Barbara Ortutay

FILE – The app for Bluesky is shown on a mobile phone, left, and on a laptop screen on June 2, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Bluesky finds with growth comes growing pains — and bots

December 22, 2024 at 8:54 a.m.

With Bluesky's growth comes growing pains. It’s not just human users who’ve been flocking to Bluesky but also bots, including those designed to create partisan division or direct users to...

FILE – Students use their cellphones as they leave for the day the Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts High School in downtown Los Angeles, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts on the app to protect children

September 17, 2024 at 3:40 p.m.

Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives.

FILE – Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Elon Musk deletes post about Kamala Harris and Joe Biden assassination after widespread criticism

September 16, 2024 at 4:56 p.m.

Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said “no one is even trying to assassinate” President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala...

FILE – Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, Monday, March 9, 2020. Musk arrived in Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Sunday, May 19, 2024, to launch Starlink satellite internet service in the world’s largest archipelago nation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

How X owner Elon Musk uses his social platform to amplify his right-wing views

August 13, 2024 at 11:22 a.m.

As X’s owner and most followed user, Elon Musk has increasingly used the social media platform as a microphone to amplify his political views and, lately, those of right-wing figures...

United Airlines staff work as passengers crowd the ticket counter as a global technology outage grounded many flights at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, July 19, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

A faulty software update causes havoc worldwide for airlines, hospitals and governments

July 19, 2024 at 4:45 p.m.

A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks offline and media outlets off air on Friday.

TikTok sues US to block law that could ban the social media platform

May 7, 2024 at 5:31 p.m.

TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance are suing the U.S. federal government over a law that would ban the popular video-sharing app unless it’s sold to another company.

Facebook anticipates federal privacy fine of up to $5 billion, sets aside $3 billion for payment

April 25, 2019 at 7:45 a.m.

Facebook said it expects a fine of up to $5 billion from the Federal Trade Commission, which is investigating whether the social network violated its users' privacy. The company set...

La adicción a los teléfonos es producto en parte de las estrategias de los fabricantes, que buscan tenerlo a uno pegado al aparato la mayor parte del tiempo posible.

Teléfonos, una adicción planificada pero combatible

May 15, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

¿Por qué terminamos revisando Facebook, Instagram, Twitter... y de nuevo Facebook cuando inicialmente solo queríamos ver el tiempo? Ocurre que la adicción a los teléfonos de usos múltiples es algo...

A sign marks a pick-up point for Uber vehicles at LaGuardia Airport in New York in this March 15, 2017, photo. The ride-sharing company is slated to announce significant changes to its culture and management on June 13, 2017.

Experts: Uber must make changes at top to fix culture woes

June 4, 2018 at 6:31 p.m.

Uber must get rid of leaders who tolerate bad behavior and hire people who don't — including up to the chief executive — experts say, as the ride-sharing company gets...

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