Mark Zuckerberg says TikTok slowed Meta’s growth

In Meta’s antitrust trial on Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified that TikTok’s success was a risk to Meta’s business, saying the short-form video app was a “top priority” and a “highly urgent” competitive threat when it arrived in 2018, according to Bloomberg and other outlets. The reports come from a packed first week of […]

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23andMe bankruptcy under congressional investigation for customer data

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is investigating 23andMe’s decision to file for bankruptcy

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Network Security at the Edge for AI-ready Enterprise

The widespread use of AI, particularly generative AI, in modern businesses creates new network security risks for complex enterprise workloads across various locations.

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Shein and Temu to raise prices for US shoppers in response to tariffs

Temu and Shein plan to raise prices for U.S. customers starting next week on April 25th, due to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on goods shipped from China, the Associated Press reports. The 145% tariff on products made in China, along with Trump’s decision to end a customs exemption that had allowed goods under $800 to […]

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Wasp’s platform is the glue that holds web dev apps together

When Matija Šošić started working in web development, he was surprised by how hard it was to build a full-stack production-ready web application. One of the biggest hurdles Šošić faced was navigating the fragmented dev tooling landscape. Coding a web application required utilizing different tools for developing the front-end versus the back-end, and so on. […]

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Discord’s face scanning age checks ‘start of a bigger shift’

The social platform is testing age checks using facial scanning for access to sensitive content.

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Archer Aviation wants to help New Yorkers skip airport traffic with electric air taxis

New York City — where you can get a dollar slice at 2am or a McDonald’s delivery in under 30 minutes, but still spend two hours crawling down the highway to catch a flight. Archer Aviation wants to change that. The electric aircraft startup says its air taxis could one day fly passengers from Manhattan […]

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Trump’s Tariffs Haven’t Resulted in Higher Prices on Amazon—Yet

The ecommerce site penalizes sellers for abrupt price hikes, and many are hesitant to make risky changes amid a volatile trade war.

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TSMC denies it’s talking to Intel about chipmaking joint venture

TSMC denied reports that the semiconductor giant was in active discussions with Intel regarding a chipmaking joint venture.

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Tesla whistleblower wins legal battle against Elon Musk

Engineer Cristina Balan raised a safety concern about a design flaw which could affect the cars’ braking in 2014.

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