The Greatest App of All Time Day 17: Instagram vs. WhatsApp

Welcome back to Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! Yesterday’s tournament was a bloodbath with Calculator taking more than 87 percent of the vote. Twitch goes home empty-handed. Today, we have the crown jewels of Zuckerberg’s empire going head-to-head. If you’re just tuning in, you can read all … Read more

Donald Trump Comes Out Against TikTok Ban in Bizarre Reversal

Donald Trump appeared to come out in defense of TikTok, the social media platform facing a potential ban by Congress, in a flurry of posts late Thursday on his social media platform Truth Social. The platform, it should be noted, experienced a widespread outage as the former president attempted to live-tweet President Joe Biden’s State … Read more

March Madness Bracket Day 2

Graphic: Gizmodo It’s day 2 of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to crown the greatest app of all time! The mighty Fart App has fallen to Instagram in our first round and today’s challengers are WhatsApp vs Dark Sky. Will Mark Zuckerberg win again? That’s up to you. Threads Needs These Five Missing Features to … Read more

Supreme Court Will Decide What Free Speech Means on Social Media

The Supreme Court is hearing two cases on Monday that could set new precedents around free speech on social media platforms. The cases challenge two similar laws from Florida and Texas, respectively, which aim to reduce “Silicon Valley censorship” on social media, much like Elon Musk has done at X in the last year. Twitter … Read more

Friday’s the Last Day to Return Your Apple Vision Pro

This month, Apple released its first truly anticipated product in years, the Apple Vision Pro. It’s a groundbreaking device, with some of the best hardware specs and the most impressive performance of any commercial headset ever released. It’s also a $3,500 toy, one that an untold number of people seem to regret taking home. If … Read more

Tech’s longtime highfliers are growing up by getting smaller

Visitors take photos in front of the Meta sign at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, December 29, 2022. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Technology companies are learning an old lesson from Wall Street: maturing means shrinking. Meta and Amazon saw their shares spike on Friday following their fourth-quarter earnings reports. While … Read more

Meta Warns Investors That Mark Zuckerberg Is So Good at Fighting He Might Die

The CEO of Meta may seem like a mild-mannered man. He’s soft-spoken, the corners of his mouth often turn upwards into something resembling a smile, and he’s polite. But it’s all a disguise – Mark Zuckerberg lives life on the edge. Meta even said in its latest annual report that its CEO could die because … Read more

$28 billion windfall after stock jumps

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seen after fencing in the “Metaverse” with an Olympic gold medal fencer during a live-streamed virtual and augmented reality conference to announce the rebrand of Facebook as Meta, in this screen grab taken from a video released Oct. 28, 2021. Facebook | via Reuters Meta CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg … Read more

Meta says Zuckerberg’s engagement in combat sports is a risk

Mark Zuckerberg posing with UFC president Dana White during a UFC Fight Night event. Jeff Bottari | Ufc | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg’s preference for mixed martial arts and water sports is not only a personal hazard, it’s also a risk to investors. In its annual financial report for 2023 filed Friday, Meta disclosed a … Read more

Meta Q4 2023 earnings report

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Meta Platforms, in July 2021. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images Meta beat on earnings and revenue in its fourth-quarter earnings report Thursday and announced its first-ever dividend payment. The stock soared 14% in extended trading. Here are the key numbers: Earnings per share: $5.33 vs. $4.96 expected by … Read more