Pictured: Tobias Ellwood, Chairman of the Defence select committee Few people today have heard of Standard Oil, the giant petrochemical company that a century ago made its founder John Rockefeller wealthier than Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon owner Jeff Bezos and Google billionaires Sergey Brin and Larry Page are today – combined. The secret of its … Read more
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made an appearance on the invite-only Clubhouse app where he dished about his firm’s progress in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technology. Under the name ‘Zuck23,’ Zuckerberg said ‘we should be teleporting, not transporting’ and believes the futuristic work being done at Facebook’s Reality Labs group could soon make … Read more
Natalie Portman reveals why she will NEVER join Facebook – despite going to university with its founder Mark Zuckerberg By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:47 GMT, 3 February 2021 | Updated: 02:53 GMT, 3 February 2021 She may have 7.3million followers on Instagram, but Natalie Portman has no plans to open an … Read more
Tim Cook has said targeted Facebook advertising is ‘manipulating’ people amid his ongoing battle with Mark Zuckerberg over privacy – and profit. The Apple CEO was forced to defend an update to the iPhone that will make it more difficult for companies to run personalized commercials on people’s phones and iPads. When probed on the move Cook told GQ … Read more
12 years after exploring the origins of Facebook and founder Mark Zuckerberg, author Ben Mezrich is now exploring the GameStop/Wall Street Bets saga, which will be turned into a movie. MGM picked up the rights to a new book proposal by Mezrich entitled The Antisocial Network, which will follow the Redditors at Wall Street Bets … Read more
‘Where are the Biden joke skits? Is the President now off limits?’ ‘Biased’ SNL is slammed for completely avoiding Joe and Kamala jokes in first episode since inauguration – after four years of making Trump the butt of their jokes Hosted by John Krasinki, the first SNL of 2021 managed to not feature either the … Read more
‘He is part of this problem’: AOC says Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook are ‘partially responsible’ for the Capitol riot and says that Congress should hold tech titans accountable because ‘they allowed it’ Speaking during a Friday town hall meeting, AOC said that Facebook was ‘trying to do as much damage control as possible’ AOC brought … Read more
Selena Gomez has doubled down on her criticism of tech leaders for allowing ‘hate groups’ and ‘misinformation’ to thrive on social media. The 28-year-old singer last week issued a fiery statement on social media after supporters of President Donald Trump violently stormed the US Capitol in Washington, DC to protest his election loss to President-elect … Read more
Democratic congressman Sen. Mark Warner is asking Facebook and other Big Tech social media and telecom companies to save digital evidence from Wednesday’s deadly Capitol riot. On Saturday, Warner, the incoming Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, tweeted out a letter he’d sent Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. ‘After Wednesday’s insurrectionist attack on our nation’s Capitol, … Read more
An animated Mark Zuckerberg was seen flapping his arms frantically as he honed his hydrofoiling skills in Hawaii over the weekend, before wiping out in spectacular fashion. This is the second time in just over a month that the 36-year-old Facebook founder has been seen frollicing in the water on his $12,000 Efoil board, which … Read more