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  • Mark Zuckerberg.Tech

    After a victorious battle with the FTC, Mark Zuckerberg finally gets to buy that VR startup

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Google CEO Sundar Pichai at Lazienki Palace in Warsaw, Poland on January 21, 2019 (Photo by Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Tech

    Feds sue Google for trying to ‘neutralize or eliminate’ digital ad rivals as part of a growing crackdown on Big Tech

    By Eric Tucker, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • Elon Musk.Tech

    Elon Musk takes the stand at his trial and says he thought he had Saudi backing when he sent his infamous Tesla tweet

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk speaks during the unveiling of the all-electric battery-powered Tesla’s Cybertruck at Tesla Design Center in Hawthorne, California on November 21, 2019. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP)Tech

    Elon Musk’s Twitter failed to pay $136,000 in rent for one of its offices, landlord alleges in a lawsuit

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Mark ZuckerbergTech

    Mark Zuckerberg just took the witness stand in a trial over the future of virtual reality

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • FILE – SpaceX’s Elon Musk waves while providing an update on Starship, on Feb. 10, 2022, near Brownsville, Texas. Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform. The council had been scheduled to meet with Twitter representatives Monday night, Dec. 12. But Twitter informed the group via email that it was disbanding it shortly before the meeting was to take place, according to multiple members. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP, File)Tech

    Here’s how Elon Musk is changing what appears on your Twitter feed

    By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • FILE – SpaceX’s Elon Musk waves while providing an update on Starship, on Feb. 10, 2022, near Brownsville, Texas. Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform. The council had been scheduled to meet with Twitter representatives Monday night, Dec. 12. But Twitter informed the group via email that it was disbanding it shortly before the meeting was to take place, according to multiple members. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP, File)Tech

    Musk’s Twitter dissolves its Trust and Safety Council moments before it was to meet with the company

    By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • FILE – Facebook’s Meta logo sign is seen at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. on Oct. 28, 2021. Federal regulators open their campaign to block Facebook parent Meta’s acquisition of virtual-reality company Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural, with opening arguments beginning Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in San Jose, California. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)Tech

    Lina Khan’s aggressive campaign against Meta is heading to trial—and Zuckerberg is expected to testify

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Elon MuskTech

    Elon Musk fires outsourced content moderators who track hate and harmful posts on Twitter

    By Barbara Ortutay, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • Elon MuskTech

    Looking for Twitter alternatives not owned by Elon Musk? Here are some options

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Tech

    Twitter blue checkmarks go offline after wave of imposter accounts flood social media as $8 fee opens floodgates

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Twitter logo displayed on a phone screen and Elon Musk’s Twitter account displayed on a screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on October 30, 2022. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Tech

    Twitter’s ‘official’ gray checks are back again—after being introduced and cancelled once this week

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco on Nov. 4, 2022. Twitter said Tuesday, Nov. 8, that it will add a gray “official” label to some high-profile accounts to indicate that they are authentic, the latest twist in new owner Elon Musk’s chaotic overhaul of the platform’s verification system. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)Tech

    ‘I don’t know what marketer wants to go near that’: Advertisers unconvinced after Musk tries to reassure them that Twitter chaos won’t hurt them

    By Matt O'Brien, Mae Anderson, and others
  • Elon MuskTech

    Twitter gets rid of gray checkmarks after less than a day as Musk says ‘Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months’

    By Barbara Ortutay, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • AUSTIN, TEXAS – MARCH 15: Mark Zuckerberg, via video, speaks at Into the Metaverse: Creators, Commerce and Connection during the 2022 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Austin Convention Center on March 15, 2022 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Samantha Burkardt/Getty Images for SXSW)Tech

    Mark Zuckerberg takes the blame for failing to spot the post-pandemic downturn as he slashes 11,000 staff from Meta’s headcount

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press