Yesterday
Facebook, Instagram back online after global outage
A more than two-hour outage was caused by a technical issue and affected hundreds of thousands of users globally.
- Updated
- Reuters
This Month
‘Doesn’t pay his bills’: Former Twitter executives sue Musk for $197m
Twitter’s former CEO Parag Agrawal and other executives say the billionaire made up reasons to fire them to avoid paying severance.
- Barbara Ortutay
TikTok dragged into Albanese’s Facebook fight
The government has told the video social network with 8.5 million Australian users to strike deals with media companies for the value of their content on its site.
- Nick Bonyhady
Don’t believe the hustle: ‘ASX Wolf’ says he’s actually miserable
On social media, no one is as beautiful or wealthy or happy as they seem. Not least the guy asking you to pay $1000 a year to join his Discord channel.
- Myriam Robin
As Facebook turns 20, news is out, fun is in
Social media are more popular than ever, but social networks are dying.
- The Economist
February
- Opinion
- Opinion
Digital giants harm consumers and competition
New mandatory codes of conduct are needed to regulate the dominant market power of companies like Apple, Google and Meta.
- Gina Cass-Gottlieb
- Exclusive
- Cyber bullying
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
