Meta’s big bet on the ‘next chapter of the internet’ has not paid off, while Microsoft has dismantled its Industrial Metaverse Core Team and Tencent no longer plans to make the hardware.

Musk has given himself an even bigger bullhorn to annoy users and spread disinformation on the platform.

17 years of messy, vibrant, sometimes ugly, always lively conversation has shaped the world - here are the 25 most important, including Donald Trump, Elon Musk, the plane in the Hudson River - and Oreo.

Das KI-Tool ChatGPT kann überzeugend Fragen beantworten. Auch Schülerinnen und Schüler lassen sich damit bei den Hausaufgaben helfen. Sachsen-Anhalts Bildungsministerium gibt sich entspannt – Experten für digitale Bildung sehen Unterricht, Hausaufgaben und Noten durch das Tool in Frage gestellt.

„Now that it has been infected by enshittifcation, the only thing left is to kill it with fire“, Doctorow writes in an essay about the lifecycles of companies and why TikTok has its turning point now

But is „en-human-ised“ communication the thing we really want? On the other hand, it’s hard to overstate how existentially threatening OpenAI is to companies like Google and Meta

From steam power and electricity to computers and the internet, technological advancements have always disrupted labor markets, pushing out some careers while creating others.

Tesla’s aura as an elite tech disrupter dims as EV competitors multiply and improve their offerings. Musk’s messy involvement with Twitter isn’t helping.

What happens to the creator economy if the world’s most important new social platform is banned in the United States? We may be about to find out.

"Why don’t we all try something different? And I don’t mean a new app. How about no app for a while", Devin Coldewey suggests.