Employees stand outside of the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank...
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Silicon Valley investors and founders express shock at SVB collapse
Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Venture capitalists and technology executives are scrambling to make sense and account for the potential repercussions of the sudden implosion of Silicon Val...
PGA Tour, European Tour Group, LET And LPGA Tap Greenfly To Drive Short-Form Content Distribution
The PGA Tour, LPGA, European Tour Group and Ladies European Tour partner with Greenfly Greenfly While the PGA Tour’s decision to reformat designated events into reduced field, no-cut affairs sta...
Twitter executive Dalana Brand joins Peloton
Dalana Brand, new Peloton Chief People Officer. Courtesy: Peloton Peloton said Wednesday it hired former Twitter executive Dalana Brand to be its new chief people officer, as the fitness company conti...
What Brands Need To Know: Social Marketing In 2023
Search and display advertising aren’t the only parts of the marketing landscape that have changed over the past three years. As various social platforms have waxed and waned and mechanics and dynamics...
TikTok Sets Default Daily Screen Time Limit For Under 18s
Topline TikTok will automatically set a one-hour daily screen time limit for users under the age of 18, the company announced on Wednesday, part of a string of new safeguarding features as concerns gr...
A Mental Health Term Gets Used—And Abused—On TikTok
Topline “Intrusive thoughts” has become a TikTok catchphrase for people describing random—sometimes fun or quirky—impulses, but the actual mental health term has a meaning a lot more nuanced, and misu...
6 Web3 Social Media Apps To Keep an Eye On
Big Tech companies have reached high valuations and mammoth user bases, all while collecting personal data of their users. Developers and digital natives are now demanding safer platforms that protect...
‘I work just 4 hours a day’
In 2008, I started a photography side hustle from my dorm room. My goal was to become a professional photographer. It wasn’t easy, especially at the height of the recession, but I’m glad I...
Jack Dorsey-backed Web3 App Aims To Disrupt Twitter
New decentralized social network protocol Nostr officially went live via mobile app stores on Wednesday. Nostr, which stands for Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays, aims to create a censorshi...
TikTok in Europe’s crosshairs as U.S. mulls ban on Chinese-owned app
TikTok holds its End Of Year Event 2022 in Milan, Italy, on Dec. 13. Claudio Lavenia | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images TikTok is beginning to feel the sting of political and regulatory press...
Elon Musk Fires Back at a Top Executive
Elon Musk is unpredictable. Few would anticipate the actions and reactions of the serial and whimsical entrepreneur. Take the latest example: On Jan. 13 the electric-vehicle-market leader Tesla (TS...
If You Aren’t Quiet Quitting, You May Have This Viral New Label
It seems like every day, there is a new term for being in a work environment that just isn’t working. Last summer, 24-year-old engineer Zaid Khan inadvertently set off a firestorm with a short T...
Why McDonald’s, Starbucks, And GM Stopped Using Elon Musk’s Twitter
It’s been awfully quiet over at the McDonald’s (MCD) – Get Free Report Twitter account. The company’s most recent tweet came on Nov. 17 when the fast-food giant posted an imag...
In The Aftermath Of Riots, Brazil Faces The Challenge Of Countering Online Radicalization
TOPSHOT – Soldiers dismantle the camp set up by supporters of Brazil’s far-right ex-president Jair … [+] Bolsonaro in front of the Army headquarters in Brasilia, on January 9, 2023, ...
Why Misinformation Is Here To Stay
Facts, fiction, fantasy, fake news, falsehoods. How do you define all these in the digital age? getty There is an important development that is shaping and will continue to shape the media landscape i...
What Social Media’s On-Going Downfall Means For Retail Brands
The disruption hitting social media has roots in long running trends that will impact retailers’ and … [+] brands’ ability to engage with consumers. Bigstockphoto In my last post, I ...
A 39-year-old who makes $160,000/month in passive income shares his best advice
When starting a business, it’s sometimes hard to know what to prioritize, and going at it alone can be overwhelming. But there are strategies you can use to avoid common pitfalls. My mission is ...
Ten Things Elon Musk Needs to Do to Fix Tesla
Tesla had a bad year 2022. On the stock market, it was a real nightmare. Tesla stock lost more than 65% of its value to end the year at $123.18. It had started 2022 at $352.26. This fall translates ...
Tech IPO market collapsed in 2022; next year doesn’t look much better
The Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Following a record-smashing tech IPO year in 2021 that featured the debuts of electric car maker Rivian, restaurant software...
Big Tech’s $4.5 Trillion Bloodbath
It’s a real bloodbath — one that tech has probably not seen since the internet bubble burst in 2000. This disaster can be measured by different parameters. One set is the individual fortu...
This asset will crush all others in 2023, says hedge-fund manager who nailed one big call of 2022
As 2022 winds down and investors reflect on a horrendous year, they can take some comfort in the fact that the big guys also had their share of misses. Among them is Harris Kupperman, the president of...
Elon Musk Says Twitter Is Getting Better Financially
Three months after taking control of Twitter, Elon Musk is adopting a less pessimistic tone about the future of the social network, which he defines as the Town Square of our time. A few weeks ago, th...
War of Words Between Elon Musk and a Tesla Investor
This is unheard of in the Tesla community: Critics fired against Elon Musk, the co-founder and CEO of the electric vehicle manufacturer, considered the architect of the electric revolution in the auto...
Elon Musk Picks High-Stakes Fight With Sen. Elizabeth Warren
They are old enemies. Two enemies who like to fight each other. Elon Musk and Senator Elizabeth Warren never miss an opportunity to attack each other. This time, it was the former candidate for the ...
Tesla Stock Leaps As Elon Musk Says He May Quit As Twitter CEO
Updated at 6:34 am EST Tesla (TSLA) – Get Free Report shares moved firmly higher Monday after a poll put in place by Elon Musk indicated he should step down as CEO of Twitter following weeks of...
Tesla Shareholder Frustration Turns Into Revolt Against Elon Musk
It’s a total stock market disaster for Tesla. Even for the world leader in electric vehicles, this is worrying, even alarming. This will not be a year to remember for the carmaker’s inves...
Binance’s native BNB token plunges to lowest since July
Binance’s Co-founder & CEO Changpeng Zhao has given several interviews discussing the outlook for cryptocurrency following a turbulent couple of weeks in the market. NurPhoto / Contributor /...
PA’s Vs. VA’s; Reasons Social Media Celebrities Are Turning To Virtual Assistants To Build Their Brands
This photo taken late on October 22, 2020 shows Lalo Lopez from Spain practicing with a drone at a … [+] studio in Shanghai where he usually live-streams to offer products on an Aliexpress chann...
SEC alleges $100 million stock manipulation scheme via social media
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against eight individuals who allegedly earned $100 million via stock manipulation. Charges were filed against social-media users including E...
Increased demand for ADHD medication straining U.S. health-care system
Stories about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, have been having a resurgence in the social media zeitgeist the past several years, and it may be leading more people to seek out diagn...
GM evaluates Twitter advertising suspension following Musk takeover
General Motors continues to monitor Twitter and evaluate its decision to suspend advertising on the social media platform following Elon Musk’s takeover of the company, CEO Mary Barra told CNBC ...