This Month
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X faces ‘big trouble’, fines if it does not change, warns Rowland
“There is going to be someone who turns around and says ‘how did governments allow this to happen?’ We’re not going to be that government”
- Ronald Mizen
X has started paying celebrities for TV-like shows
Elon Musk’s social media network is hiring politicos, celebrities and reporters from mainstream media, a big departure from the angry world that turned many off.
- Kate Conger
What are burn-away cakes? The latest TikTok food trend, explained
Various online tutorials explain that the key to the eye-catching trick is to use an edible image for the bottom layer.
- Emily Heil
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
Yesterday, Zuckerberg apologised. Today, he’s a market hero
A day after he was publicly rebuked for Facebook’s treatment of kids, Mark Zuckerberg is toasting a soaring share price after an earnings and dividend surprise show.
- Updated
- Nick Bonyhady
‘Blood on your hands’: Apologetic Zuckerberg grilled at fiery hearing
X’s Linda Yaccarino, TikTok’s Shou Zi Chew and other social media CEOs testified before a Congress committee examining ways to curb harms from online platforms.
- Updated
- Hannah Murphy
January
Why this Woolworths executive no longer brings a laptop to meetings
In our Summer Breakfast with the BOSS series, Andrew Cooper, head of transformation at Woolworths Metro, says ditching his laptop for an old-fashioned paper notebook has helped him become more productive in meetings.
- Updated
- Lois Maskiell
Reddit reportedly seeks to launch IPO in March
The social media platform’s planned debut would be the first initial public offering of a major social media company since Pinterest in 2019.
- Echo Wang and Anirban Sen
How TikTok made the ‘Hugh Grant bookshop’ viral - again
A new generation is discovering the joy of reading on paper thanks to an electronic medium.
- Madeleine Ross
Tween taste is expensive these days. Here’s who to blame
Generation Alpha and younger members of Gen Z have a more prolific and boundless catalogue at their fingertips for what’s “in” than ever before.
- Jaclyn Peiser
Nine CEOs reveal their favourite productivity hacks
Removing social media apps, reducing the length of meetings, listening to podcasts at faster speeds, and ChatGPT are among the tools chief executives use to get more out of their day.
- Updated
- Sally Patten and Euan Black
Amazon’s Twitch axes a third of its staff as tech cuts enter new year
Australian staff at the platform, which features live-streams of people playing games, were also let go. Its local rival, Kick, has been hiring popular gamers.
- Nick Bonyhady
Elon Musk’s X reinstated 6100 banned Aussie accounts
At the same time, the social media platform cut 80 per cent of engineers responsible for limiting harmful posts such as antisemitic and illegal material.
- Nick Bonyhady
How to be less distracted at work
Experts say professionals should limit their phone use and carve out time for uninterrupted “deep work” if they want to become more productive.
- Euan Black
Fidelity’s X stake fell 72pc in value since Musk buy
The investment firm has again cut the value of its stake in the platform, formerly Twitter, amid a particularly tumultuous time at the social media company.
- Vlad Savov and Tom Maloney
- Opinion
- Opinion
There’s only one thing worse than WhatsApp – and that’s a WhatsApp group
Instant messaging services have now made the very idea of just calling someone unacceptable.
- William Sitwell
December 2023
Memes of the year: Roman Empire, margaritas and everybody on mute
Here are some of the people, trends, feuds and frenzies that took off on social media platforms in 2023.
- Madison Malone Kircher
Elon Musk’s X in political advertising push to offset revenue falls
Plans for new political ads team to hit $US100 million in sales ahead of US presidential election are met with industry scepticism.
- Hannah Murphy
How to steal 25,000 secrets from Facebook
The inside story of how a Wall Street Journal reporter secured one of the biggest leaks of corporate documents in history.
- Jeff Horwitz
Paris Hilton v the Crunchy Tradwives: a modern parenting story
The reality TV star is not so different from many of you, it turns out, as she baulks at changing her child’s nappy.
- Monica Hesse
- Analysis
- The Buzz
‘Nudify’ apps that use AI to undress women are soaring in use
The law is struggling to catch up with the rise in deepfake, non-consensual pornography.
- Margi Murphy
