Google: Barbie and Shakira among most searched in 2023
Barbie and Oppenheimer were the most-searched for films in 2023, and took £30m in their opening weekend.
Barbie and Oppenheimer were the most-searched for films in 2023, and took £30m in their opening weekend.
Listen to article (2 minutes) Parents have long been frustrated by internet platforms that treat teen accounts much the same as adult accounts. Data-collection laws protecting children under 13 don’t extend to older minors. Social media’s biggest operator is addressing this with a shift in content filtering. Meta Platforms plans to automatically restrict teen Instagram…
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced a bipartisan grilling on Thursday as he appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee to address lawmakers’ concerns about the video sharing app, which has 150 million active users in the US. Of particular concern to the committee was the company’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, and its suspected…
A gift card issuer is facing a lawsuit over allegations it failed to make its popular prepaid cards less susceptible to a common scam. The lawsuit, filed last month by San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, alleges Incom’s “Vanilla Gift” and “One Vanilla” non-reloadable cards featured “insufficient” packaging and “lax security features” that made them…
Tesla delivered a record number of electric vehicles in the fourth quarter, beating market estimates and meeting its 2023 target of 1.8 million vehicles as a year-end sales push paid off. The automaker delivered 494,989 vehicles in the quarter, but it fell short of the 526,409 fully electric vehicles China’s BYD, which many analysts say is…
I lost my AirPods, and I simply refuse to pay to buy new ones. The latest third-generation AirPods — which are fantastic! I reviewed them! — start at $169. The older second-gen version is $120 (yes, there are sometimes deals online). These prices aren’t ridiculous; after all, they’re luxury products, and the price point is…
Apple CEO Tim Cook on doing business in China Apple CEO Tim Cook on doing business in China 03:46 Beijing — Chinese state-backed experts have found a way to identify people who use Apple’s encrypted AirDrop messaging service, according to the Beijing municipal government. AirDrop allows users to send content to Apple devices in close proximity…