isn't known for making waves in Washington. His platform — a digital pinboard for recipes, home décor ideas, and wedding inspira...

Polymarket’s Social Feed Experiment Is Turning a Prediction Market Into a Misinformation Machine

Polymarket built its reputation on a simple premise: crowds are smart, and money makes them honest. Bettors stake real dollars on the outcomes of elections, geopolitical cris...

Meta’s Grand Bet: Replacing Thousands of Human Moderators With AI That Doesn’t Sleep, Doesn’t Unionize, and Doesn’t Always Get It Right

Meta Platforms is dismantling the human infrastructure that has policed its social networks for more than a decade. The company has begun cutting back on third-party content...

The Global Case Against Instagram and TikTok Keeps Getting Stronger — and Platforms Keep Ignoring It

The evidence is no longer ambiguous. Study after study, from governments and independent researchers spanning dozens of countries, arrives at the same conclusion: the world's...

Bluesky’s $100 Million Bet: Can a Decentralized Upstart Outrun the Social Media Giants?

Bluesky just raised $100 million in Series B funding. The round values the decentralized social network at $700 million — a figure that would have seemed absurd two years ago...

LinkedIn Breaks Into Living Room Advertising With a Trade Desk Alliance That Could Reshape How B2B Marketers Buy TV

LinkedIn wants to follow its users home.The professional networking giant, owned by Microsoft, has struck a partnership with The Trade Desk that will allow advertisers...

The Quiet Collapse of a Safety Net: Why Britain’s Universal Credit System Is Failing Millions

Something is breaking inside the British welfare state, and the cracks are widening fast.A damning report from the UK's National Audit Office, published in late June 2...

Meta’s Quiet Retreat From End-to-End Encryption: What It Means for Billions of Users

For years, Meta positioned itself as a champion of private communication. Mark Zuckerberg penned a 3,200-word manifesto in 2019 declaring that "the future is private" and ple...

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